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youngjun.lee@reuben.ox.ac.uk

My pronouns are they/them.

My name is Jun, and I am a software developer turned biologist. My interest is in ecological modelling, interdisciplinary conservation, and their intersection in the co-design of quantitative models with local communities and application of such models to inform action that supports the lives of both humans and more-than-humans. I am particularly interested in plants and novel ecosystems.

I am an integrated master’s student in Biology at the University of Oxford developing a thesis project quantifying life stage-dependent interaction between plants and modelling the impact of such stage-dependence on community dynamics and coexistence. I am supervised by Dr Christina Hernández and Dr Roberto Salguero-Gómez in the SalGo Team, and collaborating with Prof Benjamin Blonder at UC Berkeley and Dr Courtenay Ray at the University of Wyoming.

I am the current Vice President and previous President of the Oxford University Nature Conservation Society (OUNCS) (Instagram), a student-led society that aims to promote learning in conservation and engage students with the local community for conservation action.

Bryophytes first inspired me to study biology, and I continue to enjoy my visits to their small but beautiful worlds. I am a member of the British Bryological Society, from where I have gained much of my bryological knowledge.

Please feel free to contact me to talk about anything from research and public engagement ideas to potential artwork commissions! I am active on the citizen science platform iNaturalist and always happy to help with your observations, particularly bryophytes. Just tag me (@yjkiwilee) in a comment!