Zachary Piazza

Zachary Piazza has a diverse work experience spanning different fields and roles. Zachary is currently working as the Associate Director of Data Science & Chemometrics at Block Engineering. Prior to this, they worked as the Principal Machine Learning Algorithms Developer at the same company.

Before joining Block Engineering, Zachary worked as a Visiting Researcher at Hindsight Technology Solutions, where they collaborated with the data science team on developing an automated hierarchical classification system for web content. Zachary'sresponsibilities included data set building, web scraping, developing automated workflows, and researching novel techniques for hierarchical classification.

Zachary also has experience as a scientific researcher and freelance editor, where they worked on various projects.

Zachary's academic background includes a role as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Université d'Aix-Marseille, where they focused on studying interactions of hydrogen with surfaces of tungsten materials in fusion reactors. Zachary utilized solid-state and molecular physics theory and worked in supercomputing environments.

Earlier in their career, Zachary was a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant at Brown University. Zachary also worked as a Summer Research Assistant at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and as a Visiting Research Scholar at Tsinghua University.

Overall, Zachary Piazza's work experience demonstrates their expertise in data science, machine learning algorithms, scientific research, and teaching.

Zachary Piazza obtained their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Chemistry, with a focus on Computational Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, and Quantum Chemistry from Brown University. Zachary completed this degree between 2009 and 2014. Additionally, they obtained another Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Physical Chemistry from Brown University, although the specific years are not provided.

In terms of additional certifications, Zachary Piazza has completed several online courses and programs. In June 2020, they completed "The Complete SQL Bootcamp" offered by Udemy. In April 2020, they completed "Data Analysis with Pandas and Python," also from Udemy. In March 2020, they finished the "TensorFlow in Practice" course from Coursera. In February 2020, they completed the "Deep Learning Specialization" program, also provided by Coursera. Furthermore, they achieved estimated fluency in French through Duolingo, with an estimated elementary fluency level obtained in February 2016, and a beginner fluency level obtained in December 2015.