Zach is completing his PhD in Physics at Harvard, where he has won multiple awards, including Harvard's White Award for Excellence in Teaching, for his undergraduate teaching in Harvard Physics after receiving a near-perfect instructor rating based on student feedback.

He has published papers in neuroscience, biophysics, and biotechnology, and is the recipient of the Hertz Fellowship, as well as the Biophysical Society's Student Research Achievement Award. He attended MIT, where he majored in Physics and Biology, with minors in Chemistry and Mathematics, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.