Jose L. Jimenez (chemist)

José Luis Jiménez-Palacios is a Spanish–American chemist and engineer. As a professor of chemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, Jimenez contributed to the establishment of the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer, an instrument for real-time analysis of aerosol size and composition.

Jose L. Jimenez
Born
Zaragoza, Spain
Academic background
EducationBS, mechanical engineering, MS, mechanical engineering, 1993, University of Zaragoza and Université de Technologie de Compiègne
PhD, mechanical engineering, 1999, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisUnderstanding and quantifying motor vehicle emissions with vehicle specific power and TILDAS remote sensing (1999)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Colorado Boulder

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jimenez was one of over 200 experts in multiple scientific fields who signed an open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to acknowledge that airborne aerosols play an important role in transmitting COVID-19. Later, he created a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission and combat misinformation, and authored multiple scientific papers on the topic.

Early life and education

Jimenez was born and raised in Zaragoza, Spain. He completed a double master's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Zaragoza and the Université de Technologie de Compiègne before moving to the United States and enrolling at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for his PhD.[1]

Career

During his early tenure at the University of Colorado Boulder, Jimenez contributed to the establishment of the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer, an instrument for real-time analysis of aerosol size and composition.[2] In 2006, he and Rainer Volkamer were co-lead authors on a study showing a link between human activities and a type of particulate pollutants. The study was conducted in the Mexico City metropolitan area in 2003.[3] As an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at the University of Colorado Boulder, he was named the recipient of the 2010 Rosenstiel Award for his "groundbreaking measurement techniques to atmospheric science, addressing critical questions regarding aerosols in our environment and their role in climate change and air quality."[4] Two years later, Jimenez received a 2012 Atmospheric Sciences Ascent Award "for the development and utilization of innovative measurement technology to address critical aspects relating to the sources, transformations, and environmental fates of fine atmospheric particles."[5]

His research into aerosols earned him elections as Fellow of the American Association for Aerosol Research and the American Geophysical Union.[6] He has been recognized by the firm Clarivate Analytics as a Highly Cited Researcher for each year between 2014 and 2022 as being in the top one percent of citations for the geosciences field.[7] During the COVID-19 pandemic, Jimenez was one of 239 experts in multiple scientific fields who signed an open letter to the World Health Organization urging them to acknowledge that airborne aerosols play an important role in transmitting COVID-19.[8] Later, he created a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission and combat misinformation.[9] He participated in a non-partisan panel that included 386 multidisciplinary contributors from 112+ countries and published specific statements and recommendations to end COVID-19 as a public health threat in the journal Nature (November 2022).[10]

References
  1. Drahl, Carmen (January 2, 2021). "Aerosol expert Jose-Luis Jimenez is sounding the alarm about airborne transmission of COVID-19". cen.acs.org. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  2. Jimenez, Jose L.; Jayne, John T.; Shi, Quan; Kolb, Charles E.; Worsnop, Douglas R.; Yourshaw, Ivan; Seinfeld, John H.; Flagan, Richard C.; Zhang, Xuefeng; Smith, Kenneth A.; Morris, James W.; Davidovits, Paul (April 15, 2003). "Ambient aerosol sampling using the Aerodyne Aerosol Mass Spectrometer". Journal of Geophysical Research. 108 (7): 8425. Bibcode:2003JGRD..108.8425J. doi:10.1029/2001JD001213.
  3. "Study Finds Stronger Link Between Human Activity And Particulate Pollution". colorado.edu. October 16, 2008. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  4. "Dr. Jose L. Jimenez to receive 2010 UM Rosenstiel Award". eurekalert.org. Eurekalert. March 29, 2010. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  5. "JIMENEZ RECEIVES 2012 ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES ASCENT AWARD". honors.agu.org. 2012. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  6. "Jose-Luis Jimenez". aerosol-soc.com. The Aerosol Society. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  7. "11 researchers earn prestigious 2018 Highly Cited designation". colorado.edu. November 28, 2018. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  8. Morawska, Lidia; Milton, Donald K. (November 1, 2020). "It Is Time to Address Airborne Transmission of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 71 (9): 2311–2313. doi:10.1093/cid/ciaa939. PMC 7454469. PMID 32628269. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  9. Jee, Charlotte (October 2, 2020). "This scientist made a Google Doc to educate the public about airborne coronavirus transmission". technologyreview.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
  10. Lazarus, Jeffrey (November 1, 2020). "A multinational Delphi consensus to end the COVID-19 public health threat". Nature. 611 (7935): 332–345. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-05398-2. PMC 9646517. PMID 36329272.
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