Dr James Levine MSci MA PhD

Dr James Levine

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Senior Research Fellow

Contact details

Email
j.g.levine@bham.ac.uk
Address
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
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Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr James Levine’s focus is on air quality, spanning the conventional boundary between natural and built environments. His background is predominantly in atmospheric science, developing numerical models of atmospheric chemistry and transport for innovative applications. However, drawing on experience of architectural practice (qualified to RIBA Part I), James increasingly couples software innovation with knowledge-exchange activities with urban practitioners: i.e., co-design with target end users.

James led the development of the open-source Green Infrastructure for Roadside Air Quality (GI4RAQ) Platform: the first software enabling non-specialists to estimate quantitatively the site-dependent impacts of vegetation barriers on roadside exposure to vehicular pollution via changes in pollutant dispersion. He is now leading the development of a flexible multi-box model to simulate indoor air quality throughout buildings of any user-specified size and complexity – just one component of an Indoor Air Quality Emissions and Modelling System, led by Dr Christian Pfrang.

Meanwhile, James is Innovation Network Manager for the : a UK-wide network funded under UKRI’s SPF Clean Air Programme to optimise the air quality and health benefits of transport decarbonisation. The network spans nine Universities, UKHSA and over 20 cross-sector partners, including: national and regional transport providers; developers of new vehicle technologies; advocates for public transport and active travel; and national, regional and local government representatives.

Qualifications

  • BA (Hons) Architecture, University of Lincoln, 2016
  • PhD Atmospheric Science, University of Cambridge, 2007
  • MA University of Cambridge, 2004
  • MSci (Hons) Natural Sciences, University of Cambridge, 2002

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Molden, N, Hemming, C, Leach, F, Levine, JG, Ropkins, K & Bloss, W 2023, '', Sustainability (Switzerland), vol. 15, no. 5, 4005.

Tivey, J, Davies, HC, Levine, J, Zietsman, J, Bartington, S, Ibarra-Espinosa, S & Ropkins, K 2023, '', Sustainability, vol. 15, no. 2, 1522.

Penn, AS, Bartington, S, Moller, S, Hamilton, I, Levine, J, Hatcher, K & Gilbert, N 2022, '', Atmosphere, vol. 13, no. 3, 492.

Fawole, OG, Cai, X, Levine, JG, Pinker, RT & Mackenzie, AR 2016, '', Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, vol. 121, no. 24, pp. 14,513 - 14,524.

Levine, JG, MacKenzie, AR, Squire, OJ, Archibald, AT, Griffiths, PT, Abraham, NL, Pyle, JA, Oram, DE, Forster, G, Brito, JF, Lee, JD, Hopkins, JR, Lewis, AC, Bauguitte, SJB, Demarco, CF, Artaxo, P, Messina, P, Lathi猫re, J, Hauglustaine, DA, House, E, Hewitt, CN & Nemitz, E 2015, '', Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions, vol. 15, no. 17, pp. 24251-24310.

Levine, JG, Yang, X, Jones, AE & Wolff, EW 2014, '', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 119, no. 9, pp. 5737-5756.

Foley, AM, Dalmonech, D, Friend, AD, Aires, F, Archibald, AT, Bartlein, P, Bopp, L, Chappellaz, J, Cox, P, Edwards, NR, Feulner, G, Friedlingstein, P, Harrison, SP, Hopcroft, PO, Jones, CD, Kolassa, J, Levine, JG, Prentice, IC, Pyle, J, Riveiros, NV, Wolff, EW & Zaehle, S 2013, '', Biogeosciences, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 8305-8328.

Levine, JG, Wolff, EW, Hopcroft, PO & Valdes, PJ 2012, '', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 39, no. 12.

Conference contribution

Fawole, O, Levine, J, Cai, X & Mackenzie, A 2015, . in The 2015 AGU Fall Meeting. agu, San Francisco, United States, 14/12/15.

Working paper

Levine, J, Brown, Y & MacKenzie, R 2021 '' 黑料吃瓜网.