page_title: Carl Zimmer
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: Carl Zimmer / Awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Carl Zimmer speaking at NECSS 2011, Baruch College (CUNY), NYC
context_page_description: Carl Zimmer is a popular science writer, blogger, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of evolution, parasites, and heredity. He is the author of many books and contributes science essays to publications such as The New York Times, Discover, and National Geographic. He is a fellow at Yale University's Morse College and adjunct professor of Molecular biophysics and biochemistry at Yale University. Besides his popular science writing, Zimmer also gives frequent lectures, and has appeared on many radio shows, including National Public Radio's Radiolab, Fresh Air and This American Life.
  Zimmer describes his journalistic beat as "life" or "what it means to be alive." He is also the only science writer to have a species of tapeworm named after him. Zimmer lives with his wife Grace Farrell Zimmer and their two children, Charlotte and Veronica, in Guilford, Connecticut. Carl Zimmer's father is Dick Zimmer, a Republican politician from New Jersey, who was a member of U.S. House of Representatives from 1991 to 1997.
context_section_description: 2019: Science in Society Journalism Awards from the National Association of Science Writers for his book, She Has Her Mother's Laugh: The Powers, Perversions, and Potentials of Heredity.
  2017: Online News Association's Online Journalism Award, awarded in the explanatory reporting category.
  2016: Society for the Study of Evolution's The Stephen Jay Gould Prize, awarded "to recognize individuals whose sustained and exemplary efforts have advanced public understanding of evolutionary science and its importance in biology, education, and everyday life in the spirit of Stephen Jay Gould."
  2015: National Association of Biology Teachers's (NABT) Distinguished Service Award, awarded to "recognize teachers for their expertise in specific subject areas, for contributions to the profession made by new teachers, and to recognize service to NABT, life science teaching, or leadership in learning communities."
  2007: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Science Communication Award, awarded to "recognize excellence in reporting and communicating science, engineering, and medicine to the general public", in the category Newspaper/magazine/internet
  2004, 2009, 2012: American Association for the Advancement of Science's Science Journalism Award, awarded to honor "professional journalists for distinguished reporting on the sciences, engineering, and mathematics".
  1999: The Pan American Health Organization's Award for Excellence in International Health Reporting
  1997: American Institute of Biological Sciences's Media Award that "recognizes outstanding reporting on biology to a general audience."
  1994: Everett Clark/Seth Payne Award for Young Science Journalists, awarded "to encourage young science writers by recognizing outstanding reporting and writing in any field of science."
  Book Awards
  2018: She Has Her Mother’s Laugh
  New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
  Ten Best Books of the Year, Publisher’s Weekly
  Amazon Best Science Books of the Year
  Amazon Top 100 Books of the Year
  Top Nonfiction Books of 2018, Kirkus Reviews
  Baillie-Gifford Prize for Nonfiction, 2018 Shortlist
  The Times Science Books of 2018
  A Planet of Viruses
  Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2016
  Booklist Editor’s Choice, 2011
  The Tangled Bank
  Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2010
  Microcosm
  Finalist, Los Angeles Times Science Book Prize, 2009
  Longlisted for the 2008 Royal Society Prize for Science Books
  Soul Made Flesh
  New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year
  Best Books of 2004, Top Ten Editor’s Picks: Science, Amazon.com
  Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea
  Best Books of 2002, New Scientist
  Best Books of 2001, Discover
caption: Zimmer speaking at NECSS conference 2011
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