Research Interests

• Paleolimnology
• Diatom analyses
• Paleoecology,
• Paleoclimate,
• Macrofossil analyses

Education

2000
M.Sc. in Geography
Université Laval, Canada / Universität des Saarlandes, Germany
Specialization: Biogeography

Research Experience

Research Professional (2000 - present)
Centre d'études nordiques (CEN)
Université Laval, Canada
http://www.cen.ulaval.ca/

2016

Pienitz, R., Zimmermann, C. (Éditeurs) (2016). Program & Abstracts, 24th International Diatom Symposium, Québec, Canada, 21-26 August 2016. Université Laval. 271 pages.

2015

Zimmermann C., Jouve G., Pienitz R., Francus P. & Maidana N.I. (2015). Late Glacial and Early Holocene cyclic changes in paleowind conditions and lake levels inferred from diatom assemblage shifts in Laguna Potrok Aike sediments (southern Patagonia, Argentina). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 427: 20-31. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.006

2001

Lavoie C., Zimmermann C. & Pellerin S. (2001). Peatland restoration in southern Québec (Canada): A paleoecological perspective. Écoscience 8(2): 247-258. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2001.11682651

Zimmermann C. & Lavoie C. (2001). A paleoecological analysis of a southern permafrost peatland, Charlevoix, Quebec. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 38: 909-919. https://doi.org/10.1139/e00-110

Books (edited):

Zimmermann C., Poulin M. & Pienitz R. (2010). Diatoms of North America: The Pliocene-Pleistocene freshwater flora of Bylot Island, Nunavut, Canadian High Arctic. Iconographia Diatomologica no. 21. Gantner Verlag, Ruggell, Liechtenstein. 407 pp.