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About
Edward Zellers
Prof. Zellers has been involved in research on chemical microsensors and micro-instrumentation for volatile organic compounds for over 35 years, with particular interests in the design and physicochemical characterization of devices, materials, and systems related to the capture, preconcentration, separation, and sensing of multi-vapor mixtures of interest in occupational and environmental health sciences. He has published >140 articles and has several patents concerned with miniaturized and microfabricated devices and instrumentation for near-real-time monitoring of air contaminants. He earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Rutgers University and worked at Bell Laboratories as a synthetic chemist for several years prior to earning his master’s and doctoral degrees in environmental health sciences at UC Berkeley. He then joined the faculty at the University of Michigan in 1987 and was appointed as a Professor in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences and in the Department of Chemistry before transitioning to Emeritus status in 2021. From 2000-2016, he was the Leader of the Environmental Sensors and Systems Thrust in the Michigan Center for Wireless Integrated MicroSensing and Systems (WIMS2). While currently engaged in a number of pursuits directed toward developing his right brain characteristics, he continues to serve the academic and professional scientific communities through various consulting assignments and a range of service activities.