​​Curriculum Vitae
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​EDUCATION
​2018-present   University of Maryland, College Park, MD 
                        Advisor: Ricardo Arevalo Jr. 
2014-2018       Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
                        Geosciences, Minor in Chemistry      
                        Advisor: Stanley Mertzman; Carol de Wet
                        Honors thesis title: Geochemical Analysis of Etruscan Ceramic Artifacts (~700-200 B.C.E.), Poggio Colla, Italy
COMMUNITY SERVICE
  • Core-organizer for AbGradCon2022, Washington DC; Abstract evaluator for AbGradCon2021
         AbGradCon is a student-led conference that gathers astrobiologically-inclined graduate students and early                 career researchers together to share their research, to collaborate, and to network. 
  • Organizer for The Biosignatures Standard of Life Detection Workshop from July 19 to 22, 2021
         Check out our self-made videos about the challenges and state-of-art techniques in life detections here                      
  • Co-lead of Machine Learning in Geosciences Club at University of Maryland College Park
         Check out our first online workshop here and website here. 
  • Member of Early Career Council (ECC) from NfoLD 
         Run NfoLD social media account (@LifeDetection), make short interview videos of steering members, create             science nuggets for NASA Astrobiology, etc.
  • Organize and run departmental seminar series (2020-2021), UMD Geology
         Check out our youtube playlist here and downloadable brochure here.
         Interview videos about "What's Next After Graduation" are coming
PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS

2021
Willhite, L. N., Ni, Z., Arevalo Jr., R. D., Southard, A., Bardyn, A., Danell, R., Grubisic, A., Gundersen, C., Minasola, N., Fahey, M., Yu, A., Briois, C., Thirkell, L., Colin, F., Hernandez, E., Ersahin, A., and Makarov, A. (2021). CORALS: A Laser Desorption/Ablation Orbitrap Mass Spectrometer for In Situ Exploration of Europa. 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference. 

2020
Arevalo, R., Ni, Z., & Danell, R. M. (2020). Mass Spectrometry and Planetary Exploration: A Brief Review and Future Projection. Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 0–2. 

Ni, Z., Arevalo, R., Piccoli, P., & Reno, B. L. (2020). A novel approach to identifying mantle‐equilibrated zircon by using trace element chemistry. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, e2020GC009230. 

Miller, N., Dougherty, M., Du, R., Sauers, T., Yan, C., Pines, J. E., Meyers, K., Dang, Y., Nagle, E., Ni, Z., Pungsrisai, T., Wetherington, M., Vorlicek, T., Plass, K., Morford, J. (2020). Adsorption of Tetrathiomolybdate to Iron Sulfides and Its Impact on Iron Sulfide Transformations. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry.
AWARDS
  • Best collaboration award between undergraduates and graduates in UMD campus Data Competition challenge (2021)
  • Best Graduate Student Talk, Department of Geology, Ph.D. Pre-Candidate (2020)
  • Early career travel award for In Situ Science and Instrumentation Workshop for the Exploration of Europa and Ocean Worlds (2020)  
  • ESSIC Travel Award, Department of Geology, (2019-2020)
FIELD EXPERIENCES
  • Arizona and New Mexico Field Trip, Spring 2018
  • Death Valley Field Camp, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Winter 2018
  • Frontiers Abroad New Zealand Geology Field Camp, Summer 2016
  • Hawaii Volcano Field Trip, Franklin & Marshall College, Spring Break 2016
  • Denver Scientific Energy Field Trip, Franklin & Marshall College, Spring 2017​
​DIARY OF FAILURES (CLICK THOSE TO REVENGE FOR ME!!!) ​More coming...