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# Shakya Lab

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.kshakya.com/) - In this lab, we focus on understanding air and soil pollution and its impacts on human health. We mainly work on the issues of outdoor and indoor air quality focusing on particulate matter, and gaseous pollutants such as nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide, ammonia, and ozone. Our research also involves assessing trace metal (heavy metal) contamination
- [Research News](https://www.kshakya.com/research-news/) - 2026 Students Eliana Wang is conducing a research project with the fellowship from The Villanova Social Sciences Apprenticeship (VSSA) in Summer 2026. Sam Shank is conducting research project monitoring indoor air quality in summer 2026. Presentations (** Undergraduate Student; * Graduate Student) *Dunn, R., Shakya, K.M. Characterizing the Spatial Variability of Soil Heavy Metal Contamination Across
- [Lab Members](https://www.kshakya.com/people/) - Current Students Rhianna Dunn. Monitoring heavy metals in community garden soils in Reading, PA. M.S. in Environmental Science – Thesis. Spring 2027 (expected). Eliana Wang. Environmental Science Major. Fellow for The Villanova Social Sciences Apprenticeship (VSSA). Summer 2026. Sam Shank. Environmental Science Major. Summer 2026. ALUMNI Senior Thesis (Two semesters) Becca McDonough (B.S. in Environmental
- [Publications](https://www.kshakya.com/publications/) - (**Undergraduate Student; *Graduate Student) *Sylvester, C., Strader, S., Armstead, J., Shabazz, J., Shakya, K.M. (2026). Characterization of indoor and outdoor urban particle and gas pollution at neighborhood scale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Environmental Pollution 402, 128362. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2026.128362 *Karim, A.S., **Tian, R., Posner, M.A., **Schelin, J., Shakya, K.M. (2026). Exposure to particulate matter, black carbon, and ultrafine
- [Research](https://www.kshakya.com/research/) - Instrumentation Analytical Instrumentation High Performance Liquid Chromatograpy (HPLC) – UV Solid Phase Extraction system Ion Chromatography (at the department) Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer (at the department) Microwave acid digestion (at the department) Olympus Vanta Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometer Sonicator Analog Oven, 2.0 Cu. Ft. (Quincy Lab) Microbalance (XP2U model, Mettler Toledo) Particulate Monitors Sunset
- [About Me](https://www.kshakya.com/about-me/) - Kabindra Shakya I am an environmental scientist and Associate Professor of Environmental Science in the Department of Geography and the Environment at Villanova University. My research focuses on outdoor and indoor air pollution, specifically particulate matter, ozone, and nitrogen oxides. I also study trace metal contaminants, also known as heavy metals such as lead, in

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