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Zachary A.

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Chemistry PhD student with a strong academic background in STEM fundamentals, specificly chemistry and physics, and a teaching specialty of breaking down complex ideas into managable pieces.

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About

I’m a UNC Chapel Hill PhD student in Chemistry with experience as a chemistry teaching assistant, and I graduated as a Summa Cum Laude from Virginia Tech with degree's in both Nanoscience and Polymer Chemistry. I'm deeply passionate about teaching, and I'm excited to teach students utilizing my diverse science experiences from NASA, Virginia Tech, and the University of North Carolina.

Location

Carrboro, North Carolina, United States

Language

English

Timezone

America/Toronto

Levels

High School
College/University

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

2025 - 2030
PhD, Chemistry

Virginia Tech

2020 - 2025
Bachelor in Nanoscience, Nanoscience

Virginia Tech

2020 - 2025
Bachelor in Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry

Work Experience

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

August 2025 - present
Research Assistant
Performing optical, time resolved measurements of semiconductor thin-films

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

August 2025 - May 2026
Teaching Assistant
Teaching assistant responsible for managing teaching labratory for General Chemistry II, with responisbilities including lecturing and biweekly officce hours

NASA

June 2024 - August 2024
Research Intern
Preparing and measuring samples for differential dynamic microscopy with an optical microscope

NASA

June 2023 - August 2023
Research Intern
Using dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) and optical microscope to characterize composite materials.