Member Profile
DAYANA MILENA AGUDELO CASTAÑEDA
Country of origin: Colombia Currently in: Colombia, Barranquilla General field of specialization: Engineering sciences-
Degrees
2014 Doctorate Engineering sciences2010 Master Engineering sciences -
Current Research Activities
Engineering sciences
Published more than 41 high quality papers in international peer-reviewed ISI-SCOPUS journals. PhD in Remote Sensing in 2014 and M. Sc in Hydric Resources and Environmental Sanitation from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Environmental and Sanitary Engineer. iCACGP member and Association for Aerosol Studies in Latin America and the Caribbean member. Extensive research on air quality and health; and currently in the Technical Advisory Group in Global Air Pollution and Health for the World Health Organization. Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer at Universidad del Norte in Colombia. Dedicated to delivering vibrant and compelling lectures to students specializing in environmental engineering and health, climate emissions and air quality. Academic coordinator of the master’s in environmental engineering. My research has spanned various facets of air quality and climate emissions mitigation, encompassing black carbon emissions monitoring, environmental justice, exposure to black carbon emissions, sustainable transportation, low-cost sensors, passive sampling of NO2, bioaerosols, land use regression (LUR), airborne particles modeling, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with airborne particles, and the size distribution of airborne particles. My role in climate, air quality and public health has included planning and executing the highly successful Air Quality and Climate Change Congress in Colombia (https://casap.science) and nowadays, a member of the organization commission. Research projects included air quality and health using land use regression models in 5 cities in Colombia for NO2 and PM2.5 pollutants (Colombian Government-funded). Research assistant (doctoral level) in the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Worked in different projects of the research line in Atmospheric Sciences of the Remote Sensing Research Center and Meteorology jointly with the State Environmental Agency (FEPAM). The research included these themes: air quality, airborne particulate matter, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with airborne particles, the size distribution of airborne particles and analysis of particulate matter in thermal infrared spectra, ozone, nitrogen oxides, temporal series analysis, receptor models. Managed a small team of mentored undergraduate students and graduate students (Msc students) during the 4 years. Presented several papers in international conferences. Researcher on the treatment of drinking water using nanofiltration membrane oxidation with potassium permanganate and desorption tower for removing compounds causing taste, odor and taste in the water. Responsible for the design, coordination, and implementation of environmental management in health institutions of various levels of complexity, within the framework of planning matters: management of waste from health care, rational use of water, education and environmental training to employees, biosafety management of hazardous waste. Conducted the design and implementation of ISO 14001 in the health centers and universities, and environmental management programs in the food industry. My career and expertise include multifaceted contributions to advancing environmental engineering, climate mitigation, air quality and environmental justice research.
Publications resulting from Research:
1. Nieto-Combariza, M., San Gil, A., Quesada, A., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Arellana, J., & Oviedo, D. (2024). Motorized three-wheelers and their potential for just mobility in Caribbean urban areas. Data & Policy, 6, e11. doi:10.1017/dap.2023.45
2. Rodriguez-Villamizar, L.A., Rojas, Y., Grisales, S. Mangones, Cáceres, AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., et al. Intra-urban variability of long-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO2 in five cities in Colombia. Environ Sci Pollut Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-31306-w
3. Paternina-Arboleda, C.D.; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., .; Voß, S.; Das, S. Towards Cleaner Ports: Predictive Modeling of Sulfur Dioxide Shipping Emissions in Maritime Facilities Using Machine Learning. Sustainability 2023, 15, 12171. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151612171
4. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Arellana, J., Morgado-Gamero, W.B., De Paoli, F., Portz, L., Linking of built environment inequalities with air quality: A case study, Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, Volume 117, 2023, 103668, ISSN 1361-9209, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trd.2023.103668. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1361920923000652)
5. Rodriguez-Villamizar, L.A., Belalcazar-Ceron, L.C., Castillo, M.P. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., et al. Avoidable mortality due to long-term exposure to PM2.5 in Colombia 2014–2019. Environ Health 21, 137 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12940-022-00947-8
6. Gómez-Plata, L., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Castillo, M., Teixeira, E.C. (2022). PM10 Source Identification: A Case of a Coastal City in Colombia. Aerosol Air Qual. Res. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.210293
7. Morgado-Gamero, W.B., Parody, A., Medina, J., Rodriguez-Villamizar, L. A., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria in landfill bioaerosols: Environmental conditions and biological risk assessment, Environ. Pol. 290, 2021,118037, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2021.118037.
8. Rodriguez-Villamizar, L. A., Belalcázar-Ceron, L. C., Fernández-Niño, J. A., Marín-Pineda, D. M., Rojas-Sánchez, O. A., Acuña-Merchán, L. A., … Herrera-Galindo, V. M. (2021). Air pollution, sociodemographic and health conditions effects on COVID-19 mortality in Colombia: An ecological study. Science of the Total Environment, 756, 144020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.144020
9. Portela, N. B., Teixeira, E. C., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Civeira, M. D. S., Silva, L. F. O., Vigo, A., & Kumar, P. (2020). Indoor-outdoor relationships of airborne nanoparticles, BC and VOCs at rural and urban preschools. Env. Poll. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.115751
10. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., De Paoli, F., Morgado-Gamero, W.B., Mendoza, M., Parody, A., Maturana, A.Y., Teixeira, E.C., 2020. Assessment of the NO2 distribution and relationship with traffic load in the Caribbean coastal city. Sci. Total Environ. 720, 137675. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.137675
11. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M.; Calesso Teixeira, E., Alves, L., Fernández-Niño, J.A., Rodríguez-Villamizar, L.A., 2019. Monthly-Term Associations Between Air Pollutants and Respiratory Morbidity in South Brazil 2013-2016: A Multi-City, Time-Series Analysis. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 16, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16203787
12. Cujia, A., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M.; Pacheco-Bustos, C., Teixeira, E.C., 2019. Forecast of PM10 time-series data: A study case in Caribbean cities. Atmos. Pollut. Res. 10, 2053–2062. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2019.09.013
13. Morgado-Gamero, W.B.; Mendoza Hernandez, M.; Castillo Ramirez, M.; Medina-Altahona, J.; De La Hoz, S.; Posso Mendoza, H.; Parody, A.; Teixeira, E.C.; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA D.M Antibiotic Resistance of Airborne Viable Bacteria and Size Distribution in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3340.
14. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M.; Teixeira, E.C.; Braga, M.; Rolim, S.B.A.; L.F.O. Silva; Beddows, D.C.S.; Harrison, R.M.; Querol, X. Cluster analysis of urban ultrafine particles size distributions. Atmospheric Pollution Research. Volume 10, Issue 1, 2019. Pages 45-52. doi.org/10.1016/j.apr.2018.06.006.
15. Morgado Gamero WB, AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA D.M., Ramirez MC, et al (2018) Hospital Admission and Risk Assessment Associated to Exposure of Fungal Bioaerosols at a Municipal Landfill Using Statistical Models. In: Yin H, Camacho D, Novais P, Tallón-Ballesteros AJ (eds) Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning -- IDEAL 2018. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 210–218
16. De Paoli, F.; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M.; Teixeira, E.C.; Prashant K; Particle number concentrations and size distributions of nanoparticles during the use of hand-tools in refurbishment activities. Journal of Nanoparticle Research. 2018, 10.
17. Landim, A.A.; Teixeira, E.C.; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M.; Schneider, I.; L.F.O. Silva; Wiegand, F., Prashant K. Spatio-temporal variations of sulphur dioxide concentrations in industrial and urban area
18. via a new statistical approach. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health. 11: 801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-018-0584-2.
19. Espitia-Pérez, Lyda, da Silva, Juliana, Espitia-Pérez, Pedro, Brango, Hugo, Salcedo-Arteaga, Shirley, Hoyos-Giraldo, Luz Stella, de Souza, Claudia T., Dias, Johnny F., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M, Valdés Toscano, Ana, Gómez-Pérez, Miguel Henriques, João A.P. Cytogenetic instability in populations with residential proximity to open-pit coal mine in Northern Colombia in relation to PM10 and PM2.5 levels, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety. v. 148, pp. 453–466. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2017.10.044. 2018.
20. Oliveira, M.L.S., Navarro, O., Crissien, T., Tutikian, B., da Boit, K., Teixeira, E.C., Cabello, J., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Silva, L. F. O., Coal emissions adverse human health effects associated with ultrafine/nano-particles role and resultant engineering controls, Environmental Research, v.158, p.450-455, 2017.
21. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Teixeira, E. C.; Schneider, I. L.; Rincón Lara, S.; Silva, L. F. O., Exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in atmospheric PM of urban environments: Carcinogenic and mutagenic respiratory health risk by age groups, Environmental Pollution, v. 224, p. 158-170, 2017.
22. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Teixeira, E. C. Assessing environmental carcinogenic risk for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM 1.0 , PM 2.5 and PM 2.5-10 at an urban area at South Brazil. International Journal of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. v.7,No.3. 2016.
23. Civeira, M.; Oliveira, M. L.S. ; Hower, J. ; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M. ; Taffarel, S. R. ; Ramos, C. G. ; Kautzmann, R. M. ; Oliveira, L. F. S. . Modification, adsorption, and geochemistry processes on altered minerals and amorphous phases on the nanometer scale: Examples from copper mining refuse, Touro, Spain. Environmental Science and Pollution Research International, v 23 (7). 2016.
24. Schneider, I. L.; Teixeira, E. C.; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M; Silva E Silva, G.; Balzaretti, N.; Braga, M. F.; Oliveira, L. F. S.. FTIR analysis and evaluation of carcinogenic and mutagenic risks of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM1.0. Science of the Total Environment, v. 541, p. 1151-1160, 2016.
25. Agudelo-Castañeda, D. M.; Teixeira, E.C. ; Schneider, I. L. ; Pereira,F.N. ; Oliveira, M. L.S. ; Taffarel, S. R. ; Sehn, J. L. ; Ramos, C. G. ; Silva, L. F. O. Potential utilization for the evaluation of particulate and gaseous pollutants at an urban site near a major highway. Science of the Total Environment, v. 543, p. 161-170, 2016.
26. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M. ; Teixeira, E. C. ; Schneider, I. L. ; Rolim, S. A. ; Balzaretti, N ; Silva, G. S. E. . Comparison of Emissivity, Transmittance, and Reflectance Infrared Spectra of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons with those of Atmospheric Particulates (PM1). Aerosol Air Qual Res, v. 15, p. 1627-1639, 2015.
27. TEIXEIRA, E. C. ; AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M. ; Mattiuzi, C.D.P . Contribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) sources to the urban environment: A comparison of receptor models. Science of the Total Environment, v. 538, p. 212-219, 2015.
28. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Teixeira E. C. Seasonal changes, identification and source apportionment of PAH in PM1.0. Atmospheric Environment. Factor de Impacto(2013 JCR): 3,0620, v.96, p.186 - 200, 2014.
29. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Teixeira E. C., Pereira, F.N. Time-series analysis of surface ozone and nitrogen oxides concentrations in an urban area at Brazil. Atmospheric Pollution Research. Factor de Impacto (2013 JCR): 1,2270, v.5, p.411 - 420, 2014.
30. Garcia, K.O., Teixeira, E.C., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Braga, M., Alabarse, P. G., Wiegand, F., Kautzmann, R. M., Oliveira, L. F. S. Assessment of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in PM1 near an area of heavy-duty traffic. Science of the Total Environment. Factor de Impacto (2012 JCR): 3,2580, v.479-480, p.57 - 65, 2014.
31. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Teixeira, E.C., Rolim, S.B.A., Pereira, F.N., Wiegand, F. Measurement of particle number and related pollutant concentrations in an urban area in South Brazil. Atmospheric Environment (1994). Factor de Impacto (2012 JCR): 3,1100, v.70, p.254 - 262, 2013.
32. Teixeira E. C., Mattiuzi, C.D.P, AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Garcia, K.O., Wiegand, F. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons study in atmospheric fine and coarse particles using diagnostic ratios and receptor model in urban/industrial region. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment (Print). Factor de Impacto (2012 JCR): 1,5920, p.9587 - 9602, 2013.
33. Mattiuzi, C.D.P, AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Teixeira, E.C. Determinação das principais fontes emissoras de Hidrocarbonetos Policíclicos Aromáticos em uma área urbana do Rio Grande do Sul utilizando o modelo receptor Positive Matrix Factorization. Fepam em Revista (Impresso). , v.7, p.11 - 18, 2013.
34. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M, Teixeira E. C., Fachel, J.M., Leal, K. A., Garcia, K.O., Wiegand, F. Source identification and seasonal variation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with atmospheric fine and coarse particles in the Metropolitan Area of Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Atmospheric Research (Print). Factor de Impacto (2012 JCR): 2,2000, v.118, p.390 - 403, 2012.
35. Mattiuzi, C.D.P, AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D.M., Teixeira, E.C. Determinação das principais fontes emissoras de hidrocarbonetos policíclicos aromáticos na Região Metropolitana de Porto Alegre utilizando o modelo receptor Chemical Mass Balance. FEPAM em Revista (online). , v.6, p.4 - 15, 2012.
36. Paixão, M.A., Teixeira E. C., AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Pereira, F.N., Migliavacca, D.O. Distribuição do tamanho de partículas atmosféricas na Região Metropolitana. Fepam em Revista (Impresso). , v.5, p.19 - 22, 2011.
37. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Passos, K., Benetti, A. D. Remoción de las formas reducidas de azufre, hierro y manganeso de agua potable por procesos de separación en membrana de nanofiltración. Revista AIDIS de Ingeniería y Ciencias Ambientales v.5, p.33 - 43, 2012.
38. AGUDELO-CASTAÑEDA, D. M., Passos, K., Benetti, A. D. Remoção de sulfeto de hidrogênio, ferro e manganês de águas de abastecimento por aeração e dessorção por ar. Revista DAE, v.188, p.14 - 21, 2012.
Current profession
Current professional activities type:Teaching2017- Actual Professor and researcher. Universidad del Norte, Colombia. Associate Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineer of the Universidad del Norte, Colombia. Delivering enthusiastic and engaging lectures to students in environmental engineering and air quality. Conducting the master’s in environmental engineering. Researcher on air quality, i.e. low-cost sensors, passive sampling of NO2, bioaerosols, LUR, airborne particles modeling, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons associated with airborne particles and the size distribution of airborne particles. Researcher on air quality and health using land use regression models in 5 cities in Colombia for NO2 and PM2.5 pollutants (Colombian Government-funded). Led, planned, and executed one of the greatest Air Quality Congress in Colombia (CASAP 2019). Researcher on use and calibration of low-cost sensors, PAH associated to PM2.5 and cytotoxic effects. Planned and executed projects on bioaerosol monitoring inside ICU´s and landfills.
