About Mingxin
Mingxin is currently pursuing a dual degree in chemistry and mathematics on the statistics track. She is in University Honors.
On campus, she is the vice president of SHARE (Supporting Hospitals Abroad through Resources and Education), which aims to ship medical supplies overseas to underprivileged countries. She is also a CMNS Ambassador and part of the Federal Fellows Program in the Global Health & Water Security sector. She is also an AMP for CHEM177 and helps first-year chemistry majors adjust to UMD and the chemistry department.
What do you like about the Honors College?
“I really like how I am able to take courses that align with my interests and also satisfy gen ed requirements through UH. The events and activities also help greatly in building a community and meeting new people!”
What is your passion project?
“I am currently a lab intern at the NIST working on developing a primary radiometric thermometer for the Compact Blackbody Radiation Atom Sensor (CoBRAS) project. I’m studying the effects of ionization rate of Rydberg atoms as a function of blackbody radiation temperature and other environmental factors.”
