So I dated/was friends with Zach Shifrel (AKA “Path Integral Salesman”, @/litgenstein, @/wickrotate, @/leadingorder)

This little exposé will use a two-pronged approach:
1)I’ll address his (lack of) academic credentials and
2)Detail my personal experience with him
It briefly occurred to me to expose Zach when his account popped up on my timeline last fall & saw he had a big following. But I didn’t want to seem petty, etc, so I didn't. Just goes to show that for every woman a man harms, there’s a dozen more women that you don't know about.
I also thought it was strange that Zach was talking so much about physics but assumed that perhaps he just switched disciplines. I muted him after seeing his Twitter account last Fall and didn’t learn about all his academic-related lies/hobbies re: abusing women until now.
Fun shot documenting that particular moment he had infiltrated my safe academic Twitter space
Two threads have already detailed a lot of Zach Shifrel’s history with 1) abusing women, and https://twitter.com/ShirinZaidi/status/1300833331098144769
2)Zach Shifrel lying about his academic credentials
https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236948431370768384
I’m going to go through this thread and call out all the lies.
LOL

1) ZACH LITERALLY DID HIS UNDERGRAD IN PHILOSOPHY I-
2) His Masters at Virginia Tech that he started Fall 2017 was in philosophy…
3) 2 years after leaving his undergrad, he’s done with his PhD??? LOL https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236955061944602624
OMG LOL, May 2017 he claims to be a doctoral student??? This was before Zach even moved from Florida to start his Masters program. He started his masters at Virginia Tech in Fall 2017. https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236954526030036992
Again, Zach didn’t even come close to studying physics in undergrad - his bachelors was in philosophy. We were both applying to grad schools in Fall 2016 and he applied to philosophy and some cognitive sciences programs (mostly masters, some PhD). https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236960479915859969
I remember him talking about his personal statement for the cognitive sciences programs and it seemed like he didn't even know what cognitive science was, but that's beside the point
At some point in the last year (don’t remember when), I saw that he had updated his Facebook that he was “studying at Oxford”. I don’t use Facebook much, so I deleted him after I saw the reminder that he was even still Facebook friends with me.
To reiterate, there is 0 evidence (as far as I know) that Zach Shifrel has ever been a PhD in Physics… https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236954383591469056
But he has definitely posted himself about being at Oxford lol!
In Fall 2017 he told me he was TAing for Intro to Philosophy at Virginia Tech and it looks like in Fall 2019 he was TAing for history of science at ASU.

But in this thread, he talks about all of the physics/math classes he was supposedly teaching lol 😭

https://twitter.com/DaanVanDenHam2/status/1236948431370768384
I'll detail our personal relationship from 2016 later; exposing men is a full time job and I have other things to do.

The takeaway = other than lying about his academic credentials, Zach Shifrel's other hobbies include gaslighting and manipulating women. https://twitter.com/ShirinZaidi/status/1300833331098144769
The audacity is just-

https://twitter.com/ShirinZaidi/status/1302297278485594112
Y’ALL... this story would not be complete without a Jessica Kruger touch.

Zach Shifrel has been telling people his last name is Kim... https://twitter.com/samlshep/status/1302363813791006726
ZACHARY SHIFREL - YET ANOTHER PERSON IN ACADEMIA CLAIMING TO BE A PERSON OF COLOR.

Pretended his last name was Kim and said he was part Korean. https://twitter.com/_kevin_picado/status/1302372248137936897
The lies don't stop lol https://twitter.com/SamLShep/status/1302627015221301250?s=20
In this thread, I talk about my experience with Zach Shifrel, as well as his abuse of other women. https://twitter.com/samlshep/status/1302666897675165696
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