About

I am an NSF Postdoctoral Fellow and Instructor at MIT. I received my PhD from Columbia University under the supervision of Michael Harris in May 2023.

My main research interests are in number theory, algebraic geometry, and representation theory. In particular, the interplay between:

•  Special values of L-functions
•  Rational, torsion, and periodic points
•  Representations of finite and p-adic groups


I am also a trained sommelier and co-editor of the 2024 James Beard Award Finalist cookbook Made Here by the NYC community volunteer group Send Chinatown Love.

Email: "robinz" at (3-letter institution) dot "edu"
Office: Room 238A, Building 2, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139