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Erin Zimmerman’s writings explore the intersection of science and motherhood.
This week, Girls That Create host Erin Prather Stafford welcomes Erin Zimmerman, an evolutionary biologist turned science writer and botanical illustrator. Zimmerman holds an MSc in fungal population genomics and a PhD in plant molecular systematics, both from the Université de Montréal. She also completed a BSc in Plant Biology and physics at the University of Guelph. She has illustrated a number of scientific research articles, including the description of a newly discovered plant species.
Zimmerman’s interests lie in botany, evolution, scientific illustration, and the history of science. Her writing also explores the intersection of science and motherhood.
She has published nine scientific research papers and is a contributor at New York Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, Undark, and Narratively, among others. Zimmerman has previously written a blog exploring evolution and miscellaneous topics in biology at Questionable Evolution and produced twice weekly news briefs on emerging plant science research at Botany One.
Zimmerman’s début book is Unrooted: Botany, Motherhood, and the Fight to Save an Old Science. It is a science memoir about her adventures in natural history research and the experience of mothers in science.
To learn more about Zimmerman, visit drerinzimmerman.com and on Twitter @doctorzedd.
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Dr. Erin Zimmerman is an evolutionary biologist turned science writer and botanical illustrator. She holds an MSc in fungal population genomics and a PhD in plant molecular systematics, both from the Université de Montréal. She also completed a BSc in Plant Biology & Physics at the University of Guelph. She has illustrated a number of scientific research articles, including the description of a newly discovered plant species.
Erin’s interests lie in botany, evolution, scientific illustration, and the history of science. Her writing also explores the intersection of science and motherhood.
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