"I don't really care what people think about me. I just focus on my job."

Every role I take on, I try to find a piece of myself in it.

Without models, we would be wandering in the dark when it comes to predicting climate change.

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

On pivoting: "If you're not stubborn， you'll give up on experiments too soon. And if you're not flexible， you'll pound your head against the wall and you won't see a different solution to a problem you're trying to solve."