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Andrew Lane | Psychology | Best Researcher Award

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Prof. Dr. Andrew Lane | Psychology | Best Researcher Award

University of Wolverhampton | United Kingdom

Professor Andy Lane, PhD, CPsychol, CSci, FBASES, is a highly respected Sport and Exercise Psychologist with more than 25 years of academic leadership, research excellence, and professional engagement. Currently a Professor at the University of Wolverhampton and HCPC Registered Practitioner, he has held influential roles including Head of School, Associate Dean for Research, and Research Centre Head, shaping strategic direction and research culture across sport, health, and psychology disciplines. With over 300 peer-reviewed publications and an h-index of 71, his research has significantly advanced global understanding of mental skills training, emotional regulation, combat sports psychology, and ultra-endurance behaviour. His contributions have earned him recognition on the Stanford–Elsevier Top 2% World Scientists list and extensive international citations exceeding 19,000. Professor Lane has secured over £1.2 million in research funding and contributed to multi-national projects exceeding €11 million, leading innovative work in physical activity as treatment, confidence regulation, and sport-based interventions for wellbeing. He collaborates with elite organisations such as NHS partners, Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, and the English Institute of Sport, applying evidence-based psychology to performance and public health impact. Alongside his academic contributions, he is a visible public scholar featured across media, podcasts, and professional education events, making psychological science accessible to athletes, students, and the wider community. His ongoing work continues to inform best practice in sport psychology, performance psychology, coaching behaviour, and youth physical activity interventions.

Profiles: Scopus | ORCID 

Featured Publications

Lochbaum, M., & Lane, A. M. (2025). Mapping 50 years of sport psychology–performance meta-analyses: A PRISMA-ScR scoping review. Sports.

Lane, A. M., Micklewright, D., & Meijen, C. (2025). Understanding fatigue: A psychological framework for health and performance. Sci.

Tanabe, Y., Devonport, T. J., Cloak, R. J., & Lane, A. M. (2025). Co-constructing confidence and performance: A study of athlete–coach beliefs in elite judo. International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching.

Kons, R. L., Ache-Dias, J., Till, J., Lane, A. M., Cloak, R., & Detanico, D. (2025). Is reducing weight categories the correct decision? The case of judo athletes with visual impairments under new categories. Managing Sport and Leisure.

Lane, A. M. (2025). CALM: Cultivating awareness, learning, and mastery to reduce anger and violence through combat sports. Youth.

Lane, A. M., & Kreider, R. B. (2025). Breaking barriers in interdisciplinary research: The case for a unified approach in sports science and public health. Sports

Guanghui Zhai | Psychology | Best Researcher Award

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Mr. Guanghui Zhai | Psychology | Best Researcher Award

Tianjin Normal University, China

Mr. Guanghui Zhai is a dedicated early-career researcher with a strong academic background and an emerging international profile in psychology and cognitive neuroscience. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. (2022–2025) at the Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, China, following his undergraduate studies in the College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering at Sichuan Agricultural University (2013–2017), where he developed an interdisciplinary foundation that bridges engineering principles with psychological research. His professional experience is centered on behavioral science and neuroimaging research, where he has served as first author and co-author on several high-impact studies addressing the effects of digital media usage, particularly short-video engagement, on subjective well-being, attention networks, and sleep quality. His research interests lie in media psychology, cognitive neuroscience, mental health, brain connectivity, and well-being, with a strong focus on how modern technological behaviors influence cognitive processes and emotional outcomes. He is skilled in advanced research methodologies, including mediation/path modeling, resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), connectome-based predictive modeling (CPM), electroencephalography (EEG) microstate analysis, and network neuroscience approaches, which allow him to integrate behavioral data with neural mechanisms to provide a comprehensive understanding of psychological phenomena. His scholarly outputs include an accepted article in Behavioral Sciences and submissions under review or preparation in reputed journals such as Neuropsychologia and Current Psychology, reflecting both productivity and research quality. Although still at an early stage, Mr. Zhai has already gained recognition for his contributions and is poised to receive further academic honors as his career advances. In conclusion, with his interdisciplinary training, methodological rigor, and commitment to addressing socially relevant research questions, Guanghui Zhai demonstrates exceptional promise as a researcher whose work will contribute to advancing psychological science, informing mental health interventions, and fostering global collaborations in the years ahead.

Profile: ORCID

Featured Publications

  1. Zhai, G., Su, J., Chen, Z., Feng, Y., Jiang, Y., Liu, T., & Wu, X. (2024). The relationships between short video usage and subjective well-being: Mediation models and network analysis. Behavioral Sciences, 14(11), 1082.