Vita
VITA
George O. Zimmerman
BORN: October 20, 1935
EDUCATION
- B.S. Yale University – 1958
- M.S. Yale University – 1959
- Ph.D. Yale University – 1963
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY:
- Research Associate, Yale University – 1962-63
- Low Temperature Group, C.T. Lane
- Assistant Professor, Boston University – 1963-68
- Visiting Scientist, Francis Bitter National Magnet Laboratory – 1964 – 1990
- Member, National Magnet Laboratory – 1965-1990
- Associate Chairman, Dept. of Physics, Boston University – 1971-72
- Associate Professor, Boston University – 1968-74, Tenure 1969
- Visiting Associate Physicist, Univ. of California at San Diego – 1973
- Chairman, Department of Physics, Boston University, 1973-1983
- Professor, Boston University – 1974
- Consultant, Brookhaven National Laboratory – 1980
- Visiting Scholar, Physics Dept. Harvard University. Host: Tinkham, 1988
- Visiting Scholar, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden, The Netherlands, 1988, Host: Frossati
- Visiting Scholar, Centre for High Temperature Superconductivity
- Imperial College, London, 1997. Host: A.David Caplin
- Chairman Boston University Faculty Council – 1985-86
- Member of Steering Committee of the Program of Applied Science and Engineering 1984 – 1988
- Founder with Dr. W.J. Alston of the Research Internship Program in the Science and Engineering for High-School Juniors (1978) supported by the NSF till 1983.
- NSF sponsorship resumed 1988-95 under the YSP program
- Un-official host and organizer of the Massachusetts John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth awards ceremony at Boston University, June 1987-2001, 2009, 2010
- Organized High-School Physics Teacher Symposia at Boston University (NSF)
- Member of Middle School Science Curriculum Planning Committee at Boston University (NSF).
- Boston University Planning Committee, 1995-2001, Chairman 1998-2000
- Principal Investigator on Research Grants from the NSF and AFOSR
- Made Boston University part of the Outreach Alliance for the Siemens-Westinghouse Science Competition and received $10,000 for HS student scholarships.
- Professor Emeritus as of January 1, 2001.
- Member at Large of the Executive Board of the Forum on the History of Physics of the American Physical Society 2007-2010 (Webmaster ad hoc)
OTHER
Society Membership
- American Physical Society
- Society of Sigma Xi
- New York Academy of Sciences
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Materials Research Society
- Cryogenic Society of America
Biographical Listings:
- American Men and Women of Science
- Who’s Who in America
- Holocaust Survivors
- Who’s Who in the East
Selected Speaking Invitations:
- University of Cinncinati, Oct. 30, 1986
- Clark University, February 3,1987
- Three Invited Lectures at I ENCUENTRO LATINOAMERICO DE FISICA DE BAJAS TEMPERATURAS Y SUPERCONDUCTIVIDAD, Bogota-Colombia, February 1-5, 1988
- Invited Speaker at ISS’88, 1st International Symposium on Superconductivity, August 28, Nagoya, Japan
- Colloquium Speaker, Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium Der Rijksuniversiteit te Leiden, December 9, 1988
- Colloquium Speaker, Physics Department, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, January 31, 1990
- SSC Laboratory, Dallas, TX. March 17, 1992
- CERN, Geneva, August 7, 1992
- Colloquium: Boston College, Physics Dept. March 12,1997
- Invited to give talks, January 7-12, 2001. Bangkok, Thailand Mahidol University “The History of the 1996 Nobel Prize”
- “Practical Applications of Superconductivity” Chulalongkorn University
- “Magnetic Intercalation Graphite Compounds” January 15-19, 2001.
- “Third International Conference on New Theories Discoveries and applications of Superconductors and Related Materials” in Honolulu, Hawaii. Session Chairman
- Presentation: “Dynamic Magnetostriction of Colossal Magnetoresistance in Manganites” M.D.Kaplan co-author
- Talk at the New England Chapter of IEEE at Quantum Corporation in Shrewsbury, MA. “GMR, CMR and HTSC”. March 28, 2001.
- Invited speaker and session chairman at the RAMIS conference in Poznan, Poland. Title of talk “FeCl3 Graphite intercalation Compounds, a Model System.” May 6-10, 2001.
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Superconductivity Center, “AC-DC and DC-AC Conversion Using HTS Components.” July 12, 2001
- Attended American Institute of Physics Corporate Associates meeting sponsored by Xerox and Kodak in Rochester, NY October 20-23, 2001
- Invited Speaker, New Theories, Discoveries, and Applications of Superconductors and Related Materials, (New3SC-4), Jan. 16-21, 2003, San Diego, CA “Superconductivity: The Promise and Reality.” Also Session co-Chair..
Panel and Organizational functions:
- Judge at the XXIV International Physics Olympiad, July, 1993, Williamsburg, Virginia
- Panel Member for the New Young Investigator proposals under consideration in the Division of Materials research Condensed Matter Physics Program, April, 1993
- Visiting Committee for the Graduate Program of the Physics Department at Northeastern University, April 1996
- Member of the Organizing Committee of the conference on Spectroscopies of Novel Superconductors, Cape Cod, September, 1997.
- Local organizer and Chairman, with Michael D. Kaplan, of the XV INTERNATIONAL JAHN-TELLER SYMPOSIUM on VIBRONIC INTERACTIONS IN CRYSTALS AND MOLECULES, and the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Colossal Magnetoresistance and Vibronic Interactions
- BOSTON, MA, August 16 – 22, 2000 held at Boston University
- Symposium Chairmen:
- Michael Kaplan (Simmons College)
- George Zimmerman (Boston University)
- Colin Bates (Nottingham University)
- Boris Tsukerblat (Moldova Academy)
- Member of the Siemens-Westinghouse Science Competition Outreach Alliance 1999-present
- Candidate for Secretary-Treasurer of the American Physical Society Forum on Industrial and Applied Physics
- Consultant to the Dow-Corning Corp., Carrolton, KY
- Consultant to the Lumonics Company, Inc. Bedford, MA
- Organized and Chaired a session U5, “Low Temperature Physics: A historical perspective” at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, March 16, 2006, 8am. The session was taped and a DVD is being prepared.
- Review Committee of the Simmons College Department of Physics 2009
- Elected as Member at Large of the Forum for the History of Physics of the American Physical Society April, 2007-2011
- Member of the Advisory Committee to the History of Physics section of the American Institute of Physics, The Niels Bohr Library and Archives, College Park, MD.
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES:
- Reviewer of research proposals for the National Science Foundation, DOE,
- Civilian Research and Development Foundation
- Panel member and chair of NSF review panels
- Reviewer for various scientific journals
- Reviewer of text books in physics for various publishers
- Consultant to Addison-Wesley Interactive
MISCELLANEOUS:
- Member of Conservation Commission of Hamilton, Massachusetts – 1984 – 1989
- V.P. of Kenmore Tower Board of Directors 1994-present, President, 1996-2001
- President of the ZerRes Corporation, maker of specialty solders and HTS current leads. 1990-1997
TEACHING:
- Taught many physics courses ranging from the introductory level to graduate.
- During the past years introduced computer demonstrations into introductory physics lecture courses.