Prof. Frank Kelly, PhD FKC FRSB FRSC FMedSci FIEnvSc FRCP (Hons)

Professor Frank Kelly holds the inaugural Humphrey Battcock Chair in Community Health and Policy within the School of Public Health at Imperial College London.  He leads the Environmental Research Group, Directs the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Health Impact of Environmental Hazards, and is Deputy Director of the MRC Centre for Environment & Health. His research spans all aspects of air pollution, from toxicology to science policy. The experimental research examines the toxicity of airborne particulate matter, diesel and biodiesel exhaust emissions, wood smoke and identifies  biomarkers for exposure. A new area of investigation focuses on ambient microplastics, specifically their identification, detection, and potential health effects. Professor Kelly has published 450 peer-reviewed papers as well as many conference papers and books. He provides policy support to the World Health Organization on air pollution issues and is a member of the Health Effects Institute (HEI) Review Committee. He is past Chairman of COMEAP, the UK’s Department of Health’s Expert Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants, past President of the European Society for Free Radical Research and past Chairman of the British Association for Lung Research.