Hanyang University Research Team Selected for First Science Research Center Project in Marine Field

Hanyang University ERICA Campus announced on June 13 that the "Global Research Center for Marine Material Circulation," led by Professor Shin Kyunghoon of the Department of Marine Convergence Engineering, has been finally selected for the "Science Research Center (SRC) Support Project" organized by the National Research Foundation of Korea and the Ministry of Science and ICT.

Part of the research plan of the Global Research Center for Marine Material Circulation. Hanyang University

With this selection for the SRC project, the research center will conduct joint research with 22 research institutions from 7 countries, including the University of Hawaii and the University of California in the United States, as well as the French National Institute for Ocean Science (IFREMER). As a result of being chosen for this SRC project, the research center will receive more than 11.5 billion KRW in research funding over the next seven years.

This is virtually the first time that an SRC project has been selected with the ocean as its main theme, backed by an unprecedented scale of R&D budget in the fields of marine materials and climate change response.

Professor Shin's research team aims to identify how physical environmental changes caused by climate change affect the circulation of key substances such as carbon, nitrogen, and organic matter in estuaries, coastal areas, and nearshore zones. The ultimate goal is to establish a future material circulation prediction model based on climate change scenarios.

The research center plans to actively utilize the research funding in the future to foster early-career researchers and to establish itself as a hub research institute for material circulation in the coastal waters of Asia, including the seas adjacent to the Korean Peninsula.

Professor Shin stated, "The research center will enhance its capacity to respond to the climate crisis by quantifying and predicting the circulation characteristics of carbon, nitrogen, and pollutants in the ocean."