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J. Surace is a leading figure in time-domain astronomy, best known for his pivotal contributions to the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a robotic survey that is revolutionizing our understanding of the dynamic night sky. His work centers on the massive data processing and archival systems that make ZTF's discoveries possible. Surace's most influential publication, "The Zwicky Transient Facility: Data Processing, Products, and Archive" (2018), with over 1,170 citations, serves as the foundational reference for the survey's data pipeline, detailing how the 600-megapixel camera's torrent of images is transformed into a usable scientific resource. This work underpins ZTF's ability to scan the entire northern sky every two nights, enabling the discovery of everything from supernovae and asteroids to tidal disruption events. While a related early technical paper on image processing has fewer citations, Surace's primary legacy is his instrumental role in building the infrastructure that allows the global astronomical community to access and exploit ZTF's unprecedented dataset, cementing his status as a key architect of modern time-domain surveys.