Emma Krasovich Southworth

About Me

Emma is interested in exploring how we can promote the health of people and the environment in a changing world. She is currently purusing her PhD in Environment and Resources at Stanford University and studies how changes to the environment impact human health, environmental quality, and ecosystem services.

Prior to starting her PhD, Emma worked as a Research Analyst at the Global Policy Lab (GPL) at UC Berkeley (now at Stanford). During her time at GPL, she was part of a project that aimed to identify land-based sources of nonpoint source water pollution in national-scale river systems in New Zealand and the US Mississippi River Basin. Emma completed her MPH in environmental health science and global health at Columbia University and received a BA in behavioral neuroscience from Colgate University.

When she isn’t at her desk, you can find her outside - most likely running or hiking up a mountain. She also co-founded a trivia company and loves to host trivia nights to bring communities together.

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Jun 1, 2030

The influence of wildfire smoke on ambient chemical species concentrations in the contiguous US
The influence of wildfire smoke on ambient chemical species concentrations in the contiguous US

Wildfire risk is growing in the US and many other parts of the world, with demonstrable impact on surface air quality. We use daily measurements from 700 monitors around the US over 15 years to characterize the chemical species present in wildfire smoke, quantify how changing wildfire smoke concentrations are affecting observed species concentrations, and estimate health risks from exposure. We find that increases in wildfire smoke lead to measurable increases in over two dozen chemical species' concentrations and that this influence has grown over time for many species. We show that the burning of structures significantly elevates specific chemical concentrations in smoke and that wildfire enhancement of carcinogenic species could lead to small increases in population cancer risk.

Aug 14, 2024

🎉 Easily create your own simple yet highly customizable blog
🎉 Easily create your own simple yet highly customizable blog

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Oct 27, 2023

🧠 Sharpen your thinking with a second brain
🧠 Sharpen your thinking with a second brain

Create a personal knowledge base and share your knowledge with your peers.

Oct 26, 2023

📈 Communicate your results effectively with the best data visualizations
📈 Communicate your results effectively with the best data visualizations

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Oct 25, 2023

👩🏼‍🏫 Teach academic courses
👩🏼‍🏫 Teach academic courses

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Oct 24, 2023

✅ Manage your projects
✅ Manage your projects

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Oct 23, 2023

Harmonized nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin from 1980 to 2018
Harmonized nitrogen and phosphorus concentrations in the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin from 1980 to 2018

We harmonized 9.2 million publicly available monitor readings from 226 distinct water monitoring authorities spanning the entirety of the Mississippi/Atchafalaya River Basin (MARB) in the United States. We created the Standardized Nitrogen and Phosphorus Dataset (SNAPD), a novel dataset of 4.8 million standardized observations for nitrogen- and phosphorus-containing compounds from 107 thousand sites during 1980–2018. To the best of our knowledge, this dataset represents the largest record of these pollutants in a single river network where measurements can be compared across time and space.

Aug 27, 2022

The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic
The effect of large-scale anti-contagion policies on the COVID-19 pandemic

An evaluation of how anti-contagion policies reduced the spread of COVID-19 across multiple countries.

Jun 10, 2020