Resident Graduate Student Receives Award From The Ministry Of Education Of China

It recognizes doctoral students with exceptional academic achievements or significant research potential. Out of more than half a million Chinese students studying abroad annually, only 650 young talents from various disciplines are selected globally each year, making this award highly competitive. Recipients of this award include Chinese students in the United States, EU countries, Canada, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Japan, Australia, and more. The award ceremony is traditionally held at the local Chinese Embassy or Consulate. The award specifically honors “self-financed students abroad,” meaning those who are not funded directly by the Chinese government but often hold full scholarships from overseas universities. Xin’s main research focus involves the first minerals that formed in the Solar System that were the building blocks of the planets. He uses Scanning Electron Microscopy, Raman, XCT scanning, mass spectrometry, and combines these techniques with dynamical modeling to provide new insights into the activity and evolution of the young Sun and early Solar System. In the photo above, taken yesterday, Xin is operating a noble gas mass spectrometer at the ETH, Zurich. As this missive goes to press, he and Robert A. Pritzker Curator Philipp Heck are boarding a plane to Brussels to attend the Meteoritical Society meeting.
July 26. 2024