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Engineering and Technology

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45
Citations
9751
World Ranking
5387
National Ranking
1508

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
45
Citations
9870
World Ranking
6305
National Ranking
2276

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Andrew Carnegie Fellow

Overview

Paulina Jaramillo is affiliated with Carnegie Mellon University in the United States. Their work primarily focuses on environmental science, with an emphasis on the intersections of climate change, energy systems, and sustainability.

Their research spans several specific topics, including:

  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Global Energy and Sustainability Research
  • Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies

Key subfields of study for Jaramillo include:

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Water Science and Technology
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Pollution

Frequent publication venues where their work has appeared are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Environmental Science & Technology
  • Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development
  • Environmental Research Infrastructure and Sustainability
  • Nature Communications

Among recent papers by Paulina Jaramillo are the following:

  • "Effects of Climate Change on Capacity Expansion Decisions of an Electricity Generation Fleet in the Southeast U.S.", 2021, Environmental Science & Technology
  • "Hydropower under climate uncertainty: Characterizing the usable capacity of Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian power plants under climate scenarios", 2021, Energy Sustainable Development/Energy for sustainable development
  • "Impacts of projected climate change scenarios on heating and cooling demand for industrial broiler chicken farming in the Eastern U.S", 2020, Journal of Cleaner Production
  • "Air pollution emission effects of changes in transport supply: the case of Bogotá, Colombia", 2020, Environmental Science and Pollution Research
  • "Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts", 2020, Joule

Jaramillo collaborates regularly with several coauthors, including:

  • Katherine Jordan
  • Nicholas Z. Muller
  • P. J. Adams
  • Bart Nijssen
  • Nathaniel J. Williams

In 2020, Paulina Jaramillo was awarded the Andrew Carnegie Fellow distinction.

Best Publications

  • Net-Zero Emissions Energy Systems

    Steven J Davis;Nathan S. Lewis;Matthew Shaner;Sonia Aggarwal

  • A review of learning rates for electricity supply technologies

    Edward S. Rubin;Inês M.L. Azevedo;Paulina Jaramillo;Sonia Yeh

  • Comparative life-cycle air emissions of coal, domestic natural gas, LNG, and SNG for electricity generation.

    Paulina Jaramillo;W. Michael Griffin;H. Scott Matthews

  • Life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of Marcellus shale gas

    Mohan Jiang;W Michael Griffin;Chris Hendrickson;Paulina Jaramillo

  • Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar

    Christopher T. M. Clack;Christopher T. M. Clack;Staffan A. Qvist;Jay Apt;Morgan Bazilian

  • Valuation of plug-in vehicle life-cycle air emissions and oil displacement benefits

    Jeremy J. Michalek;Mikhail Chester;Paulina Jaramillo;Constantine Samaras

  • Enabling private sector investment in microgrid-based rural electrification in developing countries: A review

    Nathaniel J. Williams;Paulina Jaramillo;Jay Taneja;Taha Selim Ustun

  • Life Cycle Assessment and Grid Electricity: What Do We Know and What Can We Know?

    Christopher L. Weber;Paulina Jaramillo;Joe Marriott;Constantine Samaras

  • Life Cycle Inventory of CO2 in an Enhanced Oil Recovery System

    Paulina Jaramillo;W. Michael Griffin;Sean T. McCoy

  • Uncertainty in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from United States natural gas end-uses and its effects on policy.

    Aranya Venkatesh;Paulina Jaramillo;W. Michael Griffin;H. Scott Matthews

  • Internet of Things: Energy boon or bane?

    Eric Hittinger;Paulina Jaramillo

  • Landfill-gas-to-energy projects: analysis of net private and social benefits.

    Paulina Jaramillo;H. Scott Matthews

  • Air pollution emissions and damages from energy production in the U.S.: 2002–2011

    Paulina Jaramillo;Nicholas Z. Muller

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation for U.S. plastics production: energy first, feedstocks later

    I Daniel Posen;Paulina Jaramillo;Amy E Landis;W Michael Griffin

  • Estimating the potential of controlled plug-in hybrid electric vehicle charging to reduce operational and capacity expansion costs for electric power systems with high wind penetration

    Allison Weis;Paulina Jaramillo;Jeremy Michalek

  • Greenhouse gas implications of using coal for transportation: Life cycle assessment of coal-to-liquids, plug-in hybrids, and hydrogen pathways

    Paulina Jaramillo;Constantine Samaras;Heather Wakeley;Kyle W Meisterling

  • Comparison of Life Cycle Greenhouse Gases from Natural Gas Pathways for Medium and Heavy-Duty Vehicles

    Fan Tong;Paulina Jaramillo;Inês M. L. Azevedo

  • Estimating greenhouse gas emissions from future Amazonian hydroelectric reservoirs

    Felipe A M de Faria;Paulina Jaramillo;Henrique O Sawakuchi;Jeffrey E Richey

  • Uncertainty analysis of life cycle greenhouse gas emissions from petroleum-based fuels and impacts on low carbon fuel policies.

    Aranya Venkatesh;Paulina Jaramillo;W. Michael Griffin;H. Scott Matthews

  • Comparative Analysis of the Production Costs and Life-Cycle GHG Emissions of FT Liquid Fuels from Coal and Natural Gas

    Paulina Jaramillo;W. Michael Griffin;H. Scott Matthews

  • Life cycle comparison of traditional retail and e-commerce logistics for electronic products: A case study of buy.com

    Christopher L. Weber;Chris T. Hendrickson;H. Scott Matthews;Amy Nagengast

Frequent Co-Authors

W. Michael Griffin
W. Michael Griffin Carnegie Mellon University
H. Scott Matthews
H. Scott Matthews Carnegie Mellon University
Jay Apt
Jay Apt Carnegie Mellon University
Inês L. Azevedo
Inês L. Azevedo Stanford University
Bri-Mathias Hodge
Bri-Mathias Hodge University of Colorado Boulder
Chris Hendrickson
Chris Hendrickson Carnegie Mellon University
Mitchell J. Small
Mitchell J. Small Carnegie Mellon University
Jeremy J. Michalek
Jeremy J. Michalek Carnegie Mellon University
Bart Nijssen
Bart Nijssen University of Washington
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Stanford University

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