Cheryl A. Zimmer

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). She earned her Ph.D. in 1984 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where she worked with J. Frederick Grassle. From 1986 to 2000, Zimmer was a scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;

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Awards and honors Young Investigator Award, Office of Naval Research (1986) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (1996) Pew Fellows Program in Marine Conservation (1997)