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A cappella

I am proudly an alumnus in the WashU Sensasians group! We are a group of very cute pandas! Check out our website!

Musicals!

Not only a musical fan, I also perform! Previous productions include Groundhod Day with Hawthorne Players, The Baker’s Wife with Hawthorne Players. And I love singing! Sometimes I post my covers.

Learning languages

I am so addicted to Duolingo! I am also interested in comparative linguistics.

Geoguessr

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Constraints on water activity at the Zhurong landing site in Utopia Planitia, Mars

Published in Earth and Planetary Physics, 2023

Discussed water activity during Amazonian era on Mars in the specific region of Tianwen-1 landing site in Utopia Planitia.

Recommended citation: Yong, C. Z., Fang, Z. Y., Zhang, C. C., Zhen, J. F., and Qin, L. P. (2023). Constraints on water activity at the Zhurong landing site in Utopia Planitia, Mars. Earth Planet. Phys., 7(3), 356–370. DOI: [10.26464/epp2023036](http://dx.doi.org/10.26464/epp2023036)
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Quantification of H2O/OH in the Mixtures of Lunar Simulant with H2O/OH Bearing Minerals

Published in 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2024

Using FT-IR to quantify the water-bearing mineral content in a mixture with lunar simulant.

Recommended citation: C. Yong et al. (2024). "Quantification of H2O/OH in the Mixtures of Lunar Simulant with H2O/OH Bearing Minerals." 55th LPSC. Abstract #2515.
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Experimental Approaches to Study the Water-Rock Interactions in Lunar Polar Region: The Preliminary Results

Published in 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2024

This paper is about simulating lunar water-rock interactions inside a vacuum chamber using D2O water.

Recommended citation: C. Yong et al., (2024). "Experimental Approaches to Study the Water-Rock Interactions in Lunar Polar Region: The Preliminary Results." 55th LPSC. Abstract #2776.
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Laboratory Simulations of Aqueous Reactions in Lunar Polar Regions

Published in 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2025

This paper described two ways of simulating aqueous reactions in the lunar polar regions.

Recommended citation: C. Yong et al. (2025). "Laboratory Simulations of Aqueous Reactions in Lunar Polar Regions." 56th LPSC. Abstract #2766.
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Effect of Space Weathering in Stimulating the Oxidation of Lunar Materials-I: Fe Metal

Published in 57th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, 2026

This paper discussed the electron impact effect on the polar regions of the Moon when trace water vapor is present.

Recommended citation: C. Yong et al. (2026). "Effect of Space Weathering in Stimulating the Oxidation of Lunar Materials-I: Fe Metal." 57th LPSC. Abstract #1587.
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Simulating Planetary Surface Reactions with an Environmentally Controlled Experiment Chamber

Published in Planetary and Space Science, 2026

Described the vacuum chamber and sample preparation instruments, their technical details, and applications on planetary environment simulation.

Recommended citation: Yong, C., Wang, A., Yan, Chuck Y.C., and Jolliff, B.L.. (2026). Simulating Planetary Surface Reactions with an Environmentally Controlled Experiment Chamber Planet. Space Sci., 106292. DOI: [10.1016/j.pss.2026.106292](http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2026.106292)
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I haven’t been invited to give any talk, but I will keep going!

Published: March 01, 2099

But I have a demo page of a map showing where I have been (actually will be) giving talks, click here to see the map. Remember this is only a demo page!

Teaching assistant of Habitable Planets

Undergraduate course, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, 2023

Teaching assistant of The Solar System

Undergraduate course, Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Earth, Environmental, and Planetary Sciences, 2024