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Andrew R. Zimmerman

Andrew R. Zimmerman

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Chemistry

D-Index
72
Citations
28971
World Ranking
5149
National Ranking
1598

Overview

Andrew R. Zimmerman is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Environmental Science, with a particular emphasis on subfields such as Water Science and Technology, Biomedical Engineering, Ecology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work focuses on key topics including adsorption and biosorption for pollutant removal, toxic organic pollutants impact, nanomaterials for catalytic reactions, atmospheric chemistry and aerosols, phosphorus and nutrient management, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, and thermochemical biomass conversion processes.

Zimmerman has contributed to a number of scientific publications across several high-impact journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Chemosphere
  • Bioresource Technology
  • Geoderma
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

They have collaborated frequently with several co-authors, notably:

  • Bin Gao (26 publications)
  • Aleksandar I. Goranov (8 publications)
  • Patrick G. Hatcher (8 publications)
  • Xiaodong Yang (8 publications)
  • Ye Han (7 publications)

Examples of recent published papers include:

  • "Solvent-free synthesis of magnetic biochar and activated carbon through ball-mill extrusion with Fe3O4 nanoparticles for enhancing adsorption of methylene blue" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Mechanisms and adsorption capacities of hydrogen peroxide modified ball milled biochar for the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solutions" (2021) in Bioresource Technology
  • "One-pot synthesis and characterization of engineered hydrochar by hydrothermal carbonization of biomass with ZnCl2" (2020) in Chemosphere
  • "Stabilization of PFAS-contaminated soil with activated biochar" (2020) in The Science of The Total Environment
  • "Sewage sludge biochars as effective PFAS-sorbents" (2022) in Journal of Hazardous Materials

Best Publications

  • Positive and negative carbon mineralization priming effects among a variety of biochar-amended soils.

    Andrew R. Zimmerman;Bin Gao;Mi-Youn Ahn

  • A review of biochar as a low-cost adsorbent for aqueous heavy metal removal

    Mandu I. Inyang;Bin Gao;Ying Yao;Yingwen Xue

  • Abiotic and microbial oxidation of laboratory-produced black carbon (biochar).

    Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Surface chemistry variations among a series of laboratory-produced biochars

    A. Mukherjee;A.R. Zimmerman;W. Harris

  • Effect of biochar amendment on sorption and leaching of nitrate, ammonium, and phosphate in a sandy soil.

    Ying Yao;Bin Gao;Ming Zhang;Mandu Inyang

  • Corn growth and nitrogen nutrition after additions of biochars with varying properties to a temperate soil

    Shelby Rajkovich;Akio Enders;Kelly Hanley;Charles Hyland

  • Heterogeneity of biochar properties as a function of feedstock sources and production temperatures.

    Ling Zhao;Xinde Cao;Ondřej Mašek;Andrew Zimmerman

  • Removal of heavy metals from aqueous solution by biochars derived from anaerobically digested biomass

    Mandu Inyang;Bin Gao;Ying Yao;Yingwen Xue;Yingwen Xue

  • Biochar application to low fertility soils: A review of current status, and future prospects

    Ali El-Naggar;Ali El-Naggar;Sang Soo Lee;Jörg Rinklebe;Jörg Rinklebe;Muhammad Farooq;Muhammad Farooq

  • Removal of arsenic by magnetic biochar prepared from pinewood and natural hematite

    Shengsen Wang;Bin Gao;Andrew R. Zimmerman;Yuncong Li

  • Hydrogen peroxide modification enhances the ability of biochar (hydrochar) produced from hydrothermal carbonization of peanut hull to remove aqueous heavy metals: Batch and column tests

    Yingwen Xue;Yingwen Xue;Bin Gao;Ying Yao;Mandu Inyang

  • Quantifying the Total and Bioavailable Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Dioxins in Biochars

    Sarah E. Hale;Johannes Lehmann;David Rutherford;Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Biochar derived from anaerobically digested sugar beet tailings: characterization and phosphate removal potential.

    Ying Yao;Bin Gao;Mandu Inyang;Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Removal of phosphate from aqueous solution by biochar derived from anaerobically digested sugar beet tailings.

    Ying Yao;Bin Gao;Mandu Inyang;Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Organic carbon and nutrient release from a range of laboratory-produced biochars and biochar–soil mixtures

    Atanu Mukherjee;Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Catechol and Humic Acid Sorption onto a Range of Laboratory-Produced Black Carbons (Biochars)

    Gabriel N Kasozi;Andrew R Zimmerman;Peter Nkedi-Kizza;Bin Gao

  • Batch and column sorption of arsenic onto iron-impregnated biochar synthesized through hydrolysis.

    Xin Hu;Zhuhong Ding;Zhuhong Ding;Andrew R. Zimmerman;Shengsen Wang

  • Biochar from anaerobically digested sugarcane bagasse.

    Mandu Inyang;Bin Gao;Pratap Pullammanappallil;Wenchuan Ding;Wenchuan Ding

  • Biochar-supported zerovalent iron for removal of various contaminants from aqueous solutions.

    Yanmei Zhou;Bin Gao;Andrew R. Zimmerman;Hao Chen

  • Effects of ball milling on the physicochemical and sorptive properties of biochar: Experimental observations and governing mechanisms

    Honghong Lyu;Bin Gao;Feng He;Andrew R. Zimmerman

  • Effects of chemical, biological, and physical aging as well as soil addition on the sorption of pyrene to activated carbon and biochar.

    Sarah E. Hale;Kelly Hanley;Johannes Lehmann;Andrew R. Zimmerman

Frequent Co-Authors

Bin Gao
Bin Gao University of Florida
Gerard Cornelissen
Gerard Cornelissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Xinde Cao
Xinde Cao Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Patrick G. Hatcher
Patrick G. Hatcher Old Dominion University
Elizabeth A. Canuel
Elizabeth A. Canuel Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Sarah E. Hale
Sarah E. Hale Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
Robert M. Owen
Robert M. Owen University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Willie G. Harris
Willie G. Harris University of Florida
Jon Chorover
Jon Chorover University of Arizona
Susan L. Brantley
Susan L. Brantley Pennsylvania State University

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