Jakarta, Indonesia

BEFORE MYFIRST QUESTION,

Now I have a few.
How does life work?
What could I build to help?

There was a

BEAT.

Curiosity is how I move forward.

FOLLOW
THE WHY.

I’m Russell. Biology makes me curious. Code lets me explore. Building gives my questions somewhere to go.

Follow my questions

01 / Following the why

A GOOD
QUESTION
IS A
BEGINNING.

Russell James Young / Jakarta, Indonesia

I’m a student. I don’t have all the answers. But I have questions I want to follow.

Biology is full of things I can’t stop wondering about. How does a body work? Why do some questions get studied more than others? What would make a difficult idea easier to understand?

I follow those questions into code, into research, and into conversations. Often the most useful thing I build begins with something I don’t yet understand.

Follow the questions into the work

01 / SCIENCE

Ask why.

What am I missing beneath the surface?

02 / SOFTWARE

Try something.

What could I make to explore the question?

03 / SERVICE

Listen again.

Whose perspective could change how I see it?

02 / Where the questions went

FOLLOW THE
QUESTION.

Every project began with a question.
Building helped me look closer.
Here are five I decided to follow.

EXPERIMENT / 01Public health · Learning through play

Town Rescue

What happens after a CPR workshop ends? That question stayed with me. I built Town Rescue so the learning has somewhere to continue.

The CPR/AED companion game for Beatkeepers Collective. A replayable emergency scenario for past workshop participants and anyone taking their first steps toward learning CPR.

CPR & AED scenarios
Workshop refresher
English & Bahasa Indonesia

Open Town RescueAn educational simulator. Hands-on, certified CPR training remains essential.

Town Rescue’s official cover, showing its two student rescuers, a town scene and an AED

Explore the app

townrescue.beatkeepers.idOne question, made explorable

“Could the learning keep going?”

EXPERIMENT / 02Anatomy · Interactive learning

Human Blueprint

What if I could move inside the subject I was studying? Human Blueprint grew from wanting to explore the body, one structure and one question at a time.

An interactive 3D anatomy explorer that turns the human body into something you can take apart, move through, and understand. Explore anatomical systems, inspect individual structures, and follow guided body journeys.

2,234 modeled pieces
15 anatomical systems
BodyParts3D source anatomy

humanblueprint.vercel.appOne question, made explorable

“What if I could look inside?”

EXPERIMENT / 03Data visualization · Global health

MedGalaxy

What does medical research pay attention to? What might we miss? I built MedGalaxy to explore those questions in three dimensions.

A 3D map of global disease research using PubMed data. Explore diseases, their connections, and the gap between research attention and human burden.

PubMed research data
3D disease connections
Research-gap exploration

Open MedGalaxy

MEDGALAXY

A UNIVERSE OF QUESTIONS

Explore the app

medgalaxy.orgOne question, made explorable

“What are we paying attention to?”

EXPERIMENT / 04Chemistry · Interactive learning

Chemly

Why does the periodic table have to feel like something to memorize? I wanted to move between elements, notice patterns, and ask what connects them.

An interactive periodic table that puts the elements in context. Explore properties and periodic trends, inspect elements, and make connections between chemistry and the world around you.

118 elements
Property-based color maps
Interactive element exploration

Open Chemly

Chemly’s redesigned periodic table, with pastel element tiles, property filters, and an Oxygen detail panel

Explore the app

chemly.ioOne question, made explorable

“What connects these elements?”

EXPERIMENT / 05Human connection · Social learning

SocialBridge Coach

Could a little practice make a conversation feel less uncertain? SocialBridge is my way of exploring that question through everyday social situations.

A private, low-pressure place to rehearse social situations. Practice noticing tone, reading the room, joining conversations, and repairing a social mistake with a coach who explains the cues.

52 practice scenarios
Four practice modules
Replayable, low-pressure learning

Open SocialBridge CoachProject scene images are synthetic practice material, not photographs of Russell’s activities.

Explore the app

socialbridge-six.vercel.appPrototype

“Could practice make room for confidence?”

03 / A question close to home

THE MORE I ASK,
THE CLOSER
I LOOK.

Dengue brings my curiosity about biology close to home. I wanted to ask a more precise question.

01 / Why this question?

Could an existing molecule be worth another look?

Dengue is familiar to people around me in Indonesia. Drug repurposing gave me a way to explore a question that connected what I was learning in biology to a concern beyond school.

02 / How I’m exploring it

Making the question more precise.

Independent drug-repurposing research exploring candidate compounds for dengue through molecular dynamics simulations on Google Colab with an NVIDIA A100 GPU.

Computational tools help me examine a question more closely. I’m learning to distinguish what a simulation suggests from what I would still need to establish.

03 / What I’m learning

A result can lead to another question.

That’s part of what draws me to the leading edge of science. I want to keep asking, while staying careful about what the evidence supports. Computational exploration, not a demonstrated treatment. Simulation results require experimental and clinical validation.

Inside the research

Then the question becomes: how could this help?

ASKING BECOMES DOING.

Follow the question beyond the screen

04 / Learning from the people around me

I LEARN
FROM
PEOPLE.

Some questions need a conversation.
Some need a room willing to try.
These communities keep teaching me.

01 / Health & community

BEATKEEPERS
COLLECTIVE.

Founder / CPR & AED awareness

Could more of us feel ready to step in?

I founded Beatkeepers to help high school students across Indonesia begin answering that question. Through CPR and AED awareness workshops, we make space to ask, practice, and learn together.

Meet the people asking with me

400+

students reached

schools across Indonesia

The question we practice:
“Could I step in and help?”

Then came another question: how do we keep practicing after the workshop? Town Rescue became a way to return to the learning, again and again.

Explore that next question

02 / Language & possibility

ABHIPRAYA.
ROOM TO
ASK.

English education / Underserved communities

What changes when someone feels able to ask a question?

With Abhipraya, I help underserved communities learn English. I care about the small beginnings: trying a word, asking for help, and finding a way into a conversation.

Teaching makes me question my own understanding. If an explanation doesn’t connect, I need to listen and find another way in.

Preview photos from Beatkeepers Collective. Abhipraya’s own photographs will replace these.

A QUESTION
CAN OPEN A CONVERSATION.

05 / Where curiosity has taken me

THE QUESTIONS
KEEP COMING.

This is the record so far: things I’ve built, responsibilities I’ve taken on, and the learning that keeps them moving.

Student / Builder / Founder

Russell James Young

Jakarta, Indonesia

About

I’m a student in Jakarta following questions about biology, technology, and how people learn. That curiosity has led me to build interactive web apps, explore computational research, and take part in community education.

I’m interested in the leading edge of science. I’m also interested in asking a clear question, listening well, and being willing to change my mind as I learn.

Education

2021–2027

British School Jakarta

IB Diploma

Community & service

2024–present

Beatkeepers Collective

Founder & President

I lead students in promoting medical emergency preparedness through CPR, AED, and first aid workshops in local schools. We work to bring these skills into school curricula and raise funds for AEDs and other lifesaving equipment. With local organizations, we also conduct free medical checkups in underserved communities.

Began as my 2024 MYP project, teaching CPR and AED awareness to five students at school, before expanding beyond the BSJ community.
Built Town Rescue to help participants keep practicing after a workshop.

See Beatkeepers in action

2025–present

Abhipraya

Co-founder

I co-founded a student organization providing in-person English lessons for students in grades 3–4 and 5–6 at an underserved school in Bintaro. We focus on practical and conversational English, helping students build confidence and access more opportunities.

Explore the community story

2023–present

Sekolah Symphony

Co-founder & Head

I lead fundraising activities and sales to improve music education at underserved schools. Our work has supported instrument donations, particularly to Sekolah Bisa, repairs to existing equipment, and improvements to music facilities and curricula.

2022–present

Shark Guardian student initiative

Founder

I organize fundraising events in support of Shark Guardian, the UK charity working on shark conservation through education, research, and expeditions. Our student fundraising activities have met their goals.

School leadership

2026–present

Research Scholars

Founder & President

I founded a research program for secondary school students, drawing on my own research and review-paper writing experience to help others pursue independent questions.

2024–2026

Secondary School Executive Council

Member · British School Jakarta

Working within the school’s highest student council, I help oversee other councils and plan schoolwide events and initiatives in direct collaboration with faculty.

2023–2025

Student Council

Phase Council Member

I planned and organized student-led assembly activities for secondary students.

2026–present

BSJ Post

Editor in Chief

I was promoted to Editor in Chief in 2026 after serving as Head of Writers.

Head of Writers · 2025–2026. I worked with the Executive Team and Editor in Chief to coordinate writers, edit articles, and prepare monthly issues to a high standard.

2025

BSJ Model United Nations

Deputy Under Secretary General of Finance & Partnerships

Research & writing

2025

Modeling Alzheimer’s disease with induced pluripotent stem cells

Harvard Student Agencies Research Scholar Program

I studied research methods and scientific writing, then published a review paper in IERJ: “Modeling Alzheimer’s Disease with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSCs): Progress, Challenges, and Translational Opportunities.”

2024–2025

Stem cell & regenerative medicine research

Cambridge Centre for International Research

Mentored by Dr. Birol Ay, I explored stem cell science and regenerative medicine.

Dengue drug repurposing

Independent computational research

I use molecular dynamics simulations on Google Colab with an NVIDIA A100 GPU to explore drug-repurposing questions for dengue. This is computational exploration; potential findings require experimental and clinical validation.

Read the research context