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Professor Barbara Maher

Professor Emerita, Professor

  1. 2024
  2. Published

    A Lake Record of Geomagnetic Secular Variations for the Last 23 ka From Lake Chala: Toward a Composite Directional Lake Record of the Earth's Magnetic Field for Equatorial East Africa

    Di Chiara, A., Hounslow, M. W., Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V., Van Daele, M., Blaauw, M. & Verschuren, D., 31/03/2024, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 25, 3, e2023GC011092.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. 2023
  4. Published

    Efficacy of green infrastructure in reducing exposure to local, traffic-related sources of airborne particulate matter (PM)

    Sheikh, H. A., Maher, B. A., Woods, A. W., Tung, P. Y. & Harrison, R. J., 10/12/2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 903, 166598.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Measurement of road traffic brake and tyre dust emissions using both particle composition and size distribution data

    Beddows, D. C. S., Harrison, R. M., Gonet, T., Maher, B. A. & Odling, N., 15/08/2023, In: Environmental Pollution. 331, Part 1, 121830.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Mid-Pleistocene links between Asian dust, Tibetan glaciers, and Pacific iron fertilization

    Zan, J., Maher, BA., Yamazaki, T., Fang, X., Han, W., Kang, J. & Hu, Z., 13/06/2023, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 120, 24, 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Pinpointing the Mechanism of Magnetic Enhancement in Modern Soils Using High‐Resolution Magnetic Field Imaging

    Fu, R. R., Maher, B. A., Nie, J., Gao, P., Berndt, T., Folsom, E. & Cavanaugh, T., 31/03/2023, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 24, 3, 16 p., e2022GC010812.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. 2022
  9. Published

    Magnetic characterisation of London's airborne nanoparticulate matter

    Muxworthy, A. R., Lam, C., Green, D., Cowan, A., Maher, B. A. & Gonet, T., 15/10/2022, In: Atmospheric Environment. 287, 8 p., 119292.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Oxidative Stress, Cytotoxic and Inflammatory Effects of Urban Ultrafine Road-Deposited Dust from the UK and Mexico in Human Epithelial Lung (Calu-3) Cells

    Hammond, J., Maher, B. A., Gonet, T., Bautista, F. & Allsop, D., 14/09/2022, In: Antioxidants. 11, 9, 18 p., 1814.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Protecting playgrounds: local-scale reduction of airborne particulate matter concentrations through particulate deposition on roadside ‘tredges’ (green infrastructure)

    Maher, B. A., Gonet, T., Karloukovski, V. V., Wang, H. & Bannan, T. J., 20/08/2022, In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1, 11 p., 14236.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Predicting Spatial Variations in Multiple Measures of PM2.5Oxidative Potential and Magnetite Nanoparticles in Toronto and Montreal, Canada

    Ripley, S., Minet, L., Zalzal, J., Godri Pollitt, K., Gao, D., Lakey, P. S. J., Shiraiwa, M., Maher, B. A., Hatzopoulou, M. & Weichenthal, S., 7/06/2022, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 56, 11, p. 7256-7265 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  13. Published

    Biomagnetic Characterization of Air Pollution Particulates in Lahore, Pakistan

    Sheikh, H. A., Maher, B. A., Karloukovski, V., Lampronti, G. I. & Harrison, R. J., 28/02/2022, In: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. 23, 2, e2021GC010293.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2021
  15. Published

    Size-resolved, quantitative evaluation of the magnetic mineralogy of airborne brake-wear particulate emissions

    Gonet, T., Maher, B. A., Nyirő-Kósa, I., Pósfai, M., Vaculík, M. & Kukutschová, J., 1/11/2021, In: Environmental Pollution. 288, 12 p., 117808.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Airborne Magnetite- And Iron-Rich Pollution Nanoparticles: Potential Neurotoxicants and Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Disease, including Alzheimer's Disease

    Maher, B. A., 31/05/2021, Alzheimer's Disease and Air Pollution: The Development and Progression of a Fatal Disease from Childhood and the Opportunities for Early Prevention. Calderon-Garciduenas, L. (ed.). IOS Press BV, p. 69-83 15 p. (Advances in Alzheimer's Disease; vol. 8).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  17. Published

    Prolific shedding of magnetite nanoparticles from banknote surfaces

    Maher, B. A. & Gonet, T., 10/05/2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 768, 9 p., 144490.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. Published

    A Multi-Proxy Approach to Unravel Late Pleistocene Sediment Flux and Bottom Water Conditions in the Western South Atlantic Ocean

    Mathias, G. L., Roud, S. C., Chiessi, C. M., Campos, M. C., Dias, B. B., Santos, T. P., Albuquerque, A. L. S., Toledo, F. A. L., Costa, K. B. & Maher, B. A., 30/04/2021, In: Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. 36, 4, 22 p., e2020PA004058.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Variation in the concentration and regional distribution of magnetic nanoparticles in human brains, with and without Alzheimer’s disease, from the UK

    Hammond, J., Maher, B., Ahmed, I. & Allsop, D., 30/04/2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 13 p., 9363.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Source apportionment of magnetite particles in roadside airborne particulate matter

    Gonet, T., Maher, B. A. & Kukutschová, J., 15/01/2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 752, 12 p., 141828.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Evidence for the presence of air pollution nanoparticles in placental tissue cells

    Liu, N. M., Miyashita, L., Maher, B. A., McPhail, G., Jones, C. J. P., Barratt, B., Thangaratinam, S., Karloukovski, V., Ahmed, I. A., Aslam, Z. & Grigg, J., 10/01/2021, In: Science of the Total Environment. 751, 11 p., 142235.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Indoor Particulate Air Pollution from Open Fires and the Cognitive Function of Older People

    Maher, B., O'Sullivan, V., Feeney, J., Gonet, T. & Kenny, R. A., 1/01/2021, In: Environmental Research. 192, 11 p., 110298.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. 2020
  24. Published

    Quadruple abnormal protein aggregates in brainstem pathology and exogenous metal-rich magnetic nanoparticles (and engineered Ti-rich nanorods). The substantia nigrae is a very early target in young urbanites and the gastrointestinal tract a key brainstem portal

    Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., González-Maciel, A., Reynoso-Robles, R., Hammond, J., Kulesza, R., Lachmann, I., Torres-Jardón, R., Mukherjee, P. S. & Maher, B. A., 1/12/2020, In: Environmental Research. 191, 17 p., 110139.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Iron-rich air pollution nanoparticles: An unrecognised environmental risk factor for myocardial mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiac oxidative stress

    Maher, B. A., González-Maciel, A., Reynoso-Robles, R., Torres-Jardón, R. & Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., 1/09/2020, In: Environmental Research. 188, 6 p., 109816.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. Published

    Reduced repressive epigenetic marks, increased DNA damage and Alzheimer's disease hallmarks in the brain of humans and mice exposed to particulate urban air pollution

    Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., Herrera-Soto, A., Jury, N., Maher, B. A., González-Maciel, A., Reynoso-Robles, R., Ruiz-Rudolph, P., van Zundert, B. & Varela-Nallar, L., 30/04/2020, In: Environmental Research. 183, 11 p., 109226.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. 2019
  28. Published

    Magnetic susceptibility as a pedogenic proxy for grouping of geochemical transects in landscapes

    Cervi, E. C., Maher, B., Poliseli, P. C., de Souza Junior, I. G. & da Costa, A. C. S., 1/10/2019, In: Journal of Applied Geophysics. 169, p. 109-117 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Airborne Magnetite- and Iron-Rich Pollution Nanoparticles: Potential Neurotoxicants and Environmental Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Disease, Including Alzheimer's Disease

    Maher, B. A., 17/09/2019, In: Journal of Alzheimer's Disease. 71, 2, p. 361-375 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Airborne, Vehicle-Derived Fe-Bearing Nanoparticles in the Urban Environment: A Review

    Gonet, T. & Maher, B. A., 3/09/2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 17, p. 9970-9991 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Combustion- and friction-derived magnetic air pollution nanoparticles in human hearts

    Calderón-Garcidueñas, L., González-Maciel, A., Mukherjee, P. S., Reynoso-Robles, R., Pérez-Guillé, B., Gayosso-Chávez, C., Torres-Jardón, R., Cross, J. V., Ahmed, I. A. M., Karloukovski, V. V. & Maher, B. A., 1/09/2019, In: Environmental Research. 176, 10 p., 108567.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Efficient Removal of Ultrafine Particles from Diesel Exhaust by Selected Tree Species: Implications for Roadside Planting for Improving the Quality of Urban Air

    Wang, H., Maher, B. A., Ahmed, I. A. M. & Davison, B., 18/06/2019, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 12, p. 6906-6916 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2018
  34. Published

    Identification and paleoclimatic significance of magnetite nanoparticles in soils

    Ahmed, I. & Maher, B. A., 20/02/2018, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 115, 8, p. 1736-1741 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  35. Published

    Connection of the proto-Yangtze River to the East China Sea traced by sediment magnetic properties

    Liu, X., Chen, J., Maher, B. A., Zhao, B., Yue, W., Sun, Q. & Chen, Z., 15/02/2018, In: Geomorphology. 303, p. 162-171 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. 2017
  37. Published

    Reprint of: The spatial-temporal characteristics and health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter in China

    Song, Y., Wang, X., Maher, B. A., Li, F., Xu, C., Liu, X., Sun, X. & Zhang, Z., 1/10/2017, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 163, Suppl. , p. S352-S358 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Biomagnetic monitoring of atmospheric pollution: a review of magnetic signatures from biological sensors

    Hofman, J., Maher, B. A., Muxworthy, A. R., Wuyts, K., Castanheiro, A. & Samson, R., 20/06/2017, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 51, 12, p. 6648-6664 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  39. 2016
  40. Published

    Palaeoclimatic records of the loess/palaeosol sequences of the Chinese Loess Plateau

    Maher, B. A., 15/12/2016, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 154, p. 23-84 62 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Magnetite pollution nanoparticles in the human brain

    Maher, B. A., Ahmed, I., Karloukovski, V. V., MacLaren, D., Foulds, P., Allsop, D., Mann, D., Torres-Jardon, R. & Calderon-Garciduenas, L., 27/09/2016, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 113, 39, p. 10797-10801 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    The spatial-temporal characteristics and health impacts of ambient fine particulate matter in China

    Song, Y., Wang, X., Maher, B. A., Li, F., Xu, C., Liu, X., Sun, X. & Zhang, Z., 20/01/2016, In: Journal of Cleaner Production. 112, 2, p. 1312-1318 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. 2015
  44. Published

    Particulate matter deposited on leaf of five evergreen species in Beijing, China: source identification and size distribution

    Song, Y., Maher, B. A., Li, F., Wang, X., Sun, X. & Zhang, H., 03/2015, In: Atmospheric Environment. 105, p. 53-60 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. 2013
  46. Published

    Statistical models for use of palaeosol magnetic properties as proxies of palaeorainfall

    Maher, B. & Possolo, A., 12/2013, In: Global and Planetary Change. 111, p. 280-287 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Probe Technology for the Direct Measurement and Sampling of Ellsworth Subglacial Lake

    Mowlem, M. C., Tsaloglou, M. N., Waugh, E. M., Floquet, C. F. A., Saw, K., Fowler, L., Brown, R., Pearce, D., Wyatt, J. B., Beaton, A. D., Brito, M. P., Hodgson, D. A., Griffiths, G., Bentley, M., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C., Corr, H., Harris, W., & 17 othersHill, C., Hindmarsh, R., King, E., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Parnell, J., Priscu, J., Rivera, A., Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Smith, A., Tait, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J., Whalley, B. & Woodward, J., 26/03/2013, Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments. Wiley Blackwell, p. 159-186 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  48. Published

    Impact of roadside tree lines on indoor concentrations of traffic-derived particulate matter

    Maher, B., Ahmed, I., Davison, B., Karloukovski, V. & Clarke, R., 2013, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 47, 23, p. 13737-13744 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2012
  50. Published

    Thermal enhancement of natural magnetism as a tool for tracing eroded soil

    Armstrong, A., Quinton, J. & Maher, B., 11/2012, In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. 37, 14, p. 1567-1572 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  51. Published

    Intra-urban spatial variation of magnetic particles: monitoring via leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetisation (SIRM).

    Kardel, F., Wuyts, K., Maher, B. & Samson, R., 08/2012, In: Atmospheric Environment: Part A - General Topics. 55, p. 111-120 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Oxygen isotopes from Chinese caves: records not of monsoon rainfall but circulation regime

    Maher, B. & Thompson, R., 08/2012, In: Journal of Quaternary Science. 27, 6, p. 615-624 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Rapid magnetic biomonitoring and differentiation of atmospheric particulate pollutants at the roadside and around two major industrial sites, U.K..

    Hansard, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 21/03/2012, In: Environmental Science and Technology. 46, 8, p. 4403-4410 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 2011
  55. Published

    Leaf saturation isothermal remanent magnetization (SIRM) as a proxy for particulate matter monitoring: inter-species differences and in-season variation.

    Kardel, F., Wuyts, K., Maher, B., Hansard, R. & Samson, R., 09/2011, In: Atmospheric Environment: Part A - General Topics. 45, 29, p. 5164-5171 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    Biomagnetic monitoring of industry-derived particulate pollution.

    Hansard, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 06/2011, In: Environmental Pollution. 159, 6, p. 1673-1681 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    The dating and interpretation of a Mode 1 site in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

    Barham, L., Phillips, W., Maher, B., Karloukovski, V., Duller, G., Jain, M. & Wintle, A., 05/2011, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 60, 5, p. 549-570 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Ellsworth Subglacial Lake, West Antarctica: A review of its history and recent field campaigns

    Ross, N., Siegert, M. J., Rivera, A., Bentley, M. J., Blake, D., Capper, L., Clarke, R., Cockell, C. S., Corr, H. F. J., Harris, W., Hill, C., Hindmarsh, R. C. A., Hodgson, D. A., King, E. C., Lamb, H., Maher, B., Makinson, K., Mowlem, M., Parnell, J., Pearce, D. A., & 7 othersPriscu, J., Smith, A. M., Tait, A., Tranter, M., Wadham, J. L., Whalley, W. B. & Woodward, J., 1/01/2011, Antarctic Subglacial Aquatic Environments. American Geophysical Union, p. 221-233 13 p. (Geophysical Monograph Series; vol. 192).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  59. Published

    The magnetic properties of Quaternary aeolian dusts and sediments, and their Quaternary palaeoclimatic significance

    Maher, B., 2011, In: Aeolian Research. 3, p. 87-144 57 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. 2010
  61. Published

    Sedimentation, geochemistry and palaeomagnetism of the West Runton Freshwater Bed, Norfolk, England

    Gibbard, P. L., Boreham, S., Andrews, J. E. & Maher, B. A., 31/12/2010, In: Quaternary International. 228, 1-2, p. 8-20 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    Toward new frontiers in understanding the link between dust and climate: DUSTSPEC Workshop: Dust Records for a Changing World; Palisades, New York, 24-26 May 2010

    Winckler, G., Mahowald, N. & Maher, B., 8/11/2010, In: Eos. 91, 40, p. 360 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  63. Published

    Early Pleistocene human occupation at the edge of the boreal zone in northwest Europe

    Parfitt, S., Ashton, N., Lewis, S., Abel, R., Coope, R., Field, M., Gale, R., Hoare, P., Larkin, N. R., Lewis, M. D., Karloukovski, V., Maher, B., Peglar, S. M., Preece, R. C., Whittaker, J. E. & Stringer, C. B., 8/07/2010, In: Nature. 466, 7303, p. 229-233 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  64. Published

    Rates of particulate pollution deposition onto leaf surfaces: Temporal and inter-species magnetic analyses

    Mitchell, R., Maher, B. & Kinnersley, R., 05/2010, In: Environmental Pollution. 158, 5, p. 1472-1478 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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