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Steven Zimmerman
Steven Charles Zimmerman (born 1957) is an

American organic chemist who is a professor in the Steven C. Zimmerman
Department of Chemistry at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign.
Early life
He was born in Chicago in 1957, the second son of
organic chemist Howard Zimmerman.[1] He attended
public schools in Madison, Wisconsin where he
Steven C. Zimmerman
received a B.S. degree in 1979 working for Hans J.
Reich. In 1983 he received a Ph.D. at Columbia Born 1957 (age 66–67)
University in New York City where he worked with Chicago, Illinois, US
Ronald Breslow on pyridoxamine enzyme analogs. Alma mater Columbia University
University of Wisconsin
Scientific career
Career Fields Organic chemistry
After an NSF-NATO Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institutions University of Illinois

University of Cambridge with Sir Alan R. Battersby, Thesis β-eliminations and the
he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois asymmetric synthesis of amino
(1985). acids by pyridoxamine enzyme
analogues utilizing general base-
He was appointed the Roger Adams Professor of acid catalysis (http://www.worldc
Chemistry at the University of Illinois at Urbana- at.org/oclc/80498458) (1984)
Champaign in 2004, having previously held a William
Doctoral Ronald Breslow
H. and Janet G. Lycan Professorship. advisor
Administrator
Zimmerman served as the Head of the University of Illinois Department of Chemistry from 1999 to 2000
and 2005 to 2012.
As Department Head he managed an academic staff of 115 full-time equivalents (FTE) with a State
budget of $8.4 M and total expenditures of $26.7M, including federal research grants and contracts.[2]
He oversaw a $60M fundraising campaign and secured the three largest individual gifts (>$15M total) at
the University of Illinois in academic year 2007.[3] He negotiated and oversaw a cooperative agreement
to port the University of Illinois Department of Chemistry undergraduate curriculum to the Hanoi
University of Science in Vietnam, increased standards for graduate enrollment, and increased the
diversity of the faculty, staff, and student body.
Research
His early research was focused on molecular recognition, models of serine proteases,[4] and topologically
novel DNA intercalators.[5]
He and his coworkers pioneered the development of a new class of nonmacrocyclic molecular hosts
called molecular tweezers,[6][7] also called more recently, molecular clips.
His current work focuses on dendrimers, including their supramolecular chemistry[1][8][9] and the
supramolecular chemistry of other polymers (supramolecular polymer chemistry).
Awards and achievements

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award, American Chemical Society
Buck-Whitney Award, Eastern New York Section of American Chemical Society
Presidential Young Investigator Award, National Science Foundation
Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Cyanamid Academic Award
Eli Lilly Grantee
American Cancer Society Junior Faculty Award
References
1. Zeng, F.; Zimmerman, S. C. "Dendrimers in supramolecular chemistry: from molecular
recognition to self-assembly," Chem. Rev. 1997, 97, 1681-1712.
2. Figures from 2009 provided by the University of Illinois, Division of Management Information
database, Urbana, Illinois.
3. Des Garennes, Christine, "Deferred and Outright Gifts to the U of I," The News-Gazette
(Champaign-Urbana, IL), September 29, 2007.
4. Cramer, K. D.; Zimmerman, S. C. "Kinetic effect of a syn-oriented carboxylate on a
proximate imidazole in catalysis: a model for the histidine-aspartate couple in enzymes," J.
Am. Chem. Soc. 1990, 112, 3680-3682.
5. Zimmerman, S. C.; Lamberson, C. R.; Cory, M.; Fairley, T. A. "Topologically constrained
bifunctional intercalators: DNA intercalation by a macrocyclic bisacridine," J. Am. Chem.
Soc. 1989, 111, 6805-6809.
6. Zimmerman, S. C.; VanZyl, C. M. "Rigid molecular tweezers: synthesis, characterization,
and complexation chemistry of a diacridine," J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1987, 109, 7894-7896.
7. Zimmerman, S. C. "Rigid molecular tweezers as hosts for the complexation of neutral
guests," Top. Curr. Chem. 1993, 165, 71-102.
8. Zimmerman, S. C.; Zeng, F.; Reichert, D. E. C.; Kolotuchin, S. V. "Self-assembling
dendrimers," Science 1996, 271, 1095-1098.
9. Zimmerman, S. C.; Wendland, M. S.; Rakow, N. A.; Zharov, I.; Suslick, K. S. "Synthetic
hosts by monomolecular imprinting inside dendrimers," Nature 2002, 418, 399-403.
External links
Dr. Steven C. Zimmerman's Current Research (http://chemistry.illinois.edu/faculty/Steven_Zi
mmerman.html)
Dr. Steven C. Zimmerman's Research Group Webpage (http://www.scs.uiuc.edu/zimmerma
n/)
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