Lynn Hildemann
· Wayne Loel Professor of Sustainability and Senior Associate Dean for EducationStanford University · Civil and Environmental Engineering
Active 1970–2026
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About
Lynn Hildemann is the Wayne Loel Professor of Sustainability and Senior Associate Dean for Education at Stanford University in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her current research focuses on the sources and dispersion of airborne particulate matter indoors, as well as the assessment of human exposure to air pollutants. She received her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in environmental engineering science from the California Institute of Technology. Professor Hildemann has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including two with over 1000 citations each and six with over 500 citations each. She has been recognized with several awards, such as Young Investigator Awards from NSF and ONR, the Kenneth T. Whitby Award from the AAAR, and Stanford's Gores Award for Teaching Excellence. Additionally, she was a co-recipient of the Haagen-Smit Outstanding Paper Award from Atmospheric Environment. She has served on advisory committees for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the California Air Resources Board, and has held editorial roles for prominent journals including Environmental Science & Technology and Aerosol Science and Technology. At Stanford, she has served as chair of the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, an elected member of the Faculty Senate, and has chaired various university committees.
Research topics
- Chemistry
- Environmental science
- Environmental health
- Medicine
- Environmental chemistry
- Materials science
Selected publications
Journal of Asthma · 2016-10-10 · 91 citations
articleObjective: Epidemiologic studies indicate that indoor air pollution is correlated with morbidity caused by allergic diseases. We evaluated the effectiveness of reducing the levels of indoor fine particulate matter <2.5 micrometer diameter (PM2.5) in Fresno, California using air purifiers on health outcomes in children with asthma and/or allergic rhinitis. Methods: The active group (with air purifiers) and the control group consisted of eight houses each. Air purifiers were installed in the livin…
Environmental Science Processes & Impacts · 2015-01-01 · 71 citations
articleSenior authorReal-time particle monitors are essential for accurately estimating exposure to fine particles indoors. However, many such monitors tend to be prohibitively expensive for some applications, such as a tenant or homeowner curious about the quality of the air in their home. A lower cost version (the Dylos Air Quality Monitor) has recently been introduced, but it requires appropriate calibration to reflect the mass concentration units required for exposure assessment. We conducted a total of 64 expe…
Atmospheric Environment X · 2021 · 44 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingFifteen states have legalized the sales of recreational marijuana, and California has the largest sales of any state. Cannabis is most often smoked indoors, but few measurements have been made of fine particle mass concentrations produced by secondhand cannabis smoke in indoor settings. We conducted 60 controlled experiments in a 43 m3 room of a residence, measuring PM2.5 concentrations, emission rates, and decay rates using real-time monitors designed to measure PM2.5 mass concentrations. We al…
Indoor Air · 2013-06-29 · 38 citations
articleSenior authorFew measurements of exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) in close proximity to a smoker are available. Recent health studies have demonstrated an association between acute (<2 h) exposures to high concentrations of SHS and increased risk of cardiovascular and respiratory disease. We performed 15 experiments inside naturally ventilated homes and 16 in outdoor locations, each with 2-4 non-smokers sitting near a cigarette smoker. The smoker's and non-smokers' real-time exposures to PM2.5 from SHS wer…
Atmospheric Environment X · 2020 · 36 citations
Senior authorCorrespondingA popular method of inhaling marijuana is by heating marijuana liquid (vaping). We study exhaled aerosol within experimental rooms in two inhabited homes and determine peak concentrations, decay and removal rates, and source emissions. These parameters allow a simple exposure model to be developed. The experimental approach was to measure particle concentrations from one or multiple puffs of marijuana liquid within the experimental rooms. Commercial cartridges containing marijuana liquid of vary…
Recent grants
Frequent coauthors
- 48 shared
Bernd R.T. Simoneit
Oregon State University
- 48 shared
Glen R. Cass
Georgia Institute of Technology
- 38 shared
Kai-Chung Cheng
San Diego State University
- 36 shared
Wayne R. Ott
Stanford University
- 33 shared
Neil E. Klepeis
San Diego State University
- 29 shared
Wolfgang F. Rogge
University of California, Merced
- 27 shared
Monica A. Mazurek
- 22 shared
Viviana Acevedo-Bolton
Stanford University
Education
- 1993
Ph.D., Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
- 1989
M.S., Environmental Engineering
Stanford University
- 1986
B.S., Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Awards & honors
- Kenneth T. Whitby Award from the AAAR (1998)
- Stanford's Gores Award for Teaching Excellence (2013)
- Young Investigator Awards from NSF
- Young Investigator Awards from ONR
- Atmospheric Environment’s Haagen-Smit Outstanding Paper Awar…
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