Our Vision

Clean air is an integral part of a thriving society. Our vision is a world where everyone can access clean air. Where knowledge of exposure leads to better health for everyone. Where the invisible becomes visible.

"By making air quality data more accessible and actionable, we empower individuals and communities to breathe better and live healthier."

Our Values

At Air Aware Labs, our core values guide everything we do.

Health & Well-Being

Empowering individuals with personalized air quality insights for better health and performance.

Innovation

Leveraging cutting-edge technology and data to make air quality information accessible and actionable.

Global Responsibility

Committed to reducing air pollution and promoting sustainability for a healthier planet.

Fun & Empowerment

Making environmental awareness engaging and inspiring for positive lifestyle choices.

Collaboration

Partnering with experts, communities, and organizations to drive impactful change in air quality.

Our Team

Our team are experts in air quality, technology, product design, public policy and medicine. We have over 75 publications in air quality and health journals and have led community engagement and campaigns.

Louise Thomas

Co-founder - Chief Executive Officer

Dr Will Hicks

Co-founder - Chief Scientific Officer

Dr Sacha Manson-Smith

Advisory Chief Technical Officer

Daniel Harris

Chief Product Officer

Lía Budnik

Marketing and Communications Officer

Michael Song

AI Scientist

Our Advisers

We are backed by an elite team of start-up advisers, deeply committed to our mission. Our advisers have profound expertise across business, finance and scientific domains.

Dr Dan Hardy

Atmospheric Chemistry

Dr David Janner-Klausner

Strategic Operations

Dr Zhenghong Liu

Healthcare Innovation

Helen Stewart

Commercial

Tom Maverley

Go To Market

Dr Yiqun Han

Chief Medical Officer

Ksenia Fortin-Brazeau

Marketing adviser

Our Affiliations

We are proud to be a part of some of the most forward-thinking organisations and networks which span environment, health and technology.

We are part of this partnership - a growing network of businesses, organisations, communities, and schools committed to delivering Lambeth's Climate Action Plan and working together to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.

We are a resource for this programme which improves health outcomes for young people and recognises that air pollution has a disproportionate impact on socio-economically deprived communities and Black, Asian and minority ethnic populations.

We are working with Arcanys, which backs software founders with tech equity.

We are a member of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association - a not-for-profit organisation whose core aim is to help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises obtain the funding they need to grow their business and help drive our economy forward.

From January to March 2025, we were part of this Female Founder Accelerator

We are pleased to partner with these monthly walkabouts across the UK and beyond

Ride For Their Lives is an international collaboration of healthcare providers riding together to explore the actions we must take to protect the planet for our patients and children. We supported their ride from London to Geneva in Summer 2024 to raise awareness of the impact of air pollution on health

Our Planet Needs You is a nine-part sustainability programme, designed to tackle pollution and carbon emissions with measurable impact - driving real change that supports the UK’s net-zero goals. We collaborated with Our Planet Needs You to bring air pollution insights for school children during their focus on active travel

Sustrans is the charity making it easier for everyone to walk, wheel and cycle. We are collaborating with Sustrans to bring new ways of analysing air pollution data for urban development

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