My journey in science began with a bachelor’s degree in China, where I started with spatial bioinformatics, focusing on the DNA damage pathway in rice. This thesis experience sparked my passion for data mining in scientific research. Seeking to further my expertise, I enrolled in the Future Planet Ecosystem Science program at the University of Amsterdam. There, my master’s thesis on soil-root-microbial interactions cemented my interest in soil science. Following my master’s, I embarked on a scientific career centered on soil. This path led me to the Technical University of Munich, where I specialize in soil micro-structure analysis under nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS). Now in the second year of my PhD, I am proud to have a paper under review. This work focuses on automating the segmentation of unknown and heterogeneous functional components in soil at the micro-scale (DOI: 10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16904). Our innovative method has already been successfully applied.
