Reading the body
Scientific inquiry, Latin and Philosophy, Music and Compassion define my exploration of what it means to be human.
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Four ways of reading the body
The body speaks in multiple languages. Understanding it requires looking through different lenses—each one revealing something the others cannot.
Molecular biology
How cells work at the smallest scale, where life's mechanisms unfold.
Latin and language
How the words we choose shape what we see and how we think.
Philosophy and meaning
Why we ask certain questions and what our answers reveal about us.
Presence and care
How we show up for others when understanding alone is not enough.
My inquiry
Biology，Philosophy & Latin: Three subjects turned out to be asking the same question.
I started with biology because I wanted to understand how things worked at the smallest scale. The molecules, the mechanisms, the elegant logic of a cell. But as I read deeper, I kept running into words I didn't fully understand — not their definitions, but their origins. Why did we call it "metabolism" and not something else? What did the Latin tell us about how the first scientists saw the world? So I began studying Latin, thinking it was a tool. Instead, it became a door. The language revealed that science wasn't just observation — it was interpretation, shaped by the words we chose. And that led me to philosophy. If language shapes how we see, and how we see shapes what we study, then the biggest questions aren't just scientific. They're about meaning, about values, about what we choose to ask and why. Three subjects. One question, asked three different ways.
Rather than pursuing disconnected subjects, I found they were always asking the same question.
Research
The research
Mitochondrial longevity genes · Summer research program, 2024.
Building for others
Two initiatives rooted in the belief that science belongs to everyone.
Beyond labs. Co-founder · STEM outreach initiative · Active and growing. I started this program because I remembered being a younger student, uncertain whether science was for me. Now I teach biology to high school students across the U.S. and internationally, working across time zones and adapting lessons for different contexts. The work requires flexibility and calm problem-solving under pressure — qualities I didn't know I had until I had to use them.
Symbiosis biology alliance. Lead administrator · Cross-school biology network. I initiated and designed a digital platform to strengthen communication and resource sharing among regional biology clubs. It's a quiet project, but it's grown into something that connects students and teachers who would otherwise work in isolation.
Yale- Building Bridges.
Piano at hospice
I play for patients in palliative care. No performance, no audience. Just presence.
Thoughtful in class
I ask questions that don't have obvious answers. I listen more than I speak.
Serving for Dorm
Every two weeks I cook meals for my family. It's quiet care, done without fanfare or recognition.
How I think
Three principles that shape how I approach problems and people.
On complexity
Biology, language, and philosophy are instruments playing the same score.
On setbacks
Find the root, not the surface. Problems are things to solve, not obstacles.
On uncertainty
Not knowing is where the interesting questions live. Comfort with ambiguity is a strength.
On growth
The willingness to rebuild is more valuable than arriving prepared.
Where this points
I'm drawn to molecular-level research in human health and the ethical questions that follow. I want to understand not just how bodies work, but what we owe to them — and to each other. Science belongs to everyone. I'm committed to making hard ideas accessible to broader communities, to building bridges between the lab and the world beyond it. The questions we choose to ask reveal what we value.
Connect
Hi! welcome to my website. I'm Chris wang.
If something on this site made you stop or there is just about whatever you're curious about right now. Reach me out. I'm always up for meeting people who like poking around in random things too.