Elie Bou-Zeid

About

Professor Elie Bou-Zeid is a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. His research focuses on the integration of theory, numerical simulations, and experimental observations to study flow and transport in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer, the lowest layer of the atmosphere where humans live and have a direct impact on the planet. His work extends from the fundamentals of turbulent flow and heat transfer in that layer to various applications including the built environment and its environmental quality, energy efficiency in buildings, urban sensor networks and their design, wind farm design and wind energy forecasting, and surface-atmosphere exchanges over fractured polar sea ice. Professor Bou-Zeid holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Johns Hopkins University, along with a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution, and degrees from the American University of Beirut. He has received numerous honors and awards, including the Helmut E. Landsberg Award from the American Meteorological Society in 2026, the Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award from the American Geophysical Union in 2025, and the Beyond Bauhaus - Prototyping the Future Award in 2019. He is involved in multiple associated faculty roles across departments and institutes, including Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, the High Meadows Environmental Institute, the Princeton Program in Urban Studies,…

Selected publications

• Global multi-model projections of local urban climates

  Nature Climate Change · 2021 · 334 citations

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• Economic valuation of temperature-related mortality attributed to urban heat islands in European cities

  Nature Communications · 2023-11-17 · 124 citations

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  As the climate warms, increasing heat-related health risks are expected, and can be exacerbated by the urban heat island (UHI) effect. UHIs can also offer protection against cold weather, but a clear quantification of their impacts on human health across diverse cities and seasons is still being explored. Here we provide a 500 m resolution assessment of mortality risks associated with UHIs for 85 European cities in 2015-2017. Acute impacts are found during heat extremes, with a 45% median increa…

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• Urban climate and resiliency: A synthesis report of state of the art and future research directions

  Urban Climate · 2021-05-14 · 68 citations

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  The Urban Climate and Resiliency-Science Working Group (i.e., The WG) was convened in the summer of 2018 to explore the scientific grand challenges related to climate resiliency of cities. The WG leveraged the presentations at the 10th International Conference on Urban Climate (ICUC10) held in New York City (NYC) on 6–10 August 2018 as input forum. ICUC10 was a collaboration between the International Association of Urban Climate, American Meteorological Society, and World Meteorological Organiza…

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• Global urbanization indirectly ‘enhances’ the carbon sequestration capacity of urban vegetation

  Geography and sustainability · 2025-01-18 · 22 citations

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  • Globally, urbanization’s direct impact on NEP is universally negative. • Globally, urbanization’s indirect impact on NEP is positive in 88 % of cities. • Urbanization’s indirect impact is strongest in hydrothermally constrained areas. • Anthropogenic factors dominate the indirect impacts of urbanization on NEP. • Urbanization’s indirect impact on NEP is related to the level of urban development. Urbanization radically alters the climatic environment and landscape patterns of urban areas, but i…

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• Urban heat mitigation through misting, and its role in broader blue infrastructure portfolios

  Landscape and Urban Planning · 2025-01-02 · 10 citations

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Labs

• Elie Bou-Zeid LabPI

Awards & honors

• The Helmut E. Landsberg Award, American Meteorological Socie…
• The Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award, American Geophysical…
• ‘STAC Distinguished Scientific/Technological Accomplishment…
• Beyond Bauhaus - Prototyping the Future Award for our CityRe…
• Faculty Advancement Award (E. Lawrence Keyes Jr. / Emerson E…

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