Zachary Pace, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Madison, Wi, Us

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin Area

Modelled the stellar content and gas-phase chemical abundances of galaxies.Highlights:- Devised simulation-based inference framework to indirectly measure galaxy star-formation histories using low-dimensional projections of massively-hyperspectral images- Trained PCA model on synthetic hyperspectral images of known star-formation histories, evaluating reliability of resulting inferred mass-to-light ratio, dust foreground, and stellar element abundance estimates on held-out simulations- Delivered & released catalog of total and resolved galaxy stellar masses for a sample of ~10.5k galaxies (~10M spectroscopic pointings)- Conducted geostatistical modeling of gaseous heavy-element abundance, uncovering an important systematic measurement error arising from local variation in stellar content- Developed physical model of gaseous inflow to explain a newly-measured over-dispersion of heavy element content coinciding with both a rapid radial change in heavy element content and an enhancement in galaxy-wide gas content.- Inferred typical pre-inflow galaxy heavy-element content using Dirichlet-process Gaussian mixture model; using those results to estimate impact, spatial scale, and observability of gaseous inflows

I collaborated with the Board of Advisors and Board of Trustees to ensure the financial and operational stability of SEDS-USA, and administered all fundraising efforts at the national level.Highlights:- Maintained relationships with ~10 sponsors, mainly engaged through our yearly SpaceVision Conference- Initiated student engineering competition in cooperation with Space and Satellite Professionals International (SSPI), which has continued yearly since 2014- Presided over steady growth in sponsorship income and improved engagement with corporate partners

Built persistent connections with corporate partners who engage with our members through the yearly SpaceVision conference.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Hubble Frontier Fields

Research Assistant in Professor Will Kinney's research group. I am collaborating with the Galaxy Zoo team at the University of Minnesota to investigate the impact of spiral arm multiplicity on the color and magnitude of large samples of disk galaxies.In the past, I have worke on using online archives of astronomical images (specifically, those produced by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey) to identify and characterize Earth-orbiting space debris. This was done by automated, scripted, and efficient retrieval of large amounts of data, followed by association of any objects found with NORAD two-line-elements (TLEs), and (when appropriate), materials and orientation characterization.

University At Buffalo

Experimental Solid-State Physics, part of NSF Grant for Materials World Network.

Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area

Undergraduate Researcher in the Summer 2013 REU program. My faculty advisors are Professor Lucy Fortson, and Kyle Willett, her postdoctoral scholar. In the summer of 2013, I worked with citizen science data obtained from the Galaxy Zoo 2 project, with the hope of refining current knowledge about the relationship between galactic morphology, size, and color. More information about the group can be found at http://www.physics.umn.edu/people/fortson.html and galaxyzoo.org

Supervised small, medium, and large groups of campers continuously for 1 week, including, as a primary responsibility, a cabin of first-time campers. In addition, taught a senior-level music elective class on folk violin performance.

Advocate for the 15 technical and professional engineering societies on the UB campus, and assist the aforementioned clubs with planning events, interacting with the UB Student Association, UB administration, and community members.

Mathematical modeling of semiconductor spin-lasers

I coordinate the design and implementation of optical systems for multi-band, space-based glint detection, including custom optics and sensor solutions. Oversees 4 other group members, and interacts with 45+ team members, including other systems leads, prospective team members (as an interview committee member), and project administrators.

Ph.D., Astronomy, 3.639

Current Advisor: Prof. Christy Tremonti Previous Advisor: Prof. Eric Wilcots

B.S., B.A., Physics And Mathematics, 3.691

Activities and Societies: UB-SEDS (Students for the Exploration and Development of Space) - Chapter Representative (Nov 2010 - Nov 2012).