# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-zimmer
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:54:50.185Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-zimmer"
name: "Carl Zimmer"
slug: "carl-zimmer"
description: "Carl Zimmer is an American popular science writer, blogger, columnist, and journalist who specializes in the topics of evolution, parasites, and heredity. The author of many books, he 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. Zimmer also gives frequent lectures and has appeared on many radio shows, including National Public Radio's Radiolab, Fresh Air, and This American Life. He authored Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea, a companion piece to the PBS series  Evolution."
tagline: "American science writer and blogger (1966-)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Carl_Zimmer_at_2026_Tucson_Festival_of_Books.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1966-07-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.09471191791633782
  historical:           13.77937733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "carlzimmer"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/carlzimmerauthor"
    handle:    "carlzimmerauthor"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.carlzimmer.com/"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Zimmer (Publizist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Zimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Zimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Zimmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Carl Zimmer"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump