Yan Cheung joined the Indiana University Department of Chemistry in 2010 and graduated in 2016 with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry under the advisory of Prof. Gary Hieftje. Yan then joined Phillips 66 (Bartlesville OK) as a Subject Matter Expert in Inductively Coupled Plasma analytical technique for the technology center and all refineries. In 2020, Yan joined Agilent Technologies (Chicago, IL) as an Application Scientist for the Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry product line.