| Marc Zimmer | |
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| Born | (1961-07-26) July 26, 1961 (age 63) Sasolburg, South Africa |
| Education | Post-doc, Crabtree group, Yale University (1990) Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1988) M.Sc., University of Witwatersrand (1984) B.Sc. (Hons, Chemistry major), University of Witwatersrand (1983) |
| Occupation(s) | Chemist, Educator, Science writer |
| Website | Marc Zimmer and GFP |
Marc Zimmer (born July 26, 1961) is the Jean Tempel '65 Professor of Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College. He has published seven books, written articles on science and medicine for the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, the Huffington Post, etc. He has been interviewed or quoted in the Economist, Science, Nature etc.
Zimmer curates the GFP website, tweets about GFP (@lightUpScience) 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
- Science and the Skeptic on 2023 longlist Russell Freedman Award for Nonfiction for a Better World! An Award of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
- 2020 longlist AAAS/Subaru SB&F Prize for Excellence in Middle Grades Science Books
- Guest on NPR's "Where we Live" show about bioluminescence
- Professor, Semester at Sea, Spring ’12, Summer '13, Fall '16 and Fall '23 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 Archived 11 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine to recognize outstanding contributions to chemistry, 2005
- Program Chair, Inorganic Division, American Chemical Society, 1999-2003
Bibliography
Books
- “Glowing Genes: A Revolution in Biotechnology.” Prometheus Books, Amherst, New York, 2005. (ISBN 1-59102-253-3).
- “光る遺伝子 オワンクラゲと緑色蛍光タンパク質GFP (単行本).” Maruzen Publishers, Tokyo, 2009. (ISBN 978-4621080948).
- “Illuminating Disease.” Oxford University Press, New York, 2015. (ISBN 978-0199362813)
- "Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet: Environmental Chemistry." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2019 (ISBN 978-1541519794).
- “Bioluminescence Nature and Science at Work.” Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2016 (ISBN 978-1467757843).
- "Lighting Up the Brain: The Science of Optogenetics." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2018 (ISBN 978-1512427523).
- "発光する生物の謎 (生命ふしぎ図鑑)." Nishimura Shoten, Matsusaka, 2017 (ISBN 978-4890137725).
- "Solutions for a Cleaner, Greener Planet: Environmental Chemistry." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2019 (ISBN 978-1541519794).
- "The State of Science: What the Future Holds and the Scientists Making It Happen." Prometheus Books, 2020 (ISBN 978-1633886391).
- "Science and the Skeptic: Discerning Fact from Fiction." Twenty First Century Books, Minneapolis, 2022 (ISBN 978-1728419459).
- “The Conversation on Biotechnology” edited by Marc Zimmer, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2023 (ISBN 978-1421446141).
Recent articles
- “A Colorful Answer To Pregnancy Puzzle. A Eureka Moment For Chemists: Answer Found In Fruit Fly Poop.” M. Zimmer Hartford Courant, February 6, 2011.
- “Optogenetics: Three not-so-blind (anymore) mice” M. Zimmer Providence Journal, May 7, 2011.
- “Lighting Up Chickens to Prevent Bird Flu Pandemics” Huffington Post, November 28, 2012.
- “Dengue Fever vs. Glowing Mosquitoes” USA Today, February 22, 2013.
- “Luminescent Eel Muscles Fluorescent Protein Revolution into Clinic.” Huffington Post, June 18, 2013.
- “Mending Broken Hearts: Using Embryonic Stem Cells to Repair the Damage Caused by Heart Attacks.” Huffington Post, May 9, 2014.
- "6 tips to help you detect fake science news" The Conversation, March 15, 2021.
- "From CRISPR to glowing proteins to optogenetics – scientists’ most powerful technologies have been borrowed from nature." The Conversation, August 5, 2021.
- "AI makes huge progress predicting how proteins fold – one of biology’s greatest challenges – promising rapid drug development." The Conversation, December 2, 2020.
References
- "NIH Findings Profile". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
- "Connecticut College: Faculty Profiles".
- Benson, Judy (29 August 2014). "Of mice and freshmen: Professor exhorts Conn College Class of 2018". The Day. Retrieved 29 August 2014.
- Minderhout, Vicky (2006). "J. Chem. Educ. review of Glowing Genes". Journal of Chemical Education. 83 (2): 215. doi:10.1021/ed083p215.2.
- Vazquez, J (2005). "Glowing Genes". The American Biology Teacher. 67 (9): 570. doi:10.2307/4451912. JSTOR 4451912.
- Kaplan, Matt (10 March 2011). "How Illuminating". The Economist.
- Leslie, Mitch (2006). "Lighting Up Life". Science. 313 (5789): 895. doi:10.1126/science.313.5789.895d. S2CID 220098069.
- "Best of the web". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. August 2007.
- "Princeton Review, Best 300 professors".
- "Huffing Post 13 Best Profs in the US". HuffPost. 9 April 2012.
External links
- Marc Zimmer's personal homepage
- Marc Zimmer's GFP homepage
- Surfing the fluorescent wave - a GFP TED-X talk