Mina Jung

Neuroscience & Math @ University of Southern California | Dornsife Scholar, Provost Research Scholar & Presidential Scholar

Los Angeles, California, United States

About

Using neural data to understand cognition and its dysfunction, improving diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.

Experience

  • PHD Student at Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    Incoming PhD student in Fall 2026 for the Johns Hopkins Biomedical Engineering PhD program, under the Neuroengineering sector.

  • Provost Research Fellow for PRECOG Study at USC Signal and Image Processing Institute
    May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Collected and monitored EEG, EOG, EKG, GSR, and 3-D spatial data from 160 participants for study on pre-conscious biosignals of depression and suicidal ideation in college students. Received funding 3 times via USC's Provost Fellowship to lead independent project that improved neural fingerprinting of resting-state EEG data and identify neural correlates of depression and suicidality under mentorship of Dr. Takfarinas Medani and Dr. Richard Leahy. Presented at 2025 USC Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2025 ABRCMS Conference in San Antonio, and senior Neuroscience Honors Thesis.

  • Neurotech@USC (2 yrs 5 mos)
    • President
      May 2025 - May 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo

    • Marketing Director
      Jan 2024 - May 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos

    • Project Lead
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2025 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Provost Research Fellow at Quadrato Lab
    Nov 2024 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 5 mos

  • Independent Researcher at MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    Jul 2025 - Aug 2025 · 2 mos

    Conducted independent research on graph theory applications of functional topology in developing neuronal cultures and cortical organoids under Dr. Alexander Dunn.