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Mr. Brian Zimmer is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences. Brian has been with the Geology Department since 2008 and has taught a myriad of labs, introductory lectures, and freshman seminar. He researches volcanoes and volcanic deposits and is currently working, in conjunction with Dr. Cynthia Liutkus-Pierce, on a set of ancient human footprints preserved in volcanic ash in northern Tanzania. He is a leader of the Land of Fire and Ice GLY 1103 trip to Iceland and won the 2015 Teaching Excellence Award (non-tenure-track) in the College of Arts and Sciences.