Junseop Shin | Neuroscience | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Junseop Shin | Neuroscience | Research Excellence Award

School of Psychology, Korea University | South Korea

Junseop Shin is an undergraduate researcher in psychology and neuroscience at Korea University, where he is pursuing a B.S. in Psychology & Neuroscience and has been admitted to an integrated Bachelor’s–Master’s program in Social Neuroscience beginning in 2025. His academic training focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying social cognition, affect, and decision-making. He currently serves as a Research Assistant in the Social Decision Neuroscience Lab at Korea University, where he supports experimental design, data preprocessing, and neuroimaging analyses, applying fMRI methods using SPM and MATLAB to investigate social and cognitive processes. In parallel, he works as a Research Assistant in the Clinical Affective Neuroscience Lab at Yonsei University, contributing to a national research project examining shared and distinct pathophysiological mechanisms of depression and anxiety through machine-learning approaches. His responsibilities include drafting IRB protocols, preparing research proposals, and managing participant screening and behavioral data collection for studies on affective disorders and misophonia. Junseop has authored a peer-reviewed publication in NeuroImage and has presented his work at national and international conferences, including the Korean Society of Human Brain Mapping and the American Psychological Association. His research interests lie in social and affective neuroscience, self-related processing, psychiatric neurobiology, and computational approaches to mental health. Through interdisciplinary training and collaborative research, he aims to advance the understanding of brain-based mechanisms underlying social behavior and psychopathology.

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Joseph Ovwemuvwose | Plant Ecology | Research Excellence Award

Mr. Joseph Ovwemuvwose | Plant Ecology | Research Excellence Award

Imperial College | United Kingdom

Dr. Joseph Ovwemuvwose is a Ph.D. candidate in next-generation global biogeochemical cycle modelling at Imperial College London (2022–2026), supervised by Prof. Ian C. Prentice and Dr. Heather Graven. He holds an MSc in Crop Improvement from the University of Nottingham and a BSc in Plant Biology and Biotechnology from the University of Benin. His research focuses on global carbon flux modelling, land-use change impacts, terrestrial biosphere models, and carbon cycle feedbacks under rising CO₂. He has developed algorithms in Python to classify global vegetation by carbon use, evaluated and compared multiple global models for land-use and CO₂ sensitivity, and is author of a manuscript (under review) on uncertainty in land carbon fluxes simulated by CMIP6 models. Beyond modelling, he has conducted experimental work on plant water uptake and carbon allocation using portable NMR during a post-graduate stint in Montpellier/IRD. His experience spans project coordination (including a pan-African modelling-training initiative), science communication (working with the Science Museum Group), and teaching at Imperial College. He has presented at multiple international conferences and secured funding for collaborative research. Recipient of a fully-funded Chevening MSc scholarship and a Shell Petroleum Development Company undergraduate scholarship, he combines strong academic credentials, interdisciplinary experience, and a passion for bridging science, education, and public engagement.

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