Erin Zimmerman

Erin Zimmerman is an evolutionary biologist turned science writer and essayist. She has a bachelor's degree in plant biology and physics from the University of Guelph and postgraduate studies in fungal genetics and molecular systematics from the Universit� de Montr�al's biodiversity institute. For her doctoral research, she traveled to South America to collect plant specimens, and worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Zimmerman has published 9 academic papers, as well as numerous...See more

Erin Zimmerman is an evolutionary biologist turned science writer and essayist. She has a bachelor's degree in plant biology and physics from the University of Guelph and postgraduate studies in fungal genetics and molecular systematics from the Universit� de Montr�al's biodiversity institute. For her doctoral research, she traveled to South America to collect plant specimens, and worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. Zimmerman has published 9 academic papers, as well as numerous essays that have appeared in publications like Smithsonian Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books , Undark , and Narratively . See less