Hernandez Lab researcher Marina Nieto finds airborne viral diseases survive longer in dry climates like Colorado. CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 CU Boulder EVEN CU Boulder 🦬 denverpost.com/2023/03/09/uni…

Our former lab member Dr. Kevin McCabe's company Double Strand Wine won a bronze medal at the regional wine competition, SavorNW wine awards with their 2022 Black Republican Cherry-Honey Wine; Double Strand Wine's first competition takes home a medal! 🍷Cheers!🧬

Our team found that all DenverPublicSchools, regardless of age and environment, can affordably deliver clean air in classrooms through portable HEPA filters; results verified by Attune (formerly Senseware) air quality monitors installed by CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 students. 9news.com/video/news/sta…

The The Washington Post checks in with Dr. Mark Hernandez to learn how to make indoor air safer when wildfires make outdoor air hazardous to breathe. washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

Welcome to our summer 2023 @Cdphe Clean Air For Schools project student interns! They'll be looking at ventilation and HEPA filter performance in DenverPublicSchools classrooms- Jeronimo Palacios, Nathaniel Ramirez, Maria Rodriguez, Kristina Petrov, Isaac Chavarria & Keegan Nagel.

Hurray it's MetaSUB Research Global City Sampling Day! The Hernandez lab team from CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 CU Boulder EVEN is sampling the #urbanmicrobiome on #DenverInternationalAirport transportation infrastructure. #gcsd2023 @DenAirport #MetaSUB #GlobalCitySamplingDay

Congratulations to our lab's newly minted PhD Dr. Emmalee Biesiada who successfully defended her PhD thesis (& registered a patent) on Peroxide Enhanced Germicidal Irradiation (PEGI) for rapid inactivation of air and surface borne microbes! CU Boulder EVEN CU Boulder Engineering 🦬

Our 2023 CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 student interns celebrate wrapping up the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment Clean Air For Schools research in DenverPublicSchools looking at the impact of HEPA filters on classroom air quality and mixing.

Our work in DenverPublicSchools and Blue-Valley AV is showcased in this The New York Times article on classroom air quality and #COVID. nytimes.com/2023/08/27/hea…

The Aerobiology and Disinfection Lab is hiring a Microbiological and Allergen Technician. Please share this listing among any qualified candidates you know! jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…

Our lab will be working with University of Colorado Anschutz researchers to evaluate the impact of portable air cleaners on K-12 classroom hygiene, student health and absenteeism. dailycamera.com/2023/10/04/cu-…

Recognition of our lab for #HispanicHeritageMonth instagram.com/p/CyOXjTfOjUo/…

Our colleages at Denver Public Health & Environment are hiring a Water and Wastewater Health Investigator! Apply below before Nov 9th deadline. denver.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CCD-denver-den…

Congratulations to my 22nd PhD student Dr. Nicollette Laroco who successfully defended her dissertation "Upcycling Steel Residuals for H2S and Siloxane Removal from Anaerobic Digester Biogas"!

Check out my appearance on #Lungcast discussing why good indoor air quality matters. youtube.com/watch?v=rhhLO3…

Cannabis workers can be exposed to many hazards, and several facilities that I've visited over the years have employees with respiratory and/or sensitization issues. Our group Aerobiology Lab CU Boulder reviewed cannabis work-related bioaerosols and the risks they may pose to workers.

The Hernandez Lab team Emily, Sam and Kristen out mapping Denver's urban biome in Denver for MetaSUB Research Global Sampling Day 2024. #gcsd24

Our stellar CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 undergraduate researchers Nathaniel Ramirez, Isaac Chavarria Esquivel and Kristina Petrov are heading to Hawaii to present on Air Mixing Regimes and PM Exposures in Public Elementary School Classrooms at #IndoorAir2024

At Indoor Air 2024, CU Boulder Engineering 🦬 student Nasim Ildiri wows the crowd as she presents her research on Impacts of HVAC cleaning on energy consumption and airflow. CU Boulder CEAE #IndoorAir2024

An exciting new direction for our lab's #bioaerosol research by Senior Scientist Tess Eidem PhD on bioaerosol exposures and occupational inhalation hazards in #Cannabis cultivation & manufacturing facilities. link.springer.com/article/10.100…