{"id":25,"date":"2012-09-05T11:22:45","date_gmt":"2012-09-05T15:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/template\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-03-19T09:01:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T13:01:29","slug":"curriculum-vitae","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.clas.ufl.edu\/thomas-z\/curriculum-vitae\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum Vitae"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\">\r\n\t<div class=\"container px-0 pt-5\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row align-items-start\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum Vitae<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Zachariah Ross (formerly Zachariah Thomas)<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">thomas.z@ufl.edu<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Education\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Florida &#8211; Ph.D. Mathematics (Expected: May 2026)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Middle Tennessee State University &#8211; M.S. Mathematics ( May 2021)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">University of Tennessee at Martin &#8211; B.S. Integrated Studies-Education (May 2018)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nashville State Community College &#8211; A.S. General Studies (August 2016)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Employment History<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graduate Teaching Assistant: University of Florida &#8211; August 2021 -present<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Graduate Teaching Assistant: Middle Tennessee State University- August 2019-May 2021<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8th grade math and Algebra 1 teacher: Hickman County Board of Education &#8211; August 2018 &#8211; May 2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">6th, 7th, and 8th grade math and Integrated Math 1 teacher: Benton County Board of Education &#8211; March 2018-May 2018<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Worker and Math Tutor: University of Tennessee at Martin, Parsons Center &#8211; August 2016-May 2018<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Courses Taught<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MAC 2312: Analytical Geometry and Calculus 2-UF, Sum24<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MAC 1114: Trigonometry- UF, Sp22, F22, Sp23,\u00a0 Sum23, F23, Sp24, SP25, Sum25<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MATH 1630: College Math for Managerial and Social Life-MTSU, Sp21<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MATH 1730: Precalculus- MTSU, Fall 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">8th grade math, Algebra 1- East Hickman Middle School (Lyles, TN), 2018-2019<\/span><\/li>\n<li>6th,7th,8th grade math and Integrated Math 1- Holladay Elementary School (Holladay, TN), partial year 2018<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Other Academic Duties<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Creating and maintaining the exam proctor schedule for the math dept.: UF (F22-present)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Course curriculum design for Trigonometry online: UF (Sum23)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Online course designing for the math dept.: MTSU (Sum20)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Awards\/Recognitions<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Excellence in Teaching Award, UF Mathematics department (May 2023)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Awarded the Leadership Scholarship, Parsons Decatur County Higher Education Foundation (August 2017)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Elected to Student Government Association of the University of Tennessee of Martin; (March, 2017)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Invitations<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sectional Meeting in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computational Topology and Geometry in Data Science, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0, American Mathematical Society-(talk title tbd) (Tulane University; Oct. 4th-5th, 2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Geometric Realization of AATRN, Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network Poster Presentation, \u201cVectorizations in TDA through Dual Space\u201d (<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation; <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aug. 18th-22nd, 2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SCMB Final Annual Symposium, Southeast Center for Mathematics and Biology, (Georgia Institute of Technology; April 10th-11th, 2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Conference in Climate Science at the Interface Between Topological Data Analysis and Dynamical Systems Theory, Mathematical Research Council, Conference Participant (Buffalo, New York; July 1st\u20135th, 2024)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mid-Atlantic Topology Conference- Poster Presentation, \u201cDual Spaces for Persistent Homology\u201d\u00a0 (Northeastern University; March 22nd-23rd, 2024)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Other Presentations<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topology and Geometry Seminar: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vectorizations In Persistent Homology Through Dual Spaces, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Feb. 11th, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar:<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Merge Trees of Periodic Filtrations <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Sept. 16th, 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mobius Homology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Jan. 22nd, 2024<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological and metric properties of spaces of generalized persistence diagrams<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nov. 27th, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Signed Barcodes for Multi-Parameter Persistence via Rank Decompositions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Oct. 2nd, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Calculus of Snakes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Apr. 10th, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Topological Data Analysis Seminar: <\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bottleneck Stability of Persistence Diagrams<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Feb. 13th, 2023<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-led Seminar in Mathematics: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Existence of Fuzzy Subgroups and Two Forms of Fuzzy Quotient Groups , <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nov. 13th, 2020<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student-led Seminar in Mathematics: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Introductory Fuzzy Set Theory, with Resolution of the Sorites Paradox , <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oct. 16th, 2020<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><b>Volunteering Activities<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/math.ufl.edu\/mathematics-festival\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Math Festival<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, University of Florida (May 2023, May 2024, Feb. 2025)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Student Ambassadors Organization, University of Tennessee at Martin, Parsons Center; 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