Peer-reviewed publications
(**Undergraduate Student; *Graduate Student)
- **Malone, M., Shakya, K.M. (2024). Trace Metal Contamination in Community Garden Soils across the United States. Sustainability, 16(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/su16051831
- *Terry, B., Shakya, K.M. (2023). Monitoring gaseous pollutants using passive sampling in Philadelphia region. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, https://doi.org/10.1080/10962247.2023.2279733
- **Bassetti, O.G., **McDonough, R.A., Shakya, K.M. (2023). Soil contamination in community gardens of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195:782.
- **Sage, L., **Bassetti, O., Johnson, E., Shakya, K., Weston, N. (2023). Assessment of heavy metal contamination in soil and produce of Philadelphia community gardens. Environmental Pollutants and Bioavailability, 35:1, 2209283.
- *Cummings, L.E., *Stewart, J.D., Kremer, P., Shakya, K.M. (2021). Predicting citywide distribution of air pollution using mobile monitoring and three-dimensional urban structure. Sustainable Cities and Society, 76, 103510. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2021.103510.
- McDermott-Levy, R., **Scolio, M., Shakya, K.M., Moore, C. (2021). Factors that influence climate change related mortality in the United States: An integrative review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 8220.Open Access. PDF.
- *Cummings, L.E., *Stewart, J.D., *Reist, R., Shakya, K.M., Kremer, P. (2021). Mobile monitoring of air pollution reveals spatial and temporal variation in an urban landscape. Frontiers in Built Environment. doi: 10.3389/fbuil.2021.648620. Open Access. PDF.
- **Kellenbenz, K.R., Shakya, K.M. (2021). Spatial and temporal variations in indoor radon concentrations in Pennsylvania, USA from 1988 to 2018. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 233, 106594.
- *Stewart, J.D. , Kremer, P., Shakya, K.M., **Conway, M., **Saad, A. (2021). Outdoor atmospheric microbial diversity is associated with urban landscape structure and differs from indoor-transit systems as revealed by mobile monitoring and three-dimensional spatial analysis. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9, 620461. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.620461. Open Access.
- Shakya, K.M., **Saad, A., **Aharonian, A. (2020). Commuter exposure to particulate matter at underground subway stations in Philadelphia. Building and Environment, 186, 107322.
- **Conway, M., Shakya, K.M. (mentor), Kremer, P. (2020). Mapping social vulnerability to air pollution in Philadelphia, PA. Veritas: Villanova Research Journal, 2: 122-130. Open Access. PDF
- *Stewart, J.D., Shakya, K.M., Bilinski, T., Wilson, J.W., Ravi, S., Choi, C.S. (2020). Variation of near surface atmosphere microbial communities at an urban and a suburban site in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Science of the Total Environment, 724, 138353.
- Shakya, K.M., Kremer, P., **Henderson, K., **McMahon, M., Peltier, R.E., *Bromberg, S., **Stewart, J. (2019). Mobile monitoring of air and noise pollution in Philadelphia neighborhoods during Summer 2017. Environmental Pollution, 255, 113195.
- Shakya, K.M., Peltier, R.E., Zhang, Y., Pandey, B.D. (2019). Roadside exposure and inflammation biomarkers among a cohort of traffic police in Kathmandu, Nepal. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(3), 377. Open Access. PDF
- Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., Shahi, A., Maskey, R., Pradhan, B., Panday, A., Puppala, S.P., Lawrence, Peltier, R.E. (2017). Near-road sampling of PM2.5 and BC, and fine-particle chemical components in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 17, 6503-6516. Open Access. PDF
- Shakya, K.M., Peltier, R.E., Shrestha, H., Byanju, R.M. (2017). Measurements of TSP, PM10, PM2.5, BC, and PM chemical composition from an urban residential location in Nepal. Atmospheric Pollution Research, 8(6), 1123-1131.
- Shakya, K.M., Noyes, A., Kallin, R., Peltier, R.E. (2016).Evaluating the efficacy of cloth facemasks in reducing particulate matter exposure. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, 27, 352-357.
- Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., Aryal, K., Peltier, R.E. (2016). Respiratory effects of high levels of particulate exposure in a cohort of traffic police in Kathmandu, Nepal. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 58(6), e218-e225.
- Kiros, F., Shakya, K.M., Rupakheti, M., R.M., Regmi, Maharjan, R., Byanju, R.P., Naja, M., Mahata, K., Kathayat, B., Peltier, R.E. (2016). Variability of Anthropogenic Gases: Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, Ozone and Ammonia in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 16(12), 3088-3101. PDF.
- Rutter, A.P., Griffin, R.J., Cevik, B.K., Shakya, K.M., Gong, L., Kim, S., Flynn, J.H., Lefer, B.L. (2015). Sources of air pollution in a region of oil and gas exploration downwind of a large city. Atmospheric Environment, 120, 89-99.
- Shakya, K.M. and Peltier, R.E. (2015). Non-sulfate sulfur in fine aerosols across the United States: Insight for organosulfate prevalence. Atmospheric Environment, 100: 159-166.
- Shakya, K.M. and Peltier, R.E. (2013). Investigating missing sources of sulfur at Fairbanks, Alaska. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(16), 9332-9338.
- Shakya, K.M., Liu, S., Takahama, S., Russell, L.M., Keutsch, F.N., Galloway, M.N., Shilling, J.E., Hiranuma, N., Song, C., Kim, H., Paulson, S.E., Pfaffenberger, L., Barmet, P., Slowik, J., Prevot, A.S.H., Dommen, J., Baltensperger, U. (2013). Similarities in STXM-NEXAFS spectra of atmospheric particles and secondary organic aerosol generated from glyoxal, alpha-pinene, isoprene, 1,2,4-trimethylbenzene, and d-limonene. Aerosol Science Technology, 47(5), 543-555. PDF.
- Ahlm, L., Shakya, K.M., Russell, L.M., Schroder, J.C., Wong, J.P.S., Sjostedt, S.J., Hayden, K.L., Liggio, J., Wentzell, J.J.B., Wiebe, H.A., Mihele, C., Leaitch, W.R., Macdonald, A.M. (2013). Temperature-dependent accumulation mode particles and cloud nuclei concentrations from biogenic sources during WACS 2010. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 13(6), 3393-3407. Open Access. PDF.
- Rutter, A.P., Shakya, K.M., Lehr, R., Schauer, J.J., Griffin, R.J. (2012). Oxidation of gaseous elemental mercury in the presence of secondary organic aerosols. Atmospheric Environment, 59, 86-92.
- Shakya, K.M., Place, P.F., Griffin, R.J., Talbot, R.W. (2012). Carbonaceous content wand water-soluble organic functionality of atmospheric aerosols at a semi-rural New England location. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 117, D03301, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016113. PDF.
- Shakya, K.M., Louchouarn, P., Griffin, R.J. (2011). Lignin-derived phenols in Houston aerosols: Implications for natural background sources. Environmental Science & Technology, 45(19), 8268-8275.
- Shakya, KM. and Griffin, R.J. (2010). Secondary organic aerosol from photooxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Science & Technology, 44(21), 8134-8139.
- Shakya, K.M., Ziemba, L.D., Griffin, R.J (2010). Characteristics and sources of carbonaceous, ionic, and isotopic species of wintertime atmospheric aerosols in Kathmandu Valley, Nepal. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 10, 219-230. Open Access. PDF.
- Makris, K.C., Shakya, K.M., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Pachanoor, D. (2007). High Uptake of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by vetiver grass - Potential for phytoremediation? Environmental Pollution, 146(1), 1-4.
- Makris, K.C., Shakya, K.M., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Pachanoor, D. (2007). Chemically catalyzed uptake of 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene by Vetiveria zizanioides. Environmental Pollution, 148(1), 101-106.
- Makris, K.C., Datta, R., Sarkar, D., Shakya, K.M., Pachanoor, D., Das, P. (2007). Chaotropic effects on 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene uptake by wheat (Triticum aestivum). Plant and Soil, 295(1-2), 229-237.