Ellis S. Robinson

Ellis Robinson is an assistant professor in the department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. He joined CHEE in Fall 2024 after holding research positions at Johns Hopkins University, Carnegie Mellon University, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). His research focuses on air quality, with an emphasis on understanding the chemical and physical properties of air pollutants and their impacts.

Degrees

• PhD Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• BS Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

Interests

Teaching

Research

Atmospheric aerosols, air pollution, air quality, risk assessment, air pollution measurement, emissions factors, exposure assessment, dust, ozone, hazardous air pollutants

Research Experience

• Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Environmental Health & Engineering, 2020 - 2024
• Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2019 - 2020
• Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2016 - 2019
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015 - 2016

Courses

CHEE 336: Air Quality Engineering & Pollution Control

Selected Recent Publications

• Robinson, E.S.; Dhammapala, R. (2025). Analysis of Ambient Ethylene Oxide Mixing Ratios in the United States. ACS ES&T Air. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.5c00186
• Ajayi, T.; Mirrezaei, M.A.; Arellano, A.F.; Robinson, E.S.; Sorooshian, A. (2025). A long-term (2001–2022) examination of surface ozone concentrations in Tucson, Arizona. Environmental Science: Atmospheres. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5ea00072f
• Robinson, E.S.; Yassine, A.; Agarwal, S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Lupolt, S.N.; Chiger, A.A.; et al. (2025). Total cancer risk estimates from measured concentrations of volatile organic compounds in industrialized southeastern Louisiana. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 122, e2504770122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2504770122
• Chiger, A.A.; Gigot, C.; Robinson, E.S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Claflin, M.; Fortner, E.; et al. (2025). Improving Methodologies for Cumulative Risk Assessment: A Case Study of Noncarcinogenic Health Risks from Volatile Organic Compounds in Fenceline Communities in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Environmental Health Perspectives, 133, 057004. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40127300
• Robinson, E.S.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2024). Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Leak Identification and Characterization by Walking Survey and Soil Flux Measurements. ACS ES&T Air. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestair.4c00109
• Robinson, E.S.; Battaglia Jr., M.; Campbell, J.R.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Simpson, W.R.; Mao, J.; Weber, R.J.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2024). Multi-year, high-time resolution aerosol chemical composition and mass measurements from Fairbanks, Alaska. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 4(6), 685–698. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ea00008k
• Robinson, E.S.; Tehrani, M.W.; Yassine, A.; Agarwal, S.; Nault, B.A.; Gigot, C.; Chiger, A.A.; Lupolt, S.N.; Daube, C.; Avery, A.M.; Claflin, M.S.; Stark, H.; Lunny, E.M.; Roscioli, J.R.; Herndon, S.C.; Skog, K.; Bent, J.; Koehler, K.; Rule, A.M.; Burke, T.; Yacovitch, T.I.; Nachman, K.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2024). Ethylene Oxide in Southeastern Louisiana’s Petrochemical Corridor: High Spatial Resolution Mobile Monitoring during HAP-MAP. Environmental Science & Technology. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.3c10579
• Robinson, E.S.; Cesler-Maloney, M.; Tan, X.; Mao, J.; Simpson, W.; DeCarlo, P.F. (2023). Wintertime spatial patterns of particulate matter in Fairbanks, AK during ALPACA 2022. Environmental Science: Atmospheres, 3(3), 568–580. [DOI]
• Shah, R.U.; Robinson, E.S.; Gu, P.; Apte, J.S.; Marshall, J.D.; Robinson, A.L.; Presto, A.A. (2020). Socio-economic disparities in exposure to urban restaurant emissions are larger than for traffic. Environmental Research Letters, 15, 114039. https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abbc92