Julie Zimmerman
Vice Provost of Planetary Solutions, Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, and of School of the Environment, and of Epidemiology (Environmental Health Sciences)Cards
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Research
Publications
2024
Room temperature catalytic upgrading of unpurified lignin depolymerization oil into bisphenols and butene-2
Subbotina E, Souza L, Zimmerman J, Anastas P. Room temperature catalytic upgrading of unpurified lignin depolymerization oil into bisphenols and butene-2. Nature Communications 2024, 15: 5892. PMID: 39003256, PMCID: PMC11246530, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-49812-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchButene-2Bio-based carbon contentSource of renewable aromaticsGlass transition temperatureSynthetic utilityOlefin metathesisReductive catalytic fractionationBio-based carbonCatalyst loadingTarget monomersMild conditionsHydrogen pressureThermal stabilityRenewable aromaticsLoss of functionTransition temperatureCatalytic fractionationLignin depolymerizationCatalytic upgradingConvert ligninMonomerUpgrading methodsBisphenolHigh temperatureElucidating supercritical fluid extraction of fucoxanthin from algae to enable the integrated biorefinery
Lane M, Gilcher E, Ahrens-Víquez M, Pontious R, Wyrtzen N, Zimmerman J. Elucidating supercritical fluid extraction of fucoxanthin from algae to enable the integrated biorefinery. Bioresource Technology 2024, 406: 131036. PMID: 38925405, DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2024.131036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiplexable and Scalable Aqueous Synthesis Platform for Oleate‐Based, Bilayer‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles (Small 25/2024)
Backhaus A, Albrecht J, Alzhanova G, Long A, Arnold W, Lee J, Tse H, Su T, Cruz‐Gomez S, Lee S, Menges F, Parent L, Ratjen L, Burtness B, Fortner J, Zimmerman J. Multiplexable and Scalable Aqueous Synthesis Platform for Oleate‐Based, Bilayer‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles (Small 25/2024). Small 2024, 20 DOI: 10.1002/smll.202470191.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssessing the Progress toward a Water-Efficient Economy in the United States from 1985 to 2015
Du Y, Wang R, Zimmerman J. Assessing the Progress toward a Water-Efficient Economy in the United States from 1985 to 2015. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 8696-8708. PMID: 38717867, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAgricultural water use efficiencyWater use efficiencySustainable Development Goal 6Water priceEconomic growthTime series analysisUnited Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6Economic dataEquitable developmentAffluent statesWater withdrawalEffective water planningUS statesWater planningLocal communitiesWater utilitiesSeries analysisUS countiesGoal 6Increasing industrializationUse concernsUnited StatesNational trendsPriceCommunityEnvironmental Science & Technology: “Reviewer Intelligence Is Not Artificial”
Zimmerman J, Lowry G, Rosario-Ortiz F, Wang P. Environmental Science & Technology: “Reviewer Intelligence Is Not Artificial”. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 4029-4030. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c01687.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMultiplexable and Scalable Aqueous Synthesis Platform for Oleate‐Based, Bilayer‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles
Backhaus A, Albrecht J, Alzhanova G, Long A, Arnold W, Lee J, Tse H, Su T, Cruz‐Gomez S, Lee S, Menges F, Parent L, Ratjen L, Burtness B, Fortner J, Zimmerman J. Multiplexable and Scalable Aqueous Synthesis Platform for Oleate‐Based, Bilayer‐Coated Gold Nanoparticles. Small 2024, 20: e2309919. PMID: 38377304, DOI: 10.1002/smll.202309919.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGold nanoparticlesReaction scale-upLigand exchangeSpectroscopic investigationsSelf-assemblyGram levelReaction efficiencyCapping agentSodium oleateSynthesis platformPreparation procedureGold-based nanomaterialsPhysiological pHReactionNanoparticlesSynthesis limitationsSynthesisGrowth processControl resultsParticle concentrationMultiplexingSize precisionConventional thermocyclerScale-upGoldThe 2024 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award - The Asia Pacific Region
Zimmerman J, Brooks B, Mills M. The 2024 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award - The Asia Pacific Region. Environmental Science And Technology 2024, 58: 1-2. PMID: 38193156, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c10489.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 2024 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award - The Asia Pacific Region
Zimmerman J, Brooks B, Mills M. The 2024 Outstanding Achievements in Environmental Science & Technology Award - The Asia Pacific Region. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2024, 11: 1-2. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00903.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2023
The 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Winners: The Americas Region
Brooks B, Zimmerman J. The 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Winners: The Americas Region. Environmental Science & Technology Letters 2023, 10: 1142-1145. DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.3c00840.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Winners: The Americas Region
Brooks B, Zimmerman J. The 2024 James J. Morgan Early Career Award Winners: The Americas Region. Environmental Science And Technology 2023, 57: 20453-20456. DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.3c09701.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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- August 07, 2024
Novel E-Cigarette Products Marketed to Contain Nicotine Analogs Instead of Nicotine Show Discrepancies Between Label Information and Contents
- June 03, 2024Source: Scientific American
How Tobacco Companies Use Chemistry To Get Around Menthol Bans
- May 16, 2024
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- March 06, 2024
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