Julie Beth Zimmerman is an American chemist. She is a professor at

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and the

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Early life and education

Zimmerman was born to parents Shellie and Samuel Zimmerman in

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. Zimmerman completed her

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degree from the

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and her PhD from the

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Career

Upon completing her PhD, Zimmerman became a program manager and environmental engineer in the office of research and development at the

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and a visiting professor in the department of civil engineering at the University of Virginia. Following her marriage to

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in 2006, they both joined the faculty at

. As an assistant professor in both the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Zimmerman also served as the assistant director for research at the Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering. While serving in these roles, she also received a grant from the

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(NSF) to research water management issues in the U.S. Great Lakes region. In 2010, Zimmerman co-authored ''Environmental Engineering Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design'' with James R. Mihelcic. Following her promotion to

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, Zimmerman continued to focus her research on the application of green chemistry and green engineering principles to the design of products, processes, and systems. As a result, she was honored with the 2012 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize for "innovative research and development of sustainable, cost-effective technologies for the treatment of drinking water." The following year, she was named the inaugural Donna L. Dubinsky Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering. In 2014, Zimmerman was promoted to the rank of full professor with tenure and elected to the

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. She was also elected to the

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in 2015. In January 2020, Zimmerman was appointed the editor-in-chief of the ACS journal ''

,'' succeeding David L. Sedlak. She was named the winner of the 2020 Ackerman Award for Teaching and Mentoring. In 2024, Zimmerman was elected a member of the

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for her "leadership in education and the development of green technologies that enhance the sustainability of engineered systems."

Selected publications

*''Environmental Engineering Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design'' (2010)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zimmerman, Julie Living people American women chemists Yale University faculty University of Virginia faculty University of Virginia alumni University of Michigan alumni Fellows of the Royal Society of Chemistry American academic journal editors People from South Brunswick, New Jersey Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering