Julie Zimmerman

About

Julie Zimmerman is the Liliane and Christian Haub Professor of Chemical & Environmental Engineering at Yale University, with additional appointments in the School of the Environment. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor and a B.S. from the University of Virginia. Her research applies green chemistry and green engineering principles to the innovative design of products, processes, and systems, with a focus on assessing benign alternative chemicals and materials. She is involved in policy design and analysis for sustainability, particularly related to water use and corporate environmental behavior, and develops water treatment technologies for developing communities. Zimmerman's distinguished career includes election to the National Academy of Engineering in 2025, fellowship in the Royal Society of Chemistry in 2015, and election to the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering in 2015. Her numerous awards include the Walter J. Weber Distinguished Lecturer, EPA medals for commendable service, and recognition as a Karman Fellow. Her work emphasizes designing safer chemicals, minimizing aquatic toxicity, and advancing sustainable practices in engineering and environmental sciences.

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Business
• Environmental science
• Political Science
• Engineering
• Biochemical engineering
• Ecology
• Risk analysis (engineering)
• Chemistry
• Organic chemistry

Selected publications

• Designing for a green chemistry future

  Science · 2020 · 1176 citations

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  The material basis of a sustainable society will depend on chemical products and processes that are designed following principles that make them conducive to life. Important inherent properties of molecules need to be considered from the earliest stage-the design stage-to address whether compounds and processes are depleting versus renewable, toxic versus benign, and persistent versus readily degradable. Products, feedstocks, and manufacturing processes will need to integrate the principles of g…

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• The Green Print: Advancement of Environmental Sustainability in Healthcare

  Resources Conservation and Recycling · 2020 · 305 citations

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• Guiding the design space for nanotechnology to advance sustainable crop production

  Nature Nanotechnology · 2020 · 205 citations

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• Green Chemistry: A Framework for a Sustainable Future

  Organic Process Research & Development · 2021 · 86 citations

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• <scp>CO₂</scp> process intensification of algae oil extraction to biodiesel

  AIChE Journal · 2020 · 19 citations

  Abstract Algae‐to‐biodiesel processes are hindered by high costs and low energy return on investment. 1,2 . Herein, three foci in research improve algae‐to‐biodiesel processes by: (1) reducing high installation and energy costs in the CO 2 sequestration, cultivation, and harvesting stages; (2) improving oil extraction and biodiesel generation; and (3) increasing utilization of the proteins in lipid‐extracted biomass (e.g., for animal feed), as well as the omega‐3 fatty acids for nutraceuticals a…

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Recent grants

• Design of Safer Carbon-Based Nanomaterials: The Impact of Surface Modifications on Toxicity and Environmental Fate and Transport

  NSF · $330k · 2009–2013

• Collaborative Res: Civil & Environmental Engineering Education(CEEE)Transformational Change: Tools & Strategies for Sustainability Integration & Assessment in Engineering Education

  NSF · $147k · 2007–2012

• BE MUSES: Collaborative Research: Modeling and Analyzing the Use, Efficiency, Value and Governance of Water as a Material in the Great Lakes Region Through an Integrated Approach

  NSF · $726k · 2007–2014

Frequent coauthors

• Bryan W. Brooks

  Baylor University

  125 shared

• Paul T. Anastas

  Yale University

  105 shared

• David T. Allen

  Center for Environmental Health

  94 shared

• Scott J. Miller

  NextFlex

  94 shared

• Paul J. Chirik

  94 shared

• Phillip E. Savage

  Pennsylvania State University

  94 shared

• Deqing Zhang

  Anhui Sanlian University

  94 shared

• Kai Rossen

  94 shared

Awards & honors

• Elected Member, National Academy of Engineering, 2025
• Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, United Kingdom, 2015
• Elected Member, Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineeri…
• Walter J. Weber Distinguished Lecturer, School of Engineerin…
• Finalist, Connecticut Women of Innovation, Research Category…

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