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Ying Zhou is a lecturer in the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London, where she teaches Environmental Geosciences and serves as the department's welfare support tutor. She is actively involved in research aimed at developing geochemical tracers to resolve modern environmental issues and to reconstruct palaeo-environmental evolution. With considerable experience in conducting and supervising laboratory work, she utilizes a wide range of elemental isotopic analytical wet chemistry equipment. Ying advocates for education and believes it should be based on foundational principles of first-hand research. Her interests also include science communication, with years of experience managing large international interdisciplinary research programmes, facilitating scientific discussions, and organizing conferences and training workshops for early career researchers. In her personal time, she enjoys cooking, reading, music, hiking, and has a passion for dog care.