Paulina Jaramillo

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Paulina Jaramillo
Paulina Jaramillo at Next Einstein Forum.jpg
Jaramillo at the Next Einstein Forum in 2018
Born
Medellín
Alma materFlorida International University
Carnegie Mellon University
Scientific career
InstitutionsCarnegie Mellon University
ThesisA life cycle comparison of coal and natural gas for electricity generation and the production of transportation fuels (2007)

Paulina Jaramillo is a Colombian-American engineer who is Professor of Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University. She serves as Director of the Green Design Institute. Her research considers life cycle assessment of energy systems. She was selected as a Andrew Carnegie Fellow.

Early life and education[]

Jaramillo is from Medellín.[1][2] She was an undergraduate student at Florida International University, where she majored in civil and environmental engineering.[3] She completed her doctoral degree at Carnegie Mellon University, where she studied the life cycle of coal and natural gas for electricity generation.[4]

Research and career[]

In 2010, Jaramillo joined the faculty at Carnegie Mellon University.[3] She was made Executive Director of the project RenewElec, a national program that sought to support the United States in its transition to renewable electricity.[5] The program emphasized cost-effective, socially equitable and environmentally benign approaches to reducing carbon dioxide.[6]

Jaramillo focuses on energy access and development in the Global South.[1][7] In countries whose national grid struggles to power the entire population, Jaramillo has studied the impact of generators on air quality. She found that in Nigeria, back-up power supplies generate considerable emissions of carbon dioxide (almost 60% of those produced by the annual electricity sector).[8][9] As the Global South gained access to electricity, Jaramillo questioned whether these gains were being fairly distributed across society. Through an in-depth study in Gujarat, Jaramillo showed that there was a considerable gender electricity use gap.[10] Alongside her work in Sub-Saharan Africa, Jaramillo develops models to allow examination of United States' energy choices and their impact.[11]

Jaramillo was a lead author for the IPCC Sixth Assessment Report.[12] In 2020, she partnered with to develop a series of sensors that could monitor air pollution.[13] Together they established the Clean Air Monitoring and Solutions Network (CAMS-Net), an international team that would establish standards on pollution sensing and data sharing.[13] She was selected as a 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow, which supported her in identifying energy development opportunities for Sub-Saharan Africa.[14]

Awards and honors[]

  • 2019 College of Engineering Faculty Award[15]
  • 2019 Fenves Award for Systems Research[16]
  • 2020 Andrew Carnegie Fellow[14]

Selected publications[]

  • Paulina Jaramillo; W. Michael Griffin; H. Scott Matthews (1 September 2007). "Comparative life-cycle air emissions of coal, domestic natural gas, LNG, and SNG for electricity generation". Environmental Science & Technology. 41 (17): 6290–6296. Bibcode:2007EnST...41.6290J. doi:10.1021/ES063031O. ISSN 0013-936X. PMID 17937317. Wikidata Q28314808.
  • Steven J. Davis; Nathan S. Lewis; Matthew Shaner; et al. (1 June 2018). "Net-zero emissions energy systems". Science. 360 (6396): eaas9793. doi:10.1126/SCIENCE.AAS9793. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 29954954. Wikidata Q56016878.
  • Mohan Jiang; W Michael Griffin; Chris Hendrickson; Paulina Jaramillo; Jeanne VanBriesen; Aranya Venkatesh (1 July 2011). "Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of Marcellus shale gas". Environmental Research Letters. 6 (3): 034014. doi:10.1088/1748-9326/6/3/034014. ISSN 1748-9326. Wikidata Q21994564.

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Episode 54: Paulina Jaramillo, Professor, Engineering and Public Policy, & Co-Director, Green Design Institute at Carnegie Mellon University". My Climate Journey. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  2. ^ "Dr. Paulina Jaramillo - Gender Summit". gender-summit.com. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b "DEC Lunch: Dr. Paulina Jaramillo". Dartmouth News. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  4. ^ Jaramillo, Paulina (2007). A life cycle comparison of coal and natural gas for electricity generation and the production of transportation fuels (PDF). OCLC 1039243743.
  5. ^ "RenewElec Project Team". www.renewelec.org. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  6. ^ "RenewElec Home". www.renewelec.org. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  7. ^ "Paulina Jaramillo". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  8. ^ Kazeem, Yomi. "The coronavirus lockdown in Africa's largest city opens the door to increased generator pollution". Quartz. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  9. ^ Farquharson, DeVynne; Jaramillo, Paulina; Samaras, Constantine (2018-10-11). "Sustainability implications of electricity outages in sub-Saharan Africa". Nature Sustainability. 1 (10): 589–597. doi:10.1038/s41893-018-0151-8. ISSN 2398-9629.
  10. ^ Robinson, Ellis. "Gender inequality persists in electricity use". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  11. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon. "Scott Institute Seed Grant Funding to Advance Nine CMU Energy Projects - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University". www.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  12. ^ "Paulina Jaramillo Archives". The Energy Transition Show. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b Brewer, Madison. "Recognizing AI's misinformation". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  14. ^ Jump up to: a b York, Carnegie Corporation of New. "Paulina Jaramillo". Carnegie Corporation of New York. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  15. ^ University, Carnegie Mellon (2019-06-04). "College of Engineering names 2019 faculty award winners - Electrical and Computer Engineering - College of Engineering - Carnegie Mellon University". www.ece.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
  16. ^ "Fenves Award for Systems Research". engineering.cmu.edu. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
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