Journey
From a chemistry lab at Chongqing University to the children's ward at Qi'en Center — every step connected by the thread of invisible exposure.
The First Equation That Felt Real
I walked into Professor Li Yongsheng's lab at Chongqing University expecting to learn about lithium-fluorocarbon batteries. What I didn't expect was to fall in love with the way ch...
— click to expand · 2 photosDebating What I Didn't Yet Understand
At the World Scholars Cup and WSDC regionals, I argued about environmental policy before I truly understood the science behind it. Debate taught me to see every issue from multiple...
— click to expand · 3 photosWhen the Mountain Burned
The Jinyun Mountain wildfire changed how I see resilience. Three weeks after the fire, I went back with a soil sampling kit. The bracken ferns were already pushing through the ash....
— click to expand · 4 photosChemistry Is Everywhere
The 'Chemistry Is Everywhere' competition challenged us to demonstrate how chemical reactions show up in daily life. Our team chose food chemistry — specifically, the Maillard reac...
— click to expand · 3 photosThe First Saturday at Qi'en
My first visit to Qi'en Children's Center was supposed to be a one-time volunteer trip. I left that day unable to stop thinking about a five-year-old named Xiaoyu who asked me to d...
— click to expand · 3 photosThe Hotpot Hypothesis
I measured capsaicin concentrations in 15 popular Chongqing hotpot restaurants. The range was staggering: 50 to 800+ mg/L. For context, the mucosal damage threshold for healthy adu...
— click to expand · 2 photosWSDC Hong Kong: The World Stage
Hong Kong was my first international debate experience. Arguing environmental policy in English against teams from 15 countries forced me to think faster, listen harder, and accept...
— click to expand · 4 photosBuilding the Lung Guardian Handbook
Working with families at Qi'en, I realized that air quality data is useless if people can't act on it. So I wrote a handbook — in plain language, with illustrations — teaching pare...
— click to expand · 3 photosGas Courier Wins Conrad Challenge
Our team's low-spice nutrition hotpot pack — 12 mg/L capsaicin instead of 800 — won the Best Innovation Award at the Conrad Challenge China. But the real moment wasn't the trophy. ...
— click to expand · 4 photosiHOSA: Where Science Meets Care
Competing at iHOSA China connected my environmental research with clinical health education. Presenting exposure data to an audience of future healthcare professionals made me real...
— click to expand · 4 photosThe Next Chapter
College applications, new research questions, and a growing conviction that environmental health is not just a field of study — it's a way of seeing the world.