CV
Education
West High School, Madison, WI, 2022-Present
Research Interests:
Astrophysics, Exoplanets
Research Experience:
05/2025 - Present: High School Researcher, Department of Astronomy, UW-Madison
05/2025 - Present: NASA STEM Enhancement in Earth Science Program (NASA SEES)
03/2025 - 09/2025: Harvard Spatial Data Lab Internship Program
06/2024 - 05/2025: Hubert Mack Thaxton Fellow, Department of Physics, UW-Madison
09/2024 - 05/2025: NASA Student Launch
06/2023 - 12/2023: AGU Bright STaRs Students Training Program
Publications
Presentations
He, Z.; Allen, A.; Palmer, J.; Bhatt, J.; Deklich, W.; Uzgoren, M.; Thomas, S.; Exoplanet Transits - Detecting Planets Around Other Stars (Link)
Poster Presentation Discussion at American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA
He, Z., A GEOAI-Based Approach to Spatial Modeling: Understanding the Future Effects of Light Pollution on Ground-Based Observatories (Link)
Conference proceedings talk at Online Symposium of the 2025 Center for Geographical Analysis Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA
He, Z., Merrelli, A., L’Ecuyer, T.S., Turnbull, M.C. and He, F., Estimation of Equilibrium Climate States from Short Nonequilibrium Simulations of 3-D Exoplanet Climate Models (Link)
Conference proceedings talk at American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA, USA
Awards
- Hubert Mack Thaxton Research Fellowship
- NASA SEES Summer Research Internship
- SLI Payload Design Award, NASA Student Launch
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Madison West High School Rocketry Lead and Fundraising Coordinator
- Academic and Career Planning Chair, Madison West High School
- Senior Citizens CORE Member, Madison West High School
- Tennis Coach and Assistant for the Greater Madison Tennis Association