Air-pollution exposure
Mapping high-resolution patterns of PM₂.₅, PM₁₀, O₃ and NO₂ to identify where exposure is concentrated.
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Mengxue YaoAcademic profile
Pronunciation“MUNG-shweh YOW”
Research focuses on how urban environments shape air quality, public health and health inequality. Spatial data, environmental modelling and urban-form analysis are integrated to develop evidence for healthier, fairer and more resilient cities.
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Urban resilience
Air quality
Public health
Health inequality
Current research agenda
Towards healthier, fairer and more resilient cities
My British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship connects high-resolution air-quality evidence with socioeconomic, health, urban-form and governance data to reveal how environmental health inequalities are distributed across people and places.
Vulnerability & health inequality
Connecting socioeconomic and health data to understand who is most affected and how disadvantages intersect.
Governance & urban resilience
Building indicators across air quality, vulnerability and governance to support targeted and equitable urban interventions.
Selected Publications
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Latest updates
Research, funding and academic updates
Awarded a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship
A 2025–26 fellowship for research on mapping air-pollution health inequalities across urban England.
Joined the University of Bath as a Research Associate
Research Associate on AIRWISE, collaborating with the Manila team on urban morphology, air quality and resilience.
PhD viva passed with minor corrections
A major doctoral milestone at the University of Sheffield.
COLLABORATE
Towards healthier, fairer and more resilient cities.
I welcome conversations about air pollution, public health, health inequality, urban resilience and spatial data.