Cheryl Ann Zimmer
(Cheryl Ann Butman)
Born
Cheryl Ann Hannan

1954
Scientific career
ThesisInitial settlement of marine invertebrate larvae : the role of passive sinking in a near-bottom turbulent flow environment (1984)
Doctoral advisorJ. Frederick Grassle

Cheryl A. Zimmer is a conservation biologist whose research interests are focused marine population ecology, specifically the role of hydrodynamics as a driving force in the evolution of marine life.

Education and career

Zimmer has a B.A. (1976) and an M.A. (1980) from San Jose State University (1976).[1] She earned her Ph.D. in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she worked with J. Frederick Grassle.[1][2] From 1986 to 2000, Zimmer was a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;[1] as of 2021 she is a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles where she runs the Zimmer Lab, in collaboration with her husband and colleague Richard Zimmer.[3]

Selected publications

Awards and honors

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Cheryl Ann Zimmer, Ph.D." pew.org.
  2. Hannan, Cheryl Ann (1984). "Initial settlement of marine invertebrate larvae : the role of passive sinking in a near-bottom turbulent flow environment". mit.primo.exlibrisgroup.com. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. "Cheryl Ann Zimmer". Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Faculty Pages.
  4. "Butman named Navy young investigator" (PDF). WHOI/MBL library. 1986. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  5. "Historic Fellows | American Association for the Advancement of Science". www.aaas.org.
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