Ilias Kavouras, PhD
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor, Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Environmental Health
About Ilias Kavouras
Ilias Kavouras, PhD, is Professor and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of Memphis School of Public Health. His research aims to address the interplay between environment and human health with emphasis on atmospheric quality, climate, and built environment through environmental monitoring, cohort studies, geospatial modeling. The development of new novel sampling and laboratory analytical methods is integral to the efforts to better understand exposures, disease and susceptibility markers. He published more than 100 peer-review publications including one in Nature. His research has been sponsored by international, federal, state and local agencies. Dr. Kavouras teaching portfolio include fundamental and advanced courses in Climate Change and Human Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Exposure and Toxicology. He mentored post-doctoral fellow, doctoral students, graduate, graduate and high school students with exceptional career trajectories. Dr. Kavouras is the Editor-in-Chief of Atmosphere.
Selected Publications
(*denotes graduate and doctoral students supervised by Dr. Kavouras)
- Kelesidis GA, Moularas C, Parhizkar H, Calderon L, Tsiodra I, Mihalopoulos N, Kavouras I, Korras-Carraca MB, Hatzianastassiou N, Georgopoulos PG, Cedeño Laurent JG, Demokritou P. (2025). Radiative cooling in New York/New Jersey metropolitan areas by wildfire particulate matter emitted from the Canadian wildfires of 2023. Nature Communications, 6(1), 304.
- Goldfarb DG*, Prezant DJ, Zeig-Owens R, Hall CB, Schwartz T, Liu Y, Kavouras IG. (2024). Association of firefighting exposures with lung function using a novel job exposure matrix (JEM). Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 81(2), 84–91.
- Hardell J, Silver EJ, Kavouras I, Lee DD, Gross E. (2023) Childhood asthma in Bronx, NY; the impact of pollutants on length of hospital stay. Journal of Asthma, 60(12), 2160–2169. doi: 10.1080/02770903.2023.2225607
- Goldfarb D*, Prezant D, Zeig-Owens R, Schwartz T, Kavouras IG. (2023) Development of a job-exposure matrix (JEM) for exposure to smoke particle mass among firefighters of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY). Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 80(2), 104–110. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2022-108549
- Dada O*, Castillo K*, Hogan M*, Chalbot MCC, Kavouras IG. (2022) Evidence of the coupling of nicotine, solvents, flavorings, and new particle formation in electronic cigarette vapors. Scientific Reports, 12(1), 18571. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21798-w
- Singh S*, Johnson G, DuBois, DW, Kavouras IG. (2022) Assessment of the contribution of local and regional biomass burning on PM2.5 in New York/New Jersey metropolitan area. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 22, 220121.
- Nelson J*, Chalbot MCC, Pavicevic Z*, Kavouras I (2020) Characterization of exhaled breath condensate (EBC) non-exchangeable hydrogen functional types and lung function of wildland firefighters. Journal of Breath Research 14, 046010.
- Nelson J*, Chalbot MCC, Tsiodra I, Mihalopoulos N, Kavouras IG (2021) Physicochemical characterization of personal exposures to smoke aerosol and PAHs of wildland firefighters in prescribed fires. Exposure and Health 13, 105-118. doi: 10.1007/s12403-020-00366-5
- Nored AW*, Shedd JS, Chalbot MCG, Kavouras IG (2022) On the role of atmospheric weathering on paint dust aerosol generated by mechanical abrasion of TiO2 containing paints. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (3), 1265
- Dada OM*, Chalbot MCC, Kavouras IG (2020) Functional characterization of flavorings in electronic cigarette refill liquids by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. RSC Analytical Methods 12, 611-619