Summary
Overview
Software
Skills
Work History
Education
Accomplishments
Interests
Bibliography

Zakary Beach

PhD

Summary

Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Experience leading highly collaborative, multidisciplinary projects. Ability to learn rapidly and think critically. Confident and articulate with a demonstrated record of strong professional communication skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
11
11
years of post-secondary education

Software

Microsoft Office

Python

GraphPad Prism

MATLAB

ImageJ/Fiji

SolidWorks

R

LabVIEW

Skills

Research program planning

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Work History

Graduate Student

University Of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
08.2015 - 03.2023
  • Conceptualization of research goals and aims
  • Maintenance of small animals and procurement of laboratory samples
  • Development and validation of laboratory methodologies
  • Perform experiments; data curation, remediation, analysis, and visualization
  • Preparation, creation, review, and presentation of original research for oral presentations and peer-reviewed publications

Education

Ph.D. - Bioengineering

University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
08.2015 - 03.2023

Bachelor of Science - Bioengineering

University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO
08.2011 - 05.2015

Accomplishments

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow (2017)

National Institutes of Health Undergraduate Scholarship Awardee (2015)

Ronald E. McNair Scholar (2014)

Interests

Data Science

Data Analysis

Bibliography

· Beach ZM, Nuss CA, Weiss SN, Soslowsky LJ. The Neonatal Achilles Tendon Collagen Microstructure is Negatively Impacted by Decorin and Biglycan Knockdown After Injury and During Development (submitted).

· Darrieutort-Laffite C, Beach ZM, Weiss SN, Eekhoff JE, Soslowsky LJ. Knockdown of biglycan reveals an important role in maintenance of structural and mechanical properties during tendon aging. J Orthop Res. 2023 Feb 23. doi: 10.1002/jor.25536. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36822659.

· Beach ZM, Dekhne MS, Rodriguez AB, Weiss SN, Adams TH, Adams SM, Sun M, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Decorin knockdown is beneficial for aged tendons in the presence of biglycan expression. Matrix Biol Plus. 2022 Jun 24;15:100114. doi: 10.1016/j.mbplus.2022.100114. PMID: 35818471; PMCID: PMC9270257.

· Beach ZM, Fung AK, Weiss SN, Soslowsky LJ. Post-injury tendon mechanics are not affected by tamoxifen treatment. Connect Tissue Res. 2023 Jan;64(1):75-81. doi: 10.1080/03008207.2022.2097907. Epub 2022 Jul 11. PMID: 35816119; PMCID: PMC9832173.

· Beach ZM, Bonilla KA, Dekhne MS, Sun M, Adams TH, Adams SM, Weiss SN, Rodriguez AB, Shetye SS, Birk DE, Soslowsky LJ. Biglycan has a major role in maintenance of mature tendon mechanics. J Orthop Res. 2022 Nov;40(11):2546-2556. doi: 10.1002/jor.25299. Epub 2022 Feb 25. PMID: 35171523; PMCID: PMC9378794.

· Beach ZM, Tucker JJ, Thomas SJ, Reuther KE, Gray CF, Lee CS, Glaser DL, Soslowsky LJ. Biceps tenotomy in the presence of a supraspinatus tear alters the adjacent intact tendons and glenoid cartilage. J Biomech. 2017 Oct 3;63:151-157. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.08.021. Epub 2017 Aug 26. PMID: 28893394; PMCID: PMC5836471.

· Pardes AM, Beach ZM, Raja H, Rodriguez AB, Freedman BR, Soslowsky LJ. Aging leads to inferior Achilles tendon mechanics and altered ankle function in rodents. J Biomech. 2017 Jul 26;60:30-38. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jun 20. PMID: 28683928; PMCID: PMC5545059.

· Beach ZM, Gittings DJ, Soslowsky LJ. Biomechanics of Tendons. In: Canata GL, D'Hooghe P, Hunt K, editors. Muscle and Tendon Injuries. New York: Springer; 2017.

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