Mobility and the air we breathe: transportation emissions and chronic disease

Carlos Gonzalez-Calderon, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering, has been named a 2026 Gambrell Faculty Fellow. With support from The Gambrell Foundation and as part of the Charlotte Urban Institute’s Gambrell Faculty Fellowship, he will join nine other UNC Charlotte faculty as they leverage the scholarship to help develop a better quality of life for Charlotte.  

Gonzalez-Calderon’s research will examine how transportation-related air pollution contributes to diseases like asthma, diabetes and cardiovascular conditions to help bring focus to Charlotte’s mobility-pollution-health nexus. As an outcome, his findings could contribute to a policy brief for transportation and health agencies in Charlotte and other cities.

Learn more about the latest cohort of Gambrell Faculty Fellows and all their research projects.