Lab 412’s Winter Spotlight: Kelly Fan

We’re starting the year by celebrating one of our standout lab interns from last semester-drum roll, please: Kelly Fan.

Kelly is a senior high school student from the US, who interned with us at Lab 412, and calling her “impressive” would honestly be underselling it. She’s sharp, cheerful, curious, and most dangerously for the rest of us, a very fast learner.

During her time in the lab, Kelly shadowed our master’s student Chih-Yun on the peanut and nitrous oxide emission project, joined us on the Ankang field visits, and jumped right in to assist our PhD students with experiments focused on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Then came "the final presentation".

Hands down, one of the coolest student presentations I’ve ever seen. Clear science, confident delivery, amazing graphics, and zero “high school intern” energy, in the best way possible. So when we later heard that Kelly earned a full-ride offer to Emory University, none of us were surprised. At all!

Adding to the résumé: Kelly is bilingual, speaking both Chinese and English fluently, which made collaboration effortless and fieldwork smoother. Communication matters in science, and she already gets that.

This winter break, Kelly came back to Taiwan and stopped by the lab with bags full of snacks and gifts! Because apparently being brilliant wasn’t enough; she also had to be thoughtful!

Lab 412 was very well-snacked and very grateful.

We love having you as part of the Lab 412 family, Kelly!

Wishing you the absolute best as you start this next chapter and hoping we get to see you back in the lab again someday!

By Roy.