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Smoke from wildfires in the western U.S. and Canada is expected to impact air quality in the Bay Area on Thursday and Friday. Residents in affected areas should stay alert to news coverage and health warnings related to smoke. Check air quality at fire.airnow.gov and take steps to protect your health from smoke. Learn how at www.baaqmd.gov/wildfiresafety. Pollution levels are not expected to exceed the national 24-hour health standard. A Spare the Air Alert is not in effect.
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Garima Raheja
Garima Raheja is a PhD student in the Westervelt group at Columbia University in New York City. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a BS in Civil and Environmental Engineering, and a BA in Data Science (with an emphasis on Sustainable Development and Engineering). At Columbia, she is interested in air quality and climate change in urban environments.
Garima currently serves as the US State Department Air Quality Fellow, American Geophysical Union Community Science Fellow, and the AGU Art and Science Section Co-Lead. Previously, Garima has worked with NASA, NOAA, the University of Washington, the University of Hawaii, UC San Diego, the Exploratorium Science Museum, Code for America, Maui Nui Botanical Gardens, and led 100+ consultants in the Bay Area Environmentally Aware Consulting Network on 20+ social and environmental responsibility projects. Garima is a recipient of the prestigious Columbia University Dean’s Fellowship, the UC Berkeley Regents’ and Chancellors’ Scholarship, the Koret Research Scholarship, and a four-time recipient of the Cal Berkeley Alumni Leadership Award. Her work has been featured recently at the National Academies of Science, and in The New York Times and the MIT Technology Review.
Marcy Hiratzka
Clerk of the Boards, Administración
415.749.5073 mhiratzka@baaqmd.gov
Vanessa Johnson
Secretaria superior ejecutiva
415.749.4941 vjohnson@baaqmd.gov
Executive Office
(415) 749-5016
Última actualización: 08/11/2016