Education

2012                Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology Program, University of California, Riverside

2007               B.S., Chemistry with honors, Summa Cum Laude, James Madison University

 

Teaching Positions

Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Georgia Gwinnett College                  [Fall 2015-present]

            CHEM 1211K/1212K- Principles of Chemistry with Lab I and II

            CHEM 3000K- Analytical Chemistry with Lab

        CHEM 3200- Environmental Chemistry

            ESNS 4900 – Environmental Science Capstone Course

Part-Time Faculty, Georgia Gwinnett College                                        [Spring 2015]

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Atmospheric Science         [2009, 2010, 2011]

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, General Chemistry Laboratory          [2004-2007]

 

Research Experience

Georgia Gwinnett College, School of Science and Technology, Lawrenceville, GA   [Fall 2015-Present] Undergraduate Research Advisor (9 total undergraduates advised)

Active projects: Environmental justice with respect to atmospheric PAHs and PCBs in the Atlanta metropolitan region;  AFM analysis of atmospheric particles; Synthesis and characterization of biodiesel using waste oil and gas from GGC dining operations

 

University of California, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, La Jolla, CA           [2012-2014]

Postdoctoral Researcher with Timothy H. Bertram

Research focus: Direct measurement of the impact of the reactive uptake of ammonia and alkylamines on the CCN activity of ambient aerosol sampled during SOAS 2013

 

University of California, Environmental Toxicology Program, Riverside, CA                    [2007-2012]

Graduate Research Assistant with Janet Arey and Roger Atkinson

Thesis Title:      Laboratory and Ambient Studies of the Products of Gas-Phase OH and NO₃ Radical-Initiated Reactions with Selected PAHs

 

James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA                                              [2005-2007]

Undergraduate Research Assistant with Brian Augustine

Honors Thesis: Surface Modification and Characterization of POSS-MA Thin Films

 

Synergistic Activities

Official Mentor for 17 GGC Undergraduates                                                                         [Fall 2015-Present]

Workshop: GGC Center for Teaching Excellence Winter Institute                                               [January 2018]

Attended the Reimagining Education Conference, Philadelphia, PA                                           [December 2017]

Workshop: GGC Center for Teaching Excellence Summer Institute                                                   [May 2017]

Attended the Southeast Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Columbia, SC          [October 2016]

Reviewer for Environmental Science and Pollution Research                                              [October 2013-Present]

Reviewer for Environmental Science and Technology                                                               [July 2016-Present]

Panel reviewer for NSF Geosciences Directorate                                                            [December 2015-Present]

GGC Chemistry Lab Report Standardization Committee                                                           [Fall 2016-Present]

GGC Environmental Science Major Committee                                                                       [Fall 2016-Present]

GGC Faculty Senate Member                                                                                                  [Fall 2016-Present]

Shortcourse: EdGCM Global Climate Modeling for Classrooms, Dr. Linda Sohl (Instructor)        [February 2012]

Shortcourse: University Teaching Certification Program; University of California, Riverside           [Winter 2012]

Shortcourse: Testing for Genotoxicity; Dr. Rod Dashwood (Instructor); Oregon State University         [June 2011]

 

Professional Society Memberships

American Chemical Society, GA Academy of Science

 

Funding

• Primary Investigator on AY 15-16 GGC STEM Mini Grant, $4,963.32. “Analysis of GGC Dining Operations Waste Oil and Grease for Use as Biofuel.” May 2015 (Funded)
• Senior Researcher on NSF CHE-Major Research Instrumentation, $148,993. “MRI: Acquisition of an atomic force microscope for interdisciplinary undergraduate research at Georgia Gwinnett College.” December 2015 (Funded)
• Primary Investigator on GGC Pilot SLA-SST Community Innovations Project Competition, $6941.55. “Measurement of hazardous air pollutants and policy analysis with regard to environmental justice in the Atlanta metropolitan region.” May 2016 (Funded)
• Senior Researcher on NSF CHE-Major Research Instrumentation, $50,042. “Acquisition of total organic carbon/total nitrogen analyzer for interdisciplinary research and teaching at Georgia Gwinnett College.” January 2018 (Funded)
• PI on the GGC Course-embedded Undergraduate Research Experience, $6105.74. “CURE: Investigating metal concentrations of different matrices through EDTA titration and ICP-MS measurements.”

Publications (* indicates undergraduate authors)

Published:

Park, S.H.; Khan, N.; Lee, S.; Zimmermann, K.; *DeRosa, M.; *Hamilton, L.; *Hudson, W.; *Hyder, S.; *Serratos, M.; *Sheffield, E.; *Veludhandi, A.; Pursell, D.P.  Biodiesel production from locally-sourced restaurant waste cooking oil and grease: synthesis, characterization, and performance evaluation.  ACS Omega, 2019, 4, 7775-7784.

Zimmermann, K.; Young, L.; Woodard, K.  Community-based undergraduate research: Measurement of hazardous air pollutants with regard to environmental justice. In Environmental Chemistry: Undergraduate and Graduate Classroom, Laboratory and                             Local Community  Learning Experiences;  Roberts-Kirchhoff, E. , Benevenuto, M., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series    1276; Chapter 2 American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 2018; pp 21-47.

Khan, N.; Park, S.H.; Pursell, D.P.; Zimmermann, K.  Leveraging student interest in environmental topics for undergraduate research in an interdisciplinary research cluster. In Best Practices for Supporting and Expanding Undergraduate Research in Chemistry; Jones, R.M.,     Gourley, B.L., Eds.; ACS Symposium Series 1275;  Chapter 11                              American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 2018; pp 181-208.

Kim, M.J.; Zoerb, M.C.; Campbell, N. R.; Zimmermann, K.J.; Blomquist, B.W.; Huebert, B. J.; Bertram, T.H.  Revisiting benzene cluster cations for chemical ionization of dimethylsulfide and select volatile organic compounds. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 2016, 9, 1473-1484.

Schill, S. R.; Collins, D. B.; Lee, C.; Morris, H. S.; *Novak, G. A.; Prather, K. A.; Quinn, P. K.; Sultana, C. M.; Tivanski, A. V.; Zimmermann, K.; Cappa, C. D.; Bertram, T. H. The impact of aerosol mixing state on the hygroscopicity of sea spray aerosol. ACS Cent. Sci. 2015, 1, 132-141.

Jariyasopit, N.; Zimmermann, K.; Schrlau, J.; Arey, J.; Atkinson, R.; Yu, T.W.; Dashwood, R.H.; Tao, S.;  Massey Simonich, S.L. Heterogeneous Reactions of Particulate Matter-Bound PAHs and NPAHs with NO₃/N₂O₅, OH Radicals, and O₃ Under Simulated Long-Range Atmospheric Transport Conditions: Reactivity and Mutagenicity. Environmental Science and Technology, 2014

Jariyasopit, N.; McIntosh, M.; Zimmermann, K.; Arey, J.; Atkinson, R.; Ha Yeon Cheong, P.; Carter, R.G.; Yu, T.W.; Dashwood, R.H.; Massey Simonich, S.L. Novel Nitro-PAH Formation from Heterogeneous Reactions of PAHs with NO₂, NO₃/N₂O₅, and OH Radicals: Prediction, Laboratory Studies, and Mutagenicity. Environmental Science and Technology, 2014, 48, 412-419

Zimmermann, K.; Jariyasopit, N.; Massey Simonich, S. L.; Atkinson, R.; Arey, J. Formation of Nitro-PAHs from the Heterogeneous Reaction of Ambient Particle-Bound PAHs with N₂O₅/NO₃/NO₂.  Environmental Science and Technology 2013, 47, 8434-8442

Zimmermann, K.; Atkinson, R.; Arey, J.  Effect of NO₂ Concentration on Dimethylnitronaphthalene Yields and Isomer Distribution Patterns from the Gas-Phase OH Radical-Initiated Reactions of Select Dimethylnaphthalenes.  Environmental Science and Technology 2012, 46, 7535-7542

Zimmermann, K.; Atkinson, R.; Arey, J.; Kojima, Y.; Inazu, K. Isomer Distributions of Molecular Weight 247 and 273 Nitro-PAHs in Ambient Samples, NIST Diesel SRM and Radical-Initiated Chamber Reactions. Atmos. Environ. 2012, 55, 431-439

Augustine, B. H.; Hughes, W. C.; *Zimmermann, K. J.; *Figueiredo, A. J.; Guo, X.; Chusuei, C.C.; *Maidment, J.S.  Plasma Surface Modification and Characterization of POSS-Based Nanocomposite Polymeric Thin Films. Langmuir 2007, 23, 4346 – 4350