Uwe Zimmermann studied physics in Kiel, Germany, finishing with a master's degree in 1997. From 1998 to 2003 he completed his PhD at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm, where his thesis focused on high-voltage diodes in silicon carbide. Uwe joined Uppsala University in 2003 as a researcher in thin-film solar cells, having already gained teaching and laboratory experience as a lab assistant during his undergraduate studies. He has been teaching in solar energy since 2005 and, since 2008, has developed courses in electronics, measurement technology, and microcontroller programming, with a strong emphasis on combining theoretical foundations with hands-on laboratory work. He has been an associate professor in electronics at Uppsala University since 2012 and has received the students’ Best Teacher Award in Engineering Physics twice, in 2010 and 2022. During the pandemic, he further developed his teaching practice with online teaching, and since 2021 he has been using Manim to create supplementary teaching material and is active in the Manim online community.