Prof Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen

Prof Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen

Barcelona Institute for Global Health

Mark J Nieuwenhuijsen PhD is a world-leading expert in environmental exposure assessment, epidemiology, and health risk/impact assessment with a strong focus and interest on healthy urban living.  He has edited three books on exposure assessment and on environmental epidemiology, and one on integrating human health into urban and transport planning, one on transportation and health, and has co-authored more than 450 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and 35 book chapters.  In 2018, he was awarded the ISEE John Goldsmith Award for Outstanding Contributions to Environmental Epidemiology.  In both 2018 and 2019 he was among the 1% most cited scientists in the world. 

Web tools and Projects we developed

  • Open-NEM

    The live tracker of the Australian electricity market.

  • Paris Equity Check

    This website is based on a Nature Climate Change study that compares Nationally Determined Contributions with equitable national emissions trajectories in line with the five categories of equity outlined by the IPCC.

  • liveMAGICC Climate Model

    Run one of the most popular reduced-complexity climate carbon cycle models online. Used by IPCC, UNEP GAP reports and numerous scientific publications.

  • NDC & INDC Factsheets

    Check out our analysis of all the post-2020 targets that countries announced under the Paris Agreement.