Who Is Heman Bekele? And Why You Want To Know:

Kingsly Ambrose and Vidya Nagaraju use a PerkinElmer Thermogravimetric Analyzer to measure the change in mass of a particulate sample as a function of temerpature at the Agricultural Particulates Lab at FLEX in West Lafayette, Ind. on Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (Purdue University College of Agriculture photo)

Heman Bekele received his first chemistry kit when he was seven. Less than a decade later, the chemistry-obsessed teen won Time’s Kid of the Year award for his work towards skin cancer research, with his most recent project consisting of a bar of soap that can treat and prevent skin cancer. It’s a great story, give it a read:

https://time.com/collections/kid-of-the-year-2024/7276738/heman-bekele-is-times-2024-kid-of-the-year/?cn=DD%20July%2016%202025%20test&cid=b7b9c4211cd3f3a2feac5f774b88fa4d&lt=won