Website Marc Zimmer and GFP | Name Marc Zimmer | |
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Born July 26, 1961 (age 62) ( 1961-07-26 ) Sasolburg, South Africa Occupation Chemist, Educator, Science writer Education Yale University, PhD, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Books Glowing 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.
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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.