Award Rudy Verheyen 2017 for Evi Dons regarding her doctoral research: 'Air pollution exposure assessment through personal monitoring activity-based modeling.' Hasselt University
Extreme concentrations of air pollution can lead to health problems and even death. During her PhD at UHasselt, Evi Dons analysed individual exposure to air pollution - work which has now won her the Rudi Verheyen Award. The award, launched by Minister Joke Schauvliege and UAntwerp, was presented on 22 March 2018 for the thirteenth time. Dons aims to use the prize money to develop an app that can measure air quality and physical activity to give ...