Michael Zimmerman (biologist)
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Michael Zimmerman is an American biologist and Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Biology at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Zimmerman holds an A.B. degree in Geography from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in Ecology from Washington University[1]. Prior to coming to Butler, he taught at the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh[2].
Zimmerman has worked mostly on plant-animal interactions, in particular when associated with pollination, and has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[3]. He has an interest in science literacy in the community, and in the creation-evolution controversy, and organised the Clergy Letter Project and Evolution Sunday.
Michael Zimmerman has written one general book, Science, Nonscience, and Nonsense: Approaching Environmental Literacy, published by Johns Hopkins University Press.
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- ^ http://www.mnscience.org/index.php?id=27 Minnesota Citizens for Science Education website, accessed 10/2/07
- ^ http://www.advancetitan.com/ UW-Oshkosh website, accessed 10/2/07
- ^ http://www.mnscience.org/index.php?id=27 Minnesota Citizens for Science Education website, accessed 10/2/07
