I am a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln advised by Tom Marley. I'm interested in commutative algebra and homological algebra, and am currently working on extending concepts and techniques in these fields (e.g. Cohen-Macaualy and Gorenstein rings) to differential graded algebras. I received my MS in mathematics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2023, and my BS in mathematics from the University of Kansas in 2020.

My email is znason2@huskers.unl.edu, and my office is at Avery 311. Feel free to stop by or to send me an email if you have any questions or just want to chat.

Publications/Preprints

• Zachary Nason, Andrew J. Soto Levins, and Ryan Watson, Quasi-Gorenstein morphisms of commutative local dg-algebras. Accessible on arXiv. Currently under review at the Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society. (May 2026)
• Lars Winther Christensen, Antonia Kekkou, Justin Lyle, Zachary Nason, and Andrew J. Soto Levins, /G-Levels of perfect complexes and a Bass formula for levels. Accessible on arXiv. Currently under review at the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society. (Apr. 2026)
• Paulo Martins, Victor D. Mendoza Rubio, and Zachary Nason, Finiteness of complete intersection dimensions of RHom complexes and Ext modules. Accessible on arXiv. Currently under review at the Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra. (Jan. 2026).
• Zachary Nason, Maximal Cohen-Macaulay DG-complexes, Journal of Pure and Applied Algebra 230 no. 2 (2026) 108193.

Teaching

Current Teaching

Past Teaching

• Spring 2026: MATH 221 recitations - Differential Equations (2hr)
• Fall 2025: MATH 103 - College Algebra and Trigonometry (5hr)
• Spring 2025: MATH 107WH - Calculus II (for the William H Thompson Scholars program at UNL)
• Fall 2024: No Teaching - NSF RTG Grant
• Summer 2024: MATH 208 - Calculus III (3hr)
• Spring 2024: MATH 104 - Applied Calculus (3hr)
• Fall 2023: MATH 103 - College Algebra and Trigonometry (5hr)
• Summer 2023: MATH 107 - Calculus II (3hr)
• Spring 2023: MATH 208 recitations - Calculus 3 (3hr)
• Fall 2023: MATH 101 - College Algebra (3hr)
• Summer 2022: MATH 107 recitations - Calculus II (2hr)
• Spring 2022: MATH 107 recitations - Calculus II (2hr)
• Fall 2022: MATH 106 recitations - Calculus I (2hr)

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