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BornJuly 26, 1961 (age 54) (1961-07-26) Sasolburg, South Africa OccupationChemist, Educator, Science writer EducationYale University, PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute BooksGlowing Genes: A Revolutio, Illuminating Disease: An Introd, Bioluminescence: Nature's Light
Marc zimmer illuminating disease
Marc Zimmer (born July 26, 1961) is the Jean Tempel '65 Professor of Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College. He has published three books (Bioluminescence(2015), Illuminating Disease (2015) and Glowing Genes (2005)), written articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Huffington Post, etc. and has been interviewed and quoted in the Economist, Science, Nature etc. Zimmer curates the GFP website and he has published over 60 research papers about cow flatulence, computational chemistry and bioluminescence in fireflies and jellyfish.
Zimmer is the initiator and director of the Connecticut College Science Leaders program, a program to increase the number of women and minority students graduating from the College with a degree and research experience in the sciences.
Boards, awards, etc
Professor, Semester at Sea, Spring ’12 and Summer '13 voyages
ACS Western Connecticut Visiting Scientist Award for 2013
The Princeton Review's 'Best 300 Professors', 2012
Huffington Post’s one of "13 of the best college professors in the country", 2012
Carnegie Foundation and Council for Advancement and Support of Education, Connecticut, Professor of the Year, 2007
John S. Burlew Connecticut Valley Section Award to recognize outstanding contributions to chemistry, 2005
Program Chair, Inorganic Division, American Chemical Society, 1999-2003
