Publications (selected)

An Wang, Iacopo Testi, Sanjana Paul, Simone Mora, Erica Walker, Marguerite Nyhan, Fabio Duarte, Paolo Santi, Carlo Ratti, 2024. Big Mobility Data Reveals Hyperlocal Air Pollution Exposure Disparities in the Bronx, New York. Nature Cities, 1, 512-521. https://www.nature.com/articles/s44284-024-00093-x

Purcell L, O’Regan A, McGookin C, Nyhan MM, 2025. Modelling Urban Carbon Emissions for Multiple Sectors in High Spatial Resolution for Achieving Sustainable & Net-Zero Cities. Sustainable Cities & Society, 106370. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2025.106370

Marguerite M Nyhan, John F Cryan, 2023. Embed Impact on SDGs in Research AssessmentsNature, 621 (258). https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02860-7

Purcell L, Mac Mahon J, Daly D, De Doncker I, Nyhan MM, 2025. Systems Thinking-Informed and Data-Driven Urban Decarbonisation Framework for Individual, Community & Urban Scale Climate ActionScience of the Total Environment, 959, 178152. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.178152

O’Regan AC, Grythe H, Hellebust S, Lopez-Aparicio S, O’Dowd C, Hamer PD, Sousa Santos G, Nyhan MM, 2024. Data Fusion for Enhancing Urban Air Quality Modeling using Large-Scale Citizen Science. Sustainable Cities & Society, 105896. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2024.105896

Purcell, L.,O’Regan, A., McGookin, C., Nyhan, MM. 2024. Modelling & Spatial Mapping of Residential-Sector Emissions for Sub-National & Urban AreasMethodsX, 12 (102617). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mex.2024.102617

Sabedotti, MES*; O’Regan, AC; Nyhan, MM* co-first authors, 2023. Data Insights for Sustainable Cities: Associations between Google Street View-Derived Urban Greenspace and Google Air View-Derived Pollution Levels. Environmental Science and Technology, 57 (48):19637-19648. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.est.3c05000

O’Regan, A.C., Nyhan, MM., 2023. Towards Sustainable and Net-Zero Cities: Environmental Modelling and Monitoring Tools for Optimizing Emissions Reduction Strategies for Improved Air Quality in Urban AreasEnvironmental Research, 231 (116242). https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935123010459?via%3Dihub

O’Regan, AC*; Byrne, R; Hellebust, S; Nyhan, MM*. * co-first authors, 2022. Associations between Google Street View-derived urban greenspace metrics and air pollution measured using a distributed sensor networkSustainable Cities & Society, 87 (104221). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2022.104221

O’Regan, A., Hunter, R., Nyhan, M., 2021. “Biophilic Cities” – Quantifying the Impact of Google Street View-Derived Greenspace Exposures on Socioeconomic Factors & Self-Reported Health. Environmental Science & Technology. 55, 13, 9063–9073. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c01326 (Impact Factor 11.4)

Nyhan MM, Rice M, Blomberg A, Coull BA, Garshick E, Vokonas P, Schwartz J, Gold D, Koutrakis P, 2019. Associations Between Ambient Particle Radioactivity and Lung Function. Environment International. 130C 104795. doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.066 (Impact Factor 13.4)

Chique, C., Hynds, P., Nyhan, MM, Lambert, S., Boudou, M., O’Dwyer, J., 2021. Psychological impairment and extreme weather event (EWE) exposure, 1980–2020: A global pooled analysis integrating mental health and well-being metrics. International Journal of Hygiene & Environmental Health. 238, 113840.

Nyhan MM, Britter R, Kloog I, Koutrakis P, Ratti C, 2018. Quantifying Population Exposure to Air Pollution Using Mobility Patterns Inferred from Mobile Phone Data. Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology (Nature Publishing Group). www.nature.com/articles/s41370-018-0038-9

Nyhan MM, Grauwin S, Britter R, Laden F, McNabola A, Misstear B, Ratti., C., 2016. Exposure Track – The Impact of Mobile Device Based Mobility Patterns on Quantifying Population Exposure to Air Pollution. Environmental Science & Technology. 50(17):9671-81. (Impact Factor 11.4) Link

Li W, Nyhan, MM, Wilker EH, Vieira CLZ, Lin H, Schwartz JD, et al., 2018. Recent Exposure to Particle Radioactivity and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Inflammation: The Framingham Heart Study. Environment International. 121(2): 1210-1216. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30376999 (Impact Factor 13.4)

Nyhan, M., Coull, B.A., Gold, D., Schwartz, J., Koutrakis, P., 2018. Associations Between Ambient Particle Radioactivity and Blood Pressure: The Normative Aging Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 7(6): e008245. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.117.008245. (Impact Factor 6.1) Link

Blomberg A, Nyhan MM, Bind MA, Vokonas P, Coull BA, Schwartz J, Koutrakis P, 2020. The Role of Ambient Particle Radioactivity in Inflammation and Endothelial Function in an Elderly Cohort. Epidemiology. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001197 (Impact Factor 4.9)

Romero Y, Chicchon N, Duarte F, Noel J, Ratti C, Nyhan MM, 2019. Quantifying and Spatial Disaggregation of Air Pollution Emissions from Ground Transportation in a Developing Country Context: Case Study for the Lima Metropolitan Area in Peru. Science of the Total Environment. 698, 134313. (Impact Factor 10.8) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719343049

Nyhan, MM., Nyhan, M., Sobolevsky, S., Kang, C., Robinson, P., Corti, A., Szell, M., Streets, D., Lu, Z., Britter, R., Barrett, S.R.H., Ratti, C., 2016. Predicting Vehicular Emissions in High Spatial Resolution Using Pervasively Measured Transportation Data and Microscopic Emissions Model. Atmospheric Environment. 140, 352-363. (Impact Factor 5.8) Link

Boy, J., Pastor, D., Nyhan, MM., Moreno Jimenez, R., Macguire, D., Luengo Oroz, M., 2019. Towards an Understanding of Refugee Segregation, Isolation, Homophily & Ultimately Integrating in Turkey Using Call Detail Records. Proceedings of the Data for Refugees Challenge.https://datapopalliance.org/d4r/

Quinn J.A., Nyhan MM., Navarro, C., Coluccia, D., Bromley, L., Luengo-Oroz, M., 2018. Humanitarian Applications of Machine Learning with Remote Sensing Data: Review & Case Study in Refugee Settlement Mapping. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences. 13;376(2128). pii: 20170363. doi: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0363 (Impact Factor 4.2)

United Nations and the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development. The Promise of Digital Health: Addressing Non-communicable Diseases to Accelerate Universal Health Coverage in LMICs. Report published 2018. Link

Nyhan, MM. Coping with Air Pollution in an Age of Urbanisation. Angle Journal, 2015. Link

Nyhan, MM., Misstear, B., McNabola, A., 2014. Evaluating Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting Minute Ventilation and Lung Deposited Dose of Pollution in Commuting Cyclists. Journal of Transport & Health. 1(4), 305-315. (Impact Factor 3.6)Link

Nyhan MM, Misstear B, McNabola A, 2014. Comparison of Predicted Particulate Matter Dose and Heart Rate Variability Response in Cyclists, Pedestrians, Bus and Train Passengers. Science of the Total Environment. 468-469, 821-831. (Impact Factor 10.8) Link

For a full list of publications, please see Professor Marguerite Nyhan’s UCC research profile for details:

UCC Research Profile: https://research.ucc.ie/en/persons/marguerite-nyhan/

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