Matthew Eckelman
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Matthew Eckelman is an Associate Professor and Associate Chair for research of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Northeastern University, with affiliate appointments in Public Policy and the Social Science and Environmental Health Research Institute. He is also an adjunct Associate Professor at the Yale School of Public Health. His research focuses on modeling emissions from industrial supply chains, including those of the health sector, and linking these emissions to human health damages and loss of ecosystem function. Dr. Eckelman worked previously for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs and in non-profit product engineering design and was a Peace Corps volunteer in Nepal. He received a PhD from Yale Engineering.
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- Environmental Health Sciences (EHS)
- Yale School of Public Health
- Yale School of Public Health - NEW
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2025
Chromium removal from concentrated ammonium-nitrate solution: Electrocoagulation with iron in a plug-flow reactor
Costigan E, Wu S, Eckelman M, Fernandez L, Mueller A, Alshawabkeh A, Larese-Casanova P. Chromium removal from concentrated ammonium-nitrate solution: Electrocoagulation with iron in a plug-flow reactor. Separation And Purification Technology 2025, 354: 129353. DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2024.129353.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFlow ratePlug flow reactorCr removalSolution flow rateFlow-through reactorSynthetic wastewaterRemoval efficiencySteady state conditionsDesign guidelinesReactorMetallic infrastructureReaction rate coefficientsChromium removalCoexisting ionsState conditionsElectrocoagulationWastewaterAnode lengthAdvection-dispersion-reaction modelAdvection-dispersion-reactionFlowAmmonium nitrateSolutionAnodeCr concentration
2024
Using Chronic Kidney Disease as a Model Framework to Estimate Healthcare-Related Environmental Impact
Garcia Sanchez J, Barraclough K, Cases A, Pecoits-Filho R, Germond-Duret C, Zoccali C, Embleton N, Wright A, Hubbert L, Nicholson L, Barone S, Budgen N, Cabrera C, Selvarajah V, Eckelman M. Using Chronic Kidney Disease as a Model Framework to Estimate Healthcare-Related Environmental Impact. Advances In Therapy 2024, 1-14. PMID: 39541083, DOI: 10.1007/s12325-024-03039-w.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricConceptsEnvironmental impactLife cycle stagesLife cycle assessment frameworkImpact assessment methodsReduce environmental burdenCycle stagesEnvironmental burdenCO2e emissionsCalculated impactAssessment frameworkEnvironmental benefitsProactive managementCO2eChronic kidney diseaseEffective managementHighest impactKidney replacement therapyEnvironmental dimensionsCare pathwaysAssessment methodsModeling frameworkDatabase inputChronic diseasesEffective management of chronic diseasesEmissionAir Toxics Matter to More than Just Air
Huang K, Fernandez L, Varshavsky J, Eckelman M. Air Toxics Matter to More than Just Air. Environmental Pollution 2024, 364: 125308. PMID: 39547559, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.125308.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action
Romanello M, Walawender M, Hsu S, Moskeland A, Palmeiro-Silva Y, Scamman D, Ali Z, Ameli N, Angelova D, Ayeb-Karlsson S, Basart S, Beagley J, Beggs P, Blanco-Villafuerte L, Cai W, Callaghan M, Campbell-Lendrum D, Chambers J, Chicmana-Zapata V, Chu L, Cross T, van Daalen K, Dalin C, Dasandi N, Dasgupta S, Davies M, Dubrow R, Eckelman M, Ford J, Freyberg C, Gasparyan O, Gordon-Strachan G, Grubb M, Gunther S, Hamilton I, Hang Y, Hänninen R, Hartinger S, He K, Heidecke J, Hess J, Jamart L, Jankin S, Jatkar H, Jay O, Kelman I, Kennard H, Kiesewetter G, Kinney P, Kniveton D, Kouznetsov R, Lampard P, Lee J, Lemke B, Li B, Liu Y, Liu Z, Llabrés-Brustenga A, Lott M, Lowe R, Martinez-Urtaza J, Maslin M, McAllister L, McMichael C, Mi Z, Milner J, Minor K, Minx J, Mohajeri N, Momen N, Moradi-Lakeh M, Morrisey K, Munzert S, Murray K, Obradovich N, O'Hare M, Oliveira C, Oreszczyn T, Otto M, Owfi F, Pearman O, Pega F, Perishing A, Pinho-Gomes A, Ponmattam J, Rabbaniha M, Rickman J, Robinson E, Rocklöv J, Rojas-Rueda D, Salas R, Semenza J, Sherman J, Shumake-Guillemot J, Singh P, Sjödin H, Slater J, Sofiev M, Sorensen C, Springmann M, Stalhandske Z, Stowell J, Tabatabaei M, Taylor J, Tong D, Tonne C, Treskova M, Trinanes J, Uppstu A, Wagner F, Warnecke L, Whitcombe H, Xian P, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, Zhang C, Zhang R, Zhang S, Zhang Y, Zhu Q, Gong P, Montgomery H, Costello A. The 2024 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: facing record-breaking threats from delayed action. The Lancet 2024, 404: 1847-1896. PMID: 39488222, PMCID: PMC7616816, DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(24)01822-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSystems Approaches for Addressing Complex Environmental Problems
Zhang Q, Eckelman M, Fu G, Liang S, Mihelcic J, Mo W, Zimmerman J. Systems Approaches for Addressing Complex Environmental Problems. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 19093-19094. PMID: 39468871, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c07737.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBuilding a sustainable future in health care: collaboration and framework for meaningful life cycle assessment
Ip V, Sherman J, Eckelman M. Building a sustainable future in health care: collaboration and framework for meaningful life cycle assessment. Journal Canadien D'anesthésie 2024, 1-6. PMID: 39384714, DOI: 10.1007/s12630-024-02853-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEvaluating progress and accountability for achieving COP26 Health Programme international ambitions for sustainable, low-carbon, resilient health-care systems
Blom I, Rasheed F, Singh H, Eckelman M, Dhimal M, Hensher M, Guinto R, McGushin A, Ning X, Prabhakaran P, Romanello M, van Alphen D, Watts N, Yu J, Zavaleta-Cortijo C, MacNeill A, Sherman J. Evaluating progress and accountability for achieving COP26 Health Programme international ambitions for sustainable, low-carbon, resilient health-care systems. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e778-e789. PMID: 39393379, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00206-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealth-care systemInternational ambitionsPolicy makingUN Framework ConventionFramework ConventionTangible outcomesHealth programmesHealth careProcess indicatorsPublic monitoringClimate strategiesGlobal initiativesEvaluate progressScientific monitoringIndicator relevanceCOP26System contextAccountsPartiesClimate changeActual progressPolicyAmbitionsLow-carbonCountriesGuiding principles for the next generation of health-care sustainability metrics
Eckelman M, Weisz U, Pichler P, Sherman J, Weisz H. Guiding principles for the next generation of health-care sustainability metrics. The Lancet Planetary Health 2024, 8: e603-e609. PMID: 39122328, DOI: 10.1016/s2542-5196(24)00159-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsHealth careHealth system performance indicatorsEffectiveness of health careHealth-care provisionPositive systemic changeHealth-care sectorHealth systemSustainability metricsPublic healthClimate crisisHealthGreenhouse gas emissionsTracking progressCareSystem changesSustainability goalsEnergy useSystem performance indicatorsCore missionMeasurement frameworkGas emissionsEntry pointSectorEnvironmental challengesPrivatisationTrends, risks and opportunities in environmental nanotechnology
Huang X, Auffan M, Eckelman M, Elimelech M, Kim J, Rose J, Zuo K, Li Q, Alvarez P. Trends, risks and opportunities in environmental nanotechnology. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 2024, 5: 572-587. DOI: 10.1038/s43017-024-00567-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsEngineered nanomaterialsRelease of ENMsRisks of engineered nanomaterialsENM concentrationsImpact of engineered nanomaterialsPredicted no-effect concentrationWater treatmentHealth risksEnvironmental applicationsNo-effect concentrationPotential environmental applicationsPotential dischargeEnvironmental health risksLife cycle analysisSynthesized materialsReduced toxicityPollution remediationSewage effluentIncidental releaseEnvironmental nanotechnologyReduced riskEnvironmental impactRiskHealth impactsEnvironmental benefitsLeveraging engineered nanomaterials to support material circularity
Gilbertson L, Eckelman M, Theis T. Leveraging engineered nanomaterials to support material circularity. Environmental Science Nano 2024, 11: 2885-2893. DOI: 10.1039/d4en00110a.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitations
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