| Intro | South african chemist |
| Is | Chemist |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Science |
| Gender | male |
| Birth |
July 1961, Sasolburg, Metsimaholo Local Municipality, Fezile Dabi District Municipality, Free State |
| Age | 59 years |
Marc Zimmer (born July 26, 1961) is the Dean of Studies and the Jean Tempel ’65 Professor of Professor of Chemistry at Connecticut College. He has published two books (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
- “Princeton Review, Best 300 professors”.
- “Huffing Post 13 Best Profs in the US”.