Amir Hakami is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. His expertise is in air quality modeling, and his research focus is on applications of models to inform air pollution decision-making. While widely recognized as a model developer, much of his work is placed at the interface of various disciplines such as atmospheric science, population health, environmental justice, climate change, and environmental economics. The current thrust of his research is on development of methods and tools that would inform decisions and help coordinate climate, population health, and environmental justice policies.
Hakami’s research has been funded by various public and private agencies and institutions such as NSERC, NFRF, Health Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Transport Canada, Health Effects Institute, American Petroleum Institute, World Resources Institute, among others. His postgraduate training includes a Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, and postdoctoral fellowship at California Institute of Technology. He has held various academic appointments including the Associate Dean of Research at the Faculty of Engineering and Design at Carleton University.
