Nutrient runoff in the agricultural upper regions of the Mississippi River creates a hypoxic “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico, which had an average size of over 6,600 sq mi from 2004 to 2008.
Olivier J. Jolliet
Position:
Faculty Affiliate
Email:
ojolliet@umich.edu
Office Location:
6622 SPH Tower, 1415 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2029
Degrees:
Ph.D., Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), '88
M.S., Physics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), '83
Research Interests:
Life cycle impact assessment, risk assessment of chemicals, prediction of the intake fraction for indoor air emissions, and new material and technological solutions for sustainability
Projects: