17-year-old Seongmin Park holds the Luxembourg flag. He represented Luxembourg at the Youth Science Meeting in Coimbra Youth Science Meeting

17-year-old Seongmin Park holds the Luxembourg flag. He represented Luxembourg at the Youth Science Meeting in Coimbra Youth Science Meeting

There he was crowned “Mr Worldwide” for his networking skills and exemplary conduct.

Along with Alex Cowan and Eunju Moon, 17-year-old Seongmin Park was part of the winning team of the national Jonk Fuerscher contest for the “Mycelium for future” project.

The project aims to better understand the properties of the root network of fungus and explore its potential for replacing plastics.

At the end of July, Park was selected to represent Luxembourg in Portugal. He joined more than 70 participants from eight different countries. The students presented their projects to other young scientists, and attended lectures and workshops from different scientific fields.