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Welcome! I am the PHAST Postdoc Fellow in the Astronomy Department at the University of Washington, leading the Panchromatic Hubble Andromeda Southern Treasury (PHAST, PI: B. Williams) survey program. My primary scientific research interests focus on understanding the origins and evolutions of galaxies, nuclei and stars we observe today using resolved stellar populations. I'm currently working on creating a legacy map of M31’s southern star-forming disk with photometric observations from the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), and investigating the ancient formation history, merger history and evolution of Andromeda.

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Interests
  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Star formation history of galactic nuclei
  • Stellar populations
  • Nearby galaxies
  • Milky Way Supermassive Black Hole
  • Nuclear star clusters & compact objects
  • Timing variability
  • Observing
Education
  • Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2022

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • M.S. in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2018

    University of California, Los Angeles

  • B.A. in Astronomy and Space Science, 2016

    Nanjing University

Research

Press & Selected Talks

A New Window on Star Formation History at the Galactic Center
Sgr A* Long-term Variability and Recent Flares
Consistency of the Infrared Variability of SGR A* over 22yr
Monitoring the Variability of the Supermassive Black Hole at the Galactic Center

Outreach

Explore Your Universe

Explore Your Universe

One of the UCLA’s largest science outreach events every year

Astronomy Live!

Astronomy Live!

Astronomy outreach organization providing science demos and astronomy demonstrations to schools in the Los Angeles community.

Teaching

 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
Astronomy 3, Nature of Universe
Sep 2020 – Dec 2020 UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
Astronomy 5, Life in Universe
Apr 2017 – Jun 2017 UCLA
 
 
 
 
 
Teaching Assistant
Astronomy 81, Stars and Nebulae
Jan 2022 – Mar 2022 UCLA

Contact

  • zczhuo@uw.edu
  • Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, 3910 15th Ave NE, Settle, WA 98195