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. (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. (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. (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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