Dong Yaxue, a Chinese researcher working for NASA said she finds great pleasure in both exploring Mars and eating hot pot.
Born in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province, 30-year-old Dong is currently a member of NASA's MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) team.
On Nov 5, Dong was invited to speak at a NASA news conference, in which the organization said the atmosphere on Mars can be stripped by solar winds. She is the first Chinese female scientist to participate in a NASA news conference.
Dong graduated from Chengdu's Shishi High School in 2003 and was later admitted by University of Science and Technology of China. She got her master's and doctor's degree in astrophysics from Rice University in the United States.
Last year, Dong joined the Laboratory for Atmospherics and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado and began working for MAVEN after handing in her resume and taking part in a phone interview. Now her main job is to analyze satellite data and compare the results to theoretical predictions.
"The findings released during the news conference are very important and may change the content of school textbooks," Dong told the Chengdu Business Daily. "It has also provided new information and guidance for future Mars exploration."
While working in the US, Dong said that she feels as if she had never left Chengdu. She usually comes back every one or two years.
"No matter what job I do, I'm always an ordinary girl," said Dong, adding that she is a fan of Harry Potter and loves hot pot, Maocai, and Danhonggao, all famous foods from Chengdu.
"Indeed, I'm only one of the many postdoctoral researchers in this field. This is the first time that my job got so much attention."
He Jianming, Dong's high school teacher, said that physics is difficult for many girls but not for Dong Yaxue. As a middle school student, she won first prize in the national physics contest.
He said Dong was not the top student in her school. "She never got first in the class, usually ranking tenth to twentieth. But her scores of all subjects were even."
在美國國度航空航天局事情的華人研討員董亞雪，接收采訪時表現她非常酷愛摸索火星與吃暖鍋。
董亞雪出身於中國西南部四川省成都，30歲的她如今是美國國度航空航天局馬文號(火星大氣與揮發演變)研討團隊的成員。
11月5號，董亞雪被約請在美國國度航空航天局消息宣布會談話，美國國度航空航天局表現火星大氣層在太陽風下的感化下漸漸消失。她是中國首位事情於美國國度航空航天局的女科學家。
董亞雪2003年卒業於成都石室中學，隨後考入中國科學技巧大學。並於美國萊斯大學得到天體物理學碩士與博士學位。
客歲，董亞雪參加了美國科羅拉多大學大氣與空間物理試驗室，經由過程投簡歷和手機口試以後，她開端了馬文號的事情。如今她重要的事情是剖析衛星數據並和理論猜測舉行比擬。
董亞雪向成都商報說道：“消息宣布會上頒布的查詢拜訪成果異常主要,大概會轉變教科書的內容。” “這也將為將來的火星摸索供給新的信息與導向。”
固然在美國事情，然則她說道她仿佛從未覺得分開過成都，她經常一兩年返來一次。
“不管我做甚麽事情，我一向是個通俗的女孩。”董說道，並彌補道她是哈利波特的粉絲，並酷愛全部的成都名吃，暖鍋，冒菜與蛋烘糕。
“究竟上,我只是這個範疇中的一名博士後研討職員。這是第一次,我的事情遭到這麽多的存眷。”
董亞雪的高中先生何建明說道很多女士覺得物理難學，然則她不會。中學時期，她得到國度物理比賽一等獎。
他說道她並非黌舍最拔尖的門生。“她沒有考過第一，平日排在第10到20名。然則她各科成就都特殊平衡。”
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