Professional Biography

Marcelo Zimmer is an Assistant Extension Professor of Weed Science in the Plant and Soil Sciences department at the University of Kentucky. His research and extension programs are based in Lexington, KY. Marcelo’s program focuses on the management of weeds in pastures, forages, roadsides, and other perennial systems, with primary responsibility for developing and implementing extension weed science programs in central and eastern Kentucky.

Education

Purdue University, PhD in Weed Science, 2025

Purdue University, MS in Weed Science, 2017

Federal University of Pelotas, BS in Agronomy, 2014

Associated Departments

Plant and Soil Sciences