Zachary Blanks

Washington, DC ยท zdb6d-remove-z@virginia.edu

Hello! I’m a PhD candidate at UVA’s School of Data Science and an Air Force officer. I’m currently in the final year of my PhD program, working under the supervision of Prof. Donald E. Brown. My research primarily focuses on two areas: optimization and Bayesian statistical estimation. Specifically, I am interested in how these can be used to compute and assess the clinical implications of entropy in biomedical signals.

In my spare time, you’ll likely find me on the pickleball court – an incredibly silly name for a surprisingly fun game. When I’m not doing that, I might be whipping up a spicy salsa in the kitchen or enjoying the Air Force Academy’s uniquely exciting brand of triple-option football.

Publications

Zachary Blanks, Donald E. Brown, Dan M. Cooper MD, Shlomit Radom Aizik, Ronen Bar-Yoseph MD

in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2023

David Sutherland, Zachary Blanks, Xin Zhang, Joseph Charest

in Artificial Organs, 2018

Education

University of Virginia

Doctor of Philosophy, Data Science

2021 - 2024 (expected)

Massachusetts Institute of Techology

Master of Science, Operations Research

2017 - 2019

United States Air Force Academy

Bachelor of Science, Operations Research

2013 - 2017