Pat Zimmerman

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ABOUT PAT ZIMMERMAN

EDUCATIONB.S, 1973 Washington State University, Environmental Science (Zoology)M.S, 1976 Washington State University, Environmental Science (Chemical Engineering)Ph.D, 1996 Colorado State University, Rangeland Ecosystem Science (College of Forestry and Natural Resources) advisors: Paul Crutzen, Robert Woodmansee.PROFESSIONAL CAREERCEO and Owner, C-LOCK INC, 2005-present. Dr. Patrick Zimmerman is the inventor of the C-LOCK® technology and systems and GreenFeed http://c-lockinc.com/introduction.phpHe is the holder of more than a dozen patents in the United States and several other countries, including “Method and Apparatus for Generating Standardized Environmental Benefit Credits” and “Method and Apparatus for Generating Standardized Carbon Emission Reduction Credits”. Dr. Zimmerman holds exclusive licenses for these inventions from the State of South Dakota. He has published more than 100 scientific papers in the peer-reviewed literature. See: more information about scientific publications.Director, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology,(SDSM & T), 19••••05.Chair, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, SDSM & T, Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 19••••95. Position: Senior Scientist and head of the Atmospheric Chemistry Division’s Trace Gas Biogeochemistry Section, which he originated in 1979 as the Biosphere/Atmosphere Interaction Project. Dr. Zimmerman j extensively collaborated with Dr. Paul Crutzen co-winner of the Nobel Prize for his work in atmospheric chemistry. Zimmerman\'s research focused on measurements of biogenic hydrocarbon emissions, including laboratory and field measurements of methane fluxes from termites and ruminants; Dr. Zimmerman’s research teams have shown that these biogenic emissions are important to regional and global atmospheric chemistry.