College of William and Mary, School of Marine
Science/Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA.
Ph.D. in Marine Science, August, 2000.
The University of Michigan, Department of Geological
Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI. Master of Science in Marine Geochemistry,
1989. “A quantitative model of the dispersal of detrital inputs and
minor compositional components in Lake Michigan sediments”
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. Bachelor of
Arts with Honors, major in Geology, 1987.
Dissertation Title: Organic Matter Composition of
Sediments and the History of Eutrophication and Anoxia in the
Mesohaline Chesapeake Bay. Through the use of sediment geochemical
indicators, this study examined the ecological and biogeochemical
changes that have occurred over the past five hundred years in
Chesapeake Bay and their relationship to the historical record of
anthropogenic changes in the Chesapeake watershed.
Positions Held
Associate Professor: University of Florida,
Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, 8/2011 - present.
Assistant Professor: University of Florida,
Department of Geological Sciences, Gainesville, FL, 1/2004 - 7/2011.
Research Associate: With Dr. S. Brantley, Penn State University,
Department of Geological Sciences, State College, PA. Biogeochemistry
Research and Education Initiative Program, 8/2000 - 12/2003. Initiated
and carried out investigations of microbial-mineral and organic
mattter-mineral interactions.
Graduate Research Assistant: With Dr. E. Canuel, College of William
and Mary/Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Department of Physical
Sciences, 8/1994 - 8/2000. Investigated various aspects of the organic
geochemistry of coastal waters.
Visiting Foreign Researcher: With Dr. N. Rajendran, Hiroshima
University, Hiroshima, Japan. 6- 8/1996. Investigated viable microbial
communities within estuarine sediment
using phopholipid fatty acid analysis.
Laboratory Technician: With Dr. Ronald Benner, University of Texas,
Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas, TX, 1993-1994. Investigated
rates of denitrification, oxygen consumption and nutrient regeneration
in Galveston Bay sediments.
Research Assistant: With Dr. Robert M. Owen, University of
Michigan, 1987-1989. Conducted marine geochemical studies of Lake
Michigan and Indian Ocean sediment.
Laboratory Technician: With Dr. Robert Aller, University of
Chicago, 1984-1986. Contributed to ongoing research activities.
Performed major and minor quantitative elemental analyses including
nutrient and trace metal analyses of natural waters and sediment.
Research Intern: With Dr. Jonathon Sharp, University of Delaware,
Lewes, DE, 1986. Investigated the role of organic matter and bacteria
on flocculation in Delaware estuary.
Research Intern: With Dr. Maynard Miller, Juneau Icefield Research
Program, Juneau, AK, 1983. Assisted scientists in ongoing
meteorological and glaciological studies.
Selected Publications
Mukherjee,
A.,
Zimmerman,
A.R.
and W. Harris (2011). Surface chemistry variations among a series of
laboratory-produced biochars. Geoderma, 163:247-255.
Zimmerman,
A.R.,
Gao,
B.,
and M.-Y. Ahn (2011). Positive and negative C mineralization
priming effects in biochar-amended soils. Soil
Biology & Biochemistry, 43: 1169-1179.
Zimmerman,
A. R. (2010).Abiotic
and microbial oxidation of
laboratory-produced black carbon (biochar). Environmental
Science
and
Technology,44, 1295–1301.
Kasozi,
G.N., Zimmerman, A.R.*,
Nkedi-Kizza, P. and B. Gao (2010). Catechol and humic acid sorption
onto a
range of laboratory-produced black carbons (biochars). Environmental
Science
&
Technology
44: 6169-6195.
Zimmerman,
A.R. and M.Y. Ahn (2010). Organo-mineral enzyme interactions
and
influence on soil enzyme activity.In: Soil
Enzymology, Soil Biology 22 G. (Eds. Shukla
and A. Varma), Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg. DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-14225-3_15.
Inyang,M., Gao, B., Pullammanappallil, P., Ding,
W. and A.R.
Zimmerman (2010).
Biochar from anaerobically digested sugarcane bagasse. Bioresource
Technology
101: 8868-8872.
Khodadad,C.L.M., Zimmerman,A.R., Uthandi, S., and
J.S. Foster (2010). Taxa-specific changes in
soil
microbial community composition induced by pyrogenic carbon amendments.
Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 43:
385-392. DOI 10.1016/j.soilbio.2010.11.005.
Green, A.E. and A.R.
Zimmerman (2010).
SWEATT (Solid Waste to Energy by Advanced Thermal Technologies),
Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and
Technology, Taylor & Francis, 1: 1-19.
Jin, J.
and A. Zimmerman (2010). Abiotic dissolved organic matter-mineral
interaction
in the karstic Floridan Aquifer. Applied
Geochemistry, 25, 472-484.
Van Eaton, A., Zimmerman, A.R.*, Jaeger, J.M.,
Brenner,
M., Kenney, W. and J. Schmidt (2010). A novel
application of radionuclides for dating sediment cores from
sandy, anthropogenically disturbed estuaries, USA. Marine
and Freshwater Research 61: 1268–1277.
Hyun, S., Park, H., Ahn, M.Y. and
Zimmerman
A.R., and C.T. Jafvert (2010).
Fluxes of PAHs from coal tar-impacted river sediment under variable
seepage
rates. Chemosphere 80: 1261-1267.
Kasozi, G.
N., Nkedi-Kizza, P., Agyin-Birikorang, S., and A. R. Zimmerman (2010).
Characterization
of adsorption and degradation of diuron in carbonatic and noncarbonatic
soils. Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry,
58, 1055–1061.
Ahn, M.-Y.,
Zimmerman, A. R., Comerford, N. B., Sickman, J., and S.
Grunwald (2009). Carbon mineralization and labile
organic carbon pools in the sandy soils of a north Florida watershed. Ecosystems,
12, 672-685.
Mitra, S., Zimmerman, A. R.,
Hunsinger, G. B., Willard, D., and J. C. Dunn
(2009).A Holocene record of
climate-driven shifts in coastal carbon sequestration. Geophysical
Research
Letters,
36, LO5704.
Zimmerman,
A.
R.
Ahn.
M.-Y., KangD.-H. , Banks, M. K.(2008). Influence
of a soil enzyme on iron-cyanide complex speciation and mineral
adsorption. Chemosphere. 70, (6): 1044-1051.
Hyun, S.,
Ahn, M.-Y., Zimmerman, A. R., Kim, M., and Kim, J.-G. (2009).
Implication
of
hydraulic
properties of bioremediated
diesel-contaminated soil.Chemosphere, 71, 1646-1653.
Ahn, M.-Y., Zimmerman, A.R.,
Martínez, C.E., Archibald, D.D., Bollag, J.-M., Dec, J., 2007
Characteristics of Trametes villosa laccase adsorbed on aluminum
hydroxide (2007) (Available online 23 December 2006). Journal of
Molecular Catalysis B: Enzymatic.
Zimmerman, A. R. and M. Smith
(2006). Engaging the Remote-Control Generation in the Gen. Ed. Earth
Science Classroom. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical
Union. 87(34): 339.
Ahn. M.-Y., Martínez, C.E.,
Archibald, D.D., Zimmerman, A.R. Bollag, J.M., and Dec, J. (2006).
Transformation of catechol in the presence of a laccase and metal
oxides. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry 38: 1015-1020.
Zimmerman, A. R., K.G. Goyne, S.
Komarneni, J. Chorover, J. Kubicki, S.L. Brantley (2004). Mineral
mesopore effects on nitrogenous organic matter adsorption. Organic
Geochemistry 35: 355-375.
Zimmerman, A. R., J. Chorover, Goyne,
K. W., S.L. Brantley (2004). Protection of mesopore adsorbed organic
matter from enzymatic degradation. Environmental Science and Technology
38(17): 4542 - 4548.
Goyne, K. W., J. Chorover, , S.
Komarneni, A. R. Zimmerman, S.L. Brantley (2004). Influence of
mesoporosity on the sorption of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid to
alumina and silica. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 272:
10-20.
Goyne, K. W., A. R. Zimmerman, B.L.
Newalkar, S. Komarneni, S.L. Brantley, J. Chorover (2002). Surface
charge of variable porosity Al2O3 (s) and SiO2(s) adsorbents. Journal
of Porous Materials 9: 242-256.
Zimmerman, A. R., and E. A. Canuel,
2002. Sediment geochemical record of eutrophication in the mesohaline
Chesapeake Bay. Limnology and Oceanography 47(4) 1084-1093.
Zimmerman, A. R., and E. A. Canuel,
2001. Bulk organic matter and lipid biomarker composition of Chesapeake
Bay surficial sediments as indicators of environmental processes.
Estuarine, Coastal Shelf Science 53: 319-341.
Zimmerman, A. R., and E. A. Canuel,
2000. A geochemical record of eutrophication and anoxia in Chesapeake
Bay sediments: Anthropogenic influence on organic matter composition.
Marine Chemistry 69: 117-137
Canuel, E. A., and Zimmerman, A. R.,
1999. Composition of Particulate Organic Matter in the Lower Chesapeake
Bay: Sources and Reactivity. Estuaries 4: 980-994.
Colman, S., Baucom, P. C., Bratton, J.
F., Cronin, T. M., McGeehin, J. P., Willard, D., Zimmmerman, A. R.,
Vogt, P., 2002. Radiocarbon Dating, Chronologic Framework, and Changes
in Accumulation Rates of Holocene Estuarine Sediments from Chesapeake
Bay. Quaternary Research. 57: 58-70.
http://www.idealibrary.com/links/doi/10.1006/qres.2001.2285
Marcantonio, F., Zimmerman, A.,
Yingfeng X., Canuel, E., 2002. A record of Eastern US atmospheric Pb
emissions in Chesapeake Bay sediments: stable Pb isotopes as a
chronological tool. Marine Chemistry. 77: 123-132.
Cronin, T., Willard, D., Karlsen, A.,
Ishman., I, Verardo, S., McGeehin, J., Kerhin, R., Holmes, C., Coleman,
S., Zimmerman, A., 2000. Climatic variability in the eastern United
States over the past millenium from Chesapeake Bay sediments. Geology
28: 3-6.
Zimmerman, A. R., and Benner R., 1994.
Denitrification, nutrient regeneration and carbon mineralization in
sediments of Galveston Bay, Texas., USA. Marine Ecology Progress Series
114: 275-288.
Zimmerman, A. R., and Owen, R. M.,
1990. A quantitative model of the dispersal of detrital inputs and
minor compositional components in Lake Michigan sediments. Journal of
Great Lakes Research 16(3): 444-456.
Owen, R. M., and Zimmerman, A. R.,
1991. Geochemistry of Broken Ridge sediment . In: Weissel, J. Peirce,
J., Taylor, E., Alt, J., et al., Proc. of the Ocean Drilling Program,
Scientific Results, 121: Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office).
Owen, R. M., and Zimmerman, A. R.,
1991. Geochemistry of the Cretaceous/Tertiary Boundary at Hole 752B,
Broken Ridge. In: Weissel, J. Peirce, J., Taylor, E., Alt, J., et al.,
Proc. of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 121:
Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office).
Owen, R. M., and Zimmerman, A. R.,
1991. Data Report: Geochemical Analysis of Indian Ocean Standard
Sediment Sample. In: Weissel, J. Peirce, J., Taylor, E., Alt, J., et
al., Proc. of the Ocean Drilling Program, Scientific Results, 121:
Washington (U.S. Govt. Printing Office).
Presentations
(A. R. Zimmerman first author and presenter)
Seminars
Presented
The
Ups and Downs of Black Carbon (Biochar). Dec. 15, 2010. Division of
Environmental Science & Ecological Engineering, Korea University,
136-713,
Seoul, South Korea (Invited).
A
primer to Black Carbon and Environmental Applications. Dec. 27, 2010.
Division
of Applied Biology and Chemistry, Kyungpook national University,
136-713,
Deagu, South Korea (Invited).
Biochar stability in
the environment. National Institute
for
Amazonian Research (INPA), Manaus, Brazil. Jun.
15, 2009.
The influence of
mineral nanopores on organic
compound preservation. Division of Environmental
Science and Ecological Engineering,
Korea University, Seoul, Korea. Dec. 22, 2006.
Biochar research at the
University of Florida, Oct.
10, 2010. Green Liquid and Gas Technologies Open House, Gainesville, FL.
The dark side and the
bright side of black carbon: a
primer. University of Florida Interdisciplinary Ecology Seminar (SNRE),
Sep.
21, 2010.
The ups and downs of
black carbon. UF Department of
Agricultural & Biological Engineering/Florida Climate Institute
Seminar.
Apr. 5, 2010.
The ups and downs of
black carbon: A brief primer.
Agricultural Air Quality Task Force Meeting, U. S. Dept. Agriculture,
Tallahassee, FL, Mar. 10, 2010.
Black carbon in the
environment: Dirty stories and
dark ambitions. UF Dept. Soil and Water Science Distinguished Speaker
Seminar
Series, Gainesville, FL, Jan. 29, 2010.
Black carbon in the
environment: Dirty stories and
dark ambitions. UF Dept of Geological Sciences Seminar Series,
Gainesville, FL,
Dec. 8, 2009.
Black carbon in the
environment: Stability and
importance. UF Carbon Resources Science Center Seminar, Gainesville,
FL, Nov.
4, 2009.
Black carbon in the
environment: Importance and
Stability. Dept. of Geology. University of Georgia. Athens, GA, Oct.
29, 2009.
Organic matter
preservation and the influence of
environmental nanopores, UF Dept. of Environmental Engineering Sciences
Graduate Seminar Series, Gainesville, FL., Sept. 12, 2008.
Zimmerman,
A.R., Ahn, M.-Y.,Kang,D.-H. and M. K. Banks. Influence of a soil enzyme on
iron-cyanide complex speciation and mineral adsorption. 234th American
Chemical Society, National Meeting, Boston, 19-23 August, 2007
Microbes, minerals and
organic matter in the
environment. UF Dept. of Microbiology and Cell Science, Gainesville,
FL, Dec.
8, 2007.
Earth,
the
microbial
planet.
Florida
Museum
of
Natural History. Gainesville,
FL, Mar. 27, 2006.
Zimmerman, A. R., Microbes, minerals
and organic matter in the environment. Department of Microbiology and
Cell Science, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. Dec. 8., 2007.
Meeting Presentations
Zimmerman, A.R., Kasozi,
G.N. and A. Mukherjee. Variations in the properties of
laboratory-produced
biochars: Surface chemistry, lability and interaction with soil organic
matter. Geological Society of America Annual
Meeting, Denver, CO, Oct. 31-Nov. 3, 2010.
Zimmerman, A.R., Kasozi,
G.N. and A. Mukherjee. Deciphering the chemical properties of pyrogenic
carbon:
exposing a range of biochars to a range of characterization methods. American Chemical Society National Meeting,
Boston, MA, Aug. 22-26, 2010.
Zimmerman, A.R., Organic
matter preservation/degradation: The refractory chicken or the labile
egg? Symposium on the Future of Chemical
Oceanography, Savannah,
GA Feb. 22-24,
2009.
Zimmerman,
A.
and W. Cooper, Physical and chemical controls on
biochar stability in the environment. North
American Biochar Conference. Boulder, CO, Aug. 9-12, 2009.
Zimmerman, A. R., and Mitra, S.
Hydrogen-pyrolysis/lipid compound analysis of black carbon composition
and source in Ganges-Brahmaputra River sediments. 2008 Ocean
Sciences Meeting, March 2-7, 2008. Orlando, Florida.
Zimmerman, A.R.,
Ahn, M.Y., Kang,D.H. and
M.K. Banks. Influence of a soil enzyme on iron-cyanide complex
speciation and
mineral adsorption. 234th American
Chemical Society, National Meeting, Boston, MA, Aug. 19-23, 2007.
American Geophysical Union, Fall 2003 (Dec. 8-12, San
Francisco)
Protection of organic matter from enzyme degradation by mineral
mesopores (poster).
American Geophysical Union, Fall 2002 (Dec. 6-10, San Francisco)
The sequestration and protection of organic matter within mineral
mesopores (oral).
Goldschmidt Conference for Geochemistry, 2002 (Aug. 18-23, Davos,
Switzerland) The effect of mineral mesoporosity on amino acid
adsorption (poster).
American Chemical Society, 223rd National Meeting, 2002 (April 7-11,
Orlando, FL)
The effect of mesopores on amino acid adsorption to mineral analogues
(oral).
Goldschmidt Conference on Geochemistry, 2001 (May 20-24, Hot Springs,
VA)
The effect of mesopores on organic matter adsorption to mineral
analogues (poster).
Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry, 2000 (Aug. 13-18,
Holderness, NH)
Historical progression of eutrophication in the mesohaline Chesapeake
Bay: A sediment geochemical record (poster).
Estuarine Research Federation, 1999 (Invited, Sept. 25-29, New Orleans,
LA)
Eutrophication history of Chesapeake Bay established from sedimentary
organic matter composition.
Gordon Research Conference on Organic Geochemistry, 1998 (Aug. 9-14,
Holderness, NH)
An organic geochemical record of eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay
(poster).
Estuarine Research Federation, 1997 (Oct. 12-16, Providence, RI)
A geochemical record of eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay sediments
(oral).
American Geophysical Union Spring, 1997 (May 27-30, Baltimore, MD)
Organic geochemical evidence for increasing eutrophication in
Chesapeake Bay: A 200 year sediment record (oral).
Chesapeake Regional Association of Biogeochemists, 1997 (May 15-16,
Gloucester Point)
A geochemical record of eutrophication in Chesapeake Bay sediments
(oral).
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography Spring, 1997 (Feb.
10-14, Santa Fe, NM)
Composition of particulate organic matter in the Lower Chesapeake Bay:
Sources and reactivity (poster).
Chesapeake Regional Association of Biogeochemists, 1996 (May 25,
Charlottesville, VA)
Saponification efficiency: Methodological and compound class variations
(oral).