Dr. Elliott Gall is the David Wedge Vision Associate Professor at Portland State University (PSU) in the department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. He received his B.S.E. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Florida and his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. At PSU, Dr. Gall leads the Healthy Buildings Research Laboratory (www.pdx.edu/healthy-buildings), where he and his research team conduct fundamental and applied research exploring the many factors that impact our exposure to air pollution inside buildings. Current research areas include characterizing indoor sources of organic compounds, developing mitigation methods for reducing air pollution exposures during and after wildfires, and evaluation of air cleaning technologies.
Dr. Gall’s research has been supported by federal, state, and local agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the U.S. EPA, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, ASHRAE, and the Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality. Dr. Gall has authored over 50 peer-reviewed journal publications on indoor and urban air pollution. He is an active member of the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate (ISIAQ), serving as the Conference Vice President and Technical Program Director for Indoor Air 2024. He was also acknowledged by ISIAQ with the 2018 Yaglou Award for his work on indoor ozone chemistry. He is serving as an author of the Air Quality chapter of 6 th quadrennial National Climate Assessment with the United States Global Change Research Program. His research at Portland State has been featured in national and local media, including National Public Radio, The Atlantic, PBS, National Geographic, and the Guardian.
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