Experience reports: Outgoing
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In this section international alumni of the DAAD-Stiftung who have been given a scholarship speak up.
Learn more about the experiences the young beneficiaries gained during their study or research stay and how that time influenced them in the long term.
Some time spent in a foreign country changes one's perspective - due to the different work environmet as well as new intercultural understanding. Here you can read about how the alumni of the DAAD-Stiftung enjoyed their chance to gain new insight thanks to donations for a StipendienPatenschaft.
German beneficiaries of the DAAD-Stiftung abroad
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The health mission of hospitals is undermined by the significant impact that hospitals have on the environment and human health. With the aim of a sustainable transformation, Dr. Lukas Meßmann conducted research into the life cycle assessment of central sterile supply departments.
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Which is better for biodiversity: many small natural forest reserves or one large contiguous reserve? Anne Huber researched this question during her time at Carleton University. Also, she enjoyed the many different cultural and culinary impressions in Canada.
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How can molecular markers contribute to the fight against illegal wildlife trade? Annika Mozer researched hornbills in the USA and salamanders in Vietnam - also in light of the global dimension of this crime. She wants her findings to contribute to the international battle against this crime.
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A research stay in Colorado offered Tom Rüther an enriching combination of opportunities to apply methods in battery research, a wide range of outdoor sports activities and diverse cultural experiences.
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Paul Dumler studied at the Nova School of Business and Economics in Lisbon for just under six months. He describes the mixture of academic demands at the university, the cultural appeal of the city and its surroundings and the impressive way of life of the Portuguese.
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Simon Schwarz spent three months in the USA. As a mathematician in the Computer Science Department at CMU in Pittsburgh, he researched Monte Carlo methods and found the country's culture similarily fascinating as his equations.
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A five-month stay in Toulouse gave Annkathrin Sonntag the opportunity to observe bumblebees in a larger flight arena. With the help of three-dimensional landmarks and computer-assisted tracking, she was able to research how these insects are able to learn the height of an artificial food source.
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Through the KSB Stiftung Scholarship, Dr. Christian Klassert spent six months as a Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar at the Earth System Science Department of Stanford University. He was accompanied by his family during his research stay in the USA.
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After two study stays in Rio de Janeiro, Janek Becker now had the chance to conduct his field research for his dissertation project in Brazil thanks to a Gustav Schübeck scholarship. Living in the middle of the Comunidade do Bodo, he got to know the rich culture of northeast Brazil first hand.
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Through the Gustav Schübek Scholarship, Nélson Pereira Pinto was able to significantly advance his doctoral project and to make new academic contacts in Portugal. He will be visiting Portugal again very soon to continue his research.
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Studying in the USA for two semester - Isabell Duric was given this opportunity when she was awarded the Alexander Spohn-Scholarship. In addition to her regular studies, she was also active as finance director for the organisation "Society of Woman in Business" and received the "New Member of the Year" award.
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Jonas Kiemel was awarded the USA Scholarship (short) by the DAAD-Stiftung. This enabled him to continue his research on robot movements in an international setting; he is now planning to publish his findings as part of a joint publication by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and New York University.
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Annika Schür is a PhD student in chemistry. At the Cidetec Institute, she spent a KSB Stiftung Scholarship-funded period at the interface of academic and industrial research. She also dicovered San Sebastián and Basque culture on various excursions.
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Due to the KSB Stiftung-Scholarship, Aiko Schinke-Nenzda was given the opportunity to spend four months researching at Ohio State University as part of his doctoral thesis, to exchange ideas with renowned scientists and to familiarise himself with US-American way of life and work.
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Dominik Bahlburg is doing his doctorate on the ecology and modelling of Antarctic krill. After three years of virtual meetings, the Prof. Bingel Scholarship enabled him to spend a reserach period at the British Antarctic Survey and thus work with cooperation partners in person.
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Through the funding of Dr. Wolfang Knapp, Simon Reichert had the unique opportunity to conduct research at the world's largest MRI scanner at Maglab in Tallahassee. During various day trips, he also got to know Florida and the surrounding area.
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Andrei Ogonkov was funded as a doctoral student in biology. By receiving the Prof. Bingel scholarship of the DAAD-Stiftung, he was able to conduct research at the ETH Zurich for six months and as a result publishs the findings.
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During a study year in Ireland, Leonie Eberhardt was able to attend a variety of specialized courses in Geography that she would never have found in Germany. This was made possible with the help of an Alexander Spohn Scholarship from the DAAD-Stiftung in cooperation with the Alexander Spohn Foundation.
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A KSB Stiftung Scholarship allowed Lena Bühre not only to make progress with her dissertation during a research stay at the Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) of the University of British Columbia; she also received an award for her research at the renowned ECS Conference in Vancouver.
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Thanks to a scholarship by the DAAD-Stiftung that was made possible through the support of Dr. Wolfgang Knapp, Viviane Schmidt was able to advance her research in the context of her PhD project at the Trinity Biomedical Science Institute in Dublin with experiments on mice as well as human fat tissue samples.
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Studying in the center of Paris with everything that this entails – for Emely Grüter, this dream was fulfilled thanks to an Alexander Spohn Scholarship that she was given by the DAAD-Stiftung.
She spent a year studying at the École Spéciale d'Architecture.
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Konstantin Scheihing was able to conduct research at the IGRAC in Delft thanks to a KSB Stiftung Scholarship. Here, he contributed to research in the field of ground water sustainability, which also is a great asset for his professional career in Germany.
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The Prof. Bingel Scholarship enabled Anna-Delia Herbstmann to stay at the Statens Serum Institut (SSI). Here she was able to do research on her dissertation topic "Raw Milk Supply Chain" and attended courses on predictive microbiology and quantitative risk assessment (QMRA) at TU Denmark (DTU).
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As a recipient of the Prof. Bingel Scholarship, Niklas Reichelt was able to gain cultural as well as culinary experience and make significant progress in identifying previously unknown regulators of the heat stress response in plants.
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The probably most well-known naturalist in the world, Charles Darwin, studied in Cambridge. Now, supported by a Prof. Bingel Scholarship, Hanna Schilbert has been able to do a 6-months research stay at the "Department of Plant Sciences" in the working group of Prof. Dr. Beverly Glover.
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Andreas Jünger completed parts of his dissertation in this interdisciplinary subject by the LMU with the help of the Gustav Schübeck Scholarship in Malaga. It propagates environmental research in the humanities and social sciences, including findings in nature sciences.
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In spring of 2021 Sophie Gräfe was a VSRC at the History of Science Department at Princeton University. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, she was the first "virtual beneficiary" of the DAAD-Stiftung. Despite this unusual situation, she has gained important experiences and successes.
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Leiden is a university city between The Hague and Amsterdam in the Dutch province of Zuid-Holland. There, in the first year of the Alexander Spohn-Scholarship by the DAAD-Stiftung, Simon Schwesig took the master's degree in Public International Law, which he completed with the "LLM" degree.
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As one of the first two recipients of the Alexander Spohn Scholarship by the DAAD-Stiftung, Markus Köhler was able to study at the PoliMi (Politechnical Institute of Milan) for a year, where he was not only able to gain architectural impressions but also personal experience.
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A research stay at the University of the Andes allowed Elena von Ohlen to make good progress with her dissertation project on gender violence in literature. For this, she was able to draw on the extensive knowledge of her freshly established local network.
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As a postgraduate student of the University of Bielefeld Dominik Hofmann was awarded the Gustav Schübeck-Scholarship of the DAAD-Stiftung. His research which is concerned with the discourse of impunity was immeasurably enriched by his stay abroad in Mexico.
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Jil Fischer successfully applied for a research internship during which she set out to learn more about ocean waste on the pacific coast of Latin America. The DAAD-Stiftung was able to make this stay abroad possible thanks to the support of Dr. Wolfgang Knapp.
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Thanks to a generous sponsor (a DAAD alumnus), Yero Samuel Ndiaye from Cologne was able to study statistics at the LSE - a long-cherished goal. London also offered the competitive athlete the opportunity to engage in his boxing training alongside his intensive studies.
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After completing his master's degree, Hendrik Reuper, as a postgraduate student, began working at the Leibniz-Institute DSMZ in the department of plant virology. The DAAD-Stiftung was able to support his research stay in Sweden thanks to the generosity of the Prof. Dr. Bingel-Stiftung.
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Thanks to the support of Dr. Wolfgang Knapp and the DAAD-Stiftung Christina Stengl received a scholarship which allowed her to complete an intership in the USA. Here she relates her experiences in San Antonio as well as her research on glioblastoma.
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In her dissertation Madeleine Bausch deals with intercultural transfer processes of quality management practices in German family businesses. With the help of the Gustav Schübeck Scholarship, she conducted more than 30 interviews and collected important documents on site.
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Franziska Feller was awarded with a Short-Term Grant by the DAAD-Stiftung which was generously donated by the Prof. Dr. Bingel-Stiftung. Thanks to this support she was able to travel to Canada and conduct part of her doctoral research at the University of British Columbia (UBC).
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Mareike Dörr, a postgraduate of veterinary medicine, was awarded with a Research Stay by the DAAD-Stiftung thanks to a donation by the Prof. Dr. Bingel-Stiftung. For her, this was an opportunity to carry on her research in the United States and make meaningful progress.
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After he completed a master's degree in biotechnology at the FH Beuth, Berlin Patrick Knox-Brown began working as a postgraduate student as the University of Potsdam. Thanks to the Prof. Bingel Scholarship he was able to spend several months researching for his dissertation in the USA.
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