About the Center: Assistant Director, Research

Julie B. Zimmerman

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program
Assistant Director, Center for Green Chemistry & Green Engineering

Dr. Julie Beth Zimmerman is an Assistant Professor jointly appointed to the Department of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering Program and the School of Forestry and Environment.  She is also a Visiting Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Virginia. 

Her research interests include green engineering, environmentally benign design and manufacturing, and the fate and impacts of anthropogenic compounds in the environment as well as appropriate water treatment technologies for the developing world.  Dr. Zimmerman previously served as an Engineer and Program Coordinator in the Office of Research and Development at the United States Environmental Protection Agency where she managed grants to academia and small businesses in the areas of pollution prevention and sustainability.

She received a joint PhD from the University of Michigan in Environmental Engineering and Natural Resource Policy. Her thesis work focused on designing environmentally preferable machining fluids using renewable resources and evaluating their machining, environmental, and economic performance.  Her policy research focused on exploring the government’s role in enhancing industry’s efforts to advance sustainability through the implementation of science and technology.

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