Peter D. Zimmerman (June 15, 1941, Portsmouth, Virginia – August 27, 2021 Washington, D. C.[1]) was an American nuclear physicist, arms control expert, and former chief scientist of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
He retired from the college in August 2008 and was named professor emeritus on 1 September of the same year.
He was Science Advisor for ACDA at the time it was merged into the Department of State in March 1999.
After the election of George W. Bush as president, Zimmerman left the State Department and then served as the chief scientist of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from August 2001 until January 2003 and as Democratic chief scientist until March 2004.
[3] In 2004, Zimmerman became professor of science and security in the department of war studies at King's College London.