Zachary D. Schwartz is a research engineer in the Electron and Optical Devices Branch at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field in Cleveland, Ohio. His research interests include semiconductor devices for high-temperature applications and the design of novel left-handed metamaterials.

Mr. Schwartz earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in electrical engineering from Case Western Reserve University. Upon graduation, he joined Analex Corporation at NASA Glenn.

Mr. Schwartz is a member of Tau Beta Pi. He was the recipient of the 2002 Case Western Reserve award given by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Eta Kappa Nu to the outstanding senior in electrical engineering.