Michael Yost

My teaching reflects my general interest in exposure assessment, instrumentation for environmental air sampling and physical agents. I teach classes on environmental and occupational exposure sciences, exposure assessment for air pollution, chemical and physical agents, and chemical sampling methods.

My research program focuses mainly on developing novel real time and optical instruments for ambient air pollution exposure assessment, and workplace health and safety in agricultural settings. Recently, we have conducted a series of studies about the effects of heat events in our region, and found significant impacts on health and emergency response during heat waves, developing novel real time and optical measurement instruments.