Philip NUSS

Philip Nuss works as a scientific officer at the JRC's Sustainable Resources Directorate. At the JRC, Philip supports European Commission projects related to raw materials and life cycle assessment (LCA).

Before joining the JRC, Philip worked as a postdoctoral associate and lecturer at the Yale Center for Industrial Ecology in the United States, focusing on resource criticality and supply chain network analysis. He also taught courses on LCA at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies (2012-2015). Philip studied chemistry in Germany (Kiel University, 2001-2007) and Earth & Environmental Sciences in the United States (University of New Hampshire, 2008-2012). Philip’s doctoral research focused on the use of LCA to assess the environmental implications of alternative waste management systems and green chemistry processes in the U.S. Northeast.

Personal Website: www.philip.nuss.me

Email: philip.nuss@ec.europa.eu

Publications

Peer-Reviewed:

• Nuss, P., Graedel, T.E., Alonso, E., Carroll, A., 2016. Mapping supply chain risk by network analysis of product platforms. Sustainable Materials and Technologies 10, 14–22. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214993716300318
• Dewulf, J., Blengini, G.A., Pennington, D., Nuss, P., Nassar, N.T., 2016. Criticality on the international scene: Quo vadis? Resources Policy 50, 169–176. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301420716301556
• Ciacci, L., Nuss, P., Reck, B.K., Werner, T.T., Graedel, T.E., 2016. Metal Criticality Determination for Australia, the US, and the Planet—Comparing 2008 and 2012 Results. Resources 5, 29. http://www.mdpi.com/2079-9276/5/4/29
• Nuss P., Chen W.-Q., Ohno H., and Graedel T.E.  (2016): Structural Investigation of Aluminum in the US Economy using Network Analysis. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(7): 4091–4101. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b05094
• Ohno, H., Nuss P., Chen W.-Q., and Graedel T.E.  (2016): Deriving the Metal and Alloy Networks of Modern Technology. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(7): 4082–4090. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05093
• Chen, W.-Q., Graedel T.E., Nuss P., and H. Ohno  (2016): Building the Material Flow Networks of Aluminum in the 2007 U.S. Economy. Environ. Sci. Technol. 50(7): 3905–3912. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b05095
• Nuss P. (2015): Life Cycle Thinking Informs Catalysis Choice and Green Chemistry. In Catalysis for Sustainability; Sustainability Contributions through Science Technology; CRC Press, pp 177–194. http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b18741-9
• Pansousi S., Harper E.M., Nuss P., Eckelman M.J., Hakimian A., Graedel T.E. (2015): Criticality of Seven Specialty Metals, J. Ind. Ecol., DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12295. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12295/abstract
• Graedel T.E., Harper E.M., Nassar N.T., Nuss P., Reck B.K. (2015): The Criticality of Metals and Metalloids, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), doi: 10.1073/pnas.1500415112. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/03/20/1500415112.abstract
• Harper E.M., Diao Z., Panousi S., Nuss P., Eckelman M.J., Graedel T.E. (2015): The Criticality of Four Nuclear Energy Metals, Resour. Conserv. Recy., 95, 193-201, 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.12.009. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344914002717
• Harper E.M., Kavlak G., Burmeister L., Eckelman M.J., Erbis S., Espinoza V.S., Nuss P., Graedel T.E. (2014): Criticality of the geological zinc, tin, and lead family, J. Ind. Ecol. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12213. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12213/abstract
• Graedel T.E., Nuss P. (2014): Employing Considerations of Criticality in Product Design, JOM (The Member Journal of the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society). http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11837-014-1188-4
• Nuss P. and Eckelman M.J. (2014): Life Cycle Assessment of Metals: A Scientific Synthesis, PLoS ONE 9(7): e101298. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0101298. http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0101298
• Eckelman M.J., Ciacci L., Kavlak G., Nuss P., Reck B.K., Graedel T.E. (2014): Life Cycle Carbon Benefits of Aerospace Alloy Recycling, J. Clean. Prod., 80, 38-45, 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.05.039. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652614005071
• Nuss P., Harper E.M., Nassar N.T., Reck B.K., Graedel T.E. (2014): Criticality of Iron and Its Principal Alloying Elements, Environ. Sci. Technol. 48 (7), 4171–4177. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es405044w
• Nuss P., Bringezu S., Gardner K.H. (2013): Environmental Implications and Costs of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)-Derived Ethylene, J. Ind. Ecol. 17(6), 912-925. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12066/abstract
• Nuss P., Gardner K.H.., Jambeck J. (2013): Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Construction and Demolition (C&D) Derived Biomass and U.S. Northeast Forest Residuals Gasification for Electricity Production, Environ. Sci. Technol., 47, 3463-3471. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es304312f?journalCode=esthag
• Nuss P., Gardner K.H., (2013): Attributional life cycle assessment (ALCA) of polyitaconic acid production from northeast US softwood biomass, Int. J. LCA, 18(3), 603-612. http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11367-012-0511-y
• Nuss, P.; Bringezu, S.; Gardner, K. H. Waste-to-Materials: The Longterm Option. In Waste to Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies; Karagiannidis, A., Ed.; Springer London: London, 2012; pp 1–26.. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4471-2306-4_1

Selected Reports and Reviews:

• Vidal-Legaz B., Mancini L., Blengini G.A., Pavel C., Marmier A., Blagoeva D., Latunussa C., Nuss P., Dewulf J., Nita V., Kayam Y., Manfredi S., Magyar A., Dias P., Baranzelli C., Tzimas E., Pennington D. (2016). EU Raw Materials Scoreboard, European Innovation Partnership on Raw Materials, Heymans L. and Millet P. (Eds.), EU Book Shop, ISBN: 978-92-79-49478-9.
• Nuss P. (2016): Book review of “Thanatia: The Destiny of the Earth’s Mineral Resources: A Thermodynamic Cradle-to-Cradle Assessment” by Antonio Valero Capilla and Alicia Valero Delgado, J. Ind. Ecol. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12426/abstract
• Nuss P. (2015): Book review of Life Cycle Assessment Handbook: A Guide for Environmentally Sustainable Products by Mary Ann Curran, J. Ind. Ecol. DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12217. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12217/abstract
• Nuss P. and Lifset R.J. (2014): A definition of Life Cycle Assessment, Dictionary of Energy, Cleveland C.J. and Morris C. (eds), Elsevier Science Dictionary. Abdu N., Ako R., Backhaus J., Bergset L., Bezerra J., Bobojonov I., Borges V., Cakirli Akyüz N., Callo-Concha D., Castro R., Cundill G. Drees R., Escalante N., Haake H., Havemann A., Hezel B., Hotes S., Ibeh L., Karimov A., Köbbing J., Kurniawan T., Landry J., Leopold A., Lopes Guerreiro L., Månsson A., Marques da Silva C., Mawlong L., Moorhouse J., Mu D., Mukwaya P., Murguía D., Mutopo P., Nazarkina L., Nuss P., O’Brien M., Olaka L., Phelan L., Randrianiaiana R., Reichel A., Sakane N., Schmelzer M., Schmidt A., Schwerhoff G., Schwindenhammer S., Seufert V., Shen W., Shi L., Sop T., Tephnadze N., Tietze F., Tlili I., Wang X., Yazid S., Young A. (2013): White Paper of the Winter School on Limits to Growth Revisited, Winter School Visselhövede / Hanover, November 24 – December 1, 2012, Pütter F. / Kremers A. (Eds.), Volkswagen Foundation, Hanover, Germany.
• Jarayabhand S., Pachaimuthu V., Liss B. and Nuss P. (2008): New Strategic Direction for COBSEA (2008-2012), COBSEA Secretariat, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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