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
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
Interview videos about "What's Next After Graduation" are coming
- Core-organizer for AbGradCon2022, Washington DC; Abstract evaluator for AbGradCon2021
- Organizer for The Biosignatures Standard of Life Detection Workshop from July 19 to 22, 2021
- Co-lead of Machine Learning in Geosciences Club at University of Maryland College Park
- Member of Early Career Council (ECC) from NfoLD
- Organize and run departmental seminar series (2020-2021), UMD Geology
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.
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!!!)
- GSA Graduate student Research Grant (2020)
- Cosmo Scholar Grant Program (2019-2020)
- Outstanding Student Presentation Awards (OSPA) AGU (2020)
- Second first-author manuscripts got desk-rejected twice and I just submitted for the third time (-07/16/2021)
- Instrumentation is my rebellious child.
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