Science Fellowships: Here are our 2024 Fellows!
Our goal is to enhance the influence of science for the betterment of society. We are dedicated to cultivating a collaborative approach among future scientific leaders by offering five distinct fellowships. Our three fellowships for outstanding Master's, PhD, and medical students provide opportunities for international exchange programs in drug discovery, agriculture, and medicine. To inspire and engage the next generation of scientists, we also offer two fellowships for student teachers and young apprentices focusing on STEM education and life sciences. In 2024, we selected 47 outstanding individuals from
10 different countries and awarded over €330,000 in funding for this unique opportunity.
Our program will be accepting applications again in early 2025. For more details, please visit here.
Meet our 2024 Fellows here:
Otto Bayer Fellowship for Drug Discovery Sciences
Kaloyan Staykov
From Institute for Pharmacy and Molecular Biotechnology, Germany to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Project: Assessing and optimization of the bioactivity and stability of mRNA vaccine formulations
Faith Osiako
From University of Ibadan, Nigeria to University of Regensburg, Germany
Project: Bioactivity-guided Isolation, Structural Elucidation and insilico Studies of Antidiabetic Compounds from Methanol Extracts Terminalia mollis (leaf), Ficus capensis (leaf) and Ficus vogelii (leaf)
Fabian Strobel
From Heidelberg University, Germany to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, USA
Project: Macrophage phagocytosis of live cancer cells
Ashwin Kannan
From Technical University of Munich, Germany to Harvard Medical School, USA
Project: Identification of druggable transcriptional liabilities involved in cancer
Diana Paola Ochoa Vásquez
From Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany to University of California Davis, USA
Project: Diving into the Depths of Magic Mint (Salvia divinorum): Identifying the biosynthesis of Salvinorin A toward developing new drug leads for the treatment of addiction and neurodegenerative diseases
Olorunsola Bamidele
From University of Ibada, Nigeria to Neubrandenburg University of Applied Science, Germany
Project: Metabolomics Studies, Isolation and Characterization of Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Bioactive Compounds as Lead Drugs from Ten (10) Accessions of Two Underutilized Legumes; Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC. & Canavalia ensiformis (L) DC.
Paul Täufer
From Institute of Physics & Institute of Theoretical Medicine, University of Augsburg, Germany to Stanford University, USA
Project: The Role of Immune Cell Membrane Fluidity for Neutrophil Extracellular Trap Release
Alara Gaye Dogru
From University of Heidelberg, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Germany to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA
Project: Enhancing efficacy of immunotherapy in High-Grade Serous Ovarian Carcinoma (HGSOC)
Sophie Falkai
From LMU Munich, Germany to University of Zurich, Switzerland
Project: Aqueous and Fmoc-free solid-phase peptide synthesis using N-carboxyanhydrides for therapeutic small peptides
Bright Adorbley
From Pan Africa University/ University of Ibadan, Nigeria to Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Project: Establishing candidate AdV vaccine platforms for sublingual delivery
Mach Achuoth
From ICIPE, Kenya to University of Giessen, Germany
Project: Divulging the gut microbiota of black soldier fly for Novel Antimicrobial agents against multi-drug resistant Gram-negative bacteria
Thomas Abu
From University of Ibadan, Nigeria to University of Bremen, Germany
Project: Bioactivity-guided Isolation and Characterization of Anticancer Molecules from selected Nigerian medicinal plants
Pablo Fuentes Soriano
From Faculty of Pharmacy, Spain to University of Tübingen, Germany
Project: Exploring Bioactivity and Toxicity Profiles of Enhanced Phosphaphenalene-Gold(I) Analogs
Maria Krabbes
From Institute of Pharmacy, Leipzig University, Germany to University of Vienna, Austria
Project: Development of microparticles for pulmonary nucleic acid delivery
Zeynep Ozsahan
From Technical University of Munich, Germany to Harvard Medical School, USA
Project: Development of an RNA-protein interaction sequencing assay to investigate TRD pathology
Josefa Nuñez Belmar
From Universidad Mayor, Chile to University of Münster, Germany
Project: Enhancing Periodontitis Therapy with Natural Compounds: Targeting Porphyromonas gingivalis Adhesion system
Tim Treis
From ICB, Germany to Broad Institute, USA
Project: Single-Cell Data Mapping in Phenotype-Driven Drug Discovery
Carl Duisberg Fellowship for Medical Sciences
Lisa Ha Nguyen
From Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany to Harvard Medical School, USA
Project: Perivascular Space Volume and Diffusion in Military Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Mild Traumatic Brain Injury – Associations with Sleep Quality Disturbances
Rosalie Wolff von Gudenberg
From Medical School Hannover, Germany to Harvard University, USA
Project: Investigating the impact of heterochronic heart transplantations on the biological age of the donor heart
Friederike Charlotte Reinhardt
From Technical University of Munich, Germany to Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA
Project: Developing machine learning algorithms to improve gene editors
Nzubechukwu Innocent Ugokwe
From University of Leicester, UK to Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology, Germany
Project: Bioengineering of Bacteriophage T7 for development of multivalent Vaccines
Louisa Fay
From University Hospital of Tuebingen/University of Stuttgart, Germany to Stanford University, USA
Project: Confounding-free deep learning models for magnetic resonance image processing
Letícia Lopes
From University of São Paulo, Brazil to Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Project: Role of Autoimmunity in Gastric Cancer Through High-Throughput OMICs
Renata Prôa
From Columbia University Zuckerman Institut, USA to Charité University Medicine Berlin, Germany
Project: Precision Healthcare Through Integrative Multi-Modal Data Analysis: Elevating Disease Risk Prediction with Cost-Effectiveness Optimization
Adedolapo Olorunfemi
From Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria to University of Tübingen, Germany
Project: Dissecting the transmission dynamics of rotavirus A (RVA) in Nigerian children
Jeff Schell Fellowship for Agricultural Sciences
Aanuoluwapo Akinyemi
From University of Ibadan, Nigeria to Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Germany
Project: Genome Wide Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNPs) Discovery using Genotyping by Sequencing for Genomic studies in Bambara Groundnut
Jie Wang
From Technical University of Munich, Germany to Inner Mongolia University, China
Project: Study the impact of climate changes and cropping practices on crop yield and nitrogen ues effciency at a global scale using remote sensing
Mateo Córdoba
From Research Center for Food and Development, Mexico to Hochschule Geisenheim University, Germany
Project: Unlocking Plant Potential: Utilizing Microbial Bioproducts to Enhance Crop Fitness and Resilience under Stress
Prashanthi Meera Sureshbabu
From Vellore Institute of Technology, India to Robert Bosch Center for Tumor Diseases, Germany
Project: Investigating the Role of H2Bub1 and HNF4A in the Pathogenesis of Colitis-Associated Colorectal Carcinoma (CAC) from Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Maxwell Harman
From Michigan State University, USA to Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany
Project: Genetically Encoded Biosensors for the Elucidation of High-CO2 Limitation in Crop Photosynthesis
Jannik Faierson
From University of Heidelberg, Germany to Yale, USA
Project: Enhancing the Scope of Heterobifunctional Approaches in Chemical Biology using novel Targeting Chimeras (xTACs)
The Kurt Hansen Fellowship for Student Teachers & Teachers
Clara Düntsch
From Humboldt Universität Berlin to Deutsche Schule Valencia, Spain
Jonas Landwehr
From Philipps-Universität-Marburg to MareMundi, Croatia
Hannah Louisa Schultz
From Humboldt Universität Berlin to Colegio Alemán Alexander von Humboldt
Luise Christina Kwoka
From Universität Potsdam to German International School Toronto, Canada
Jana Grau
From Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg to Institut für Sexualpädagogik, Germany
Martine Süss
From Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen to Deutsche Schule Melbourne, Australia
Maria Grunewald
From Didaktik der Biologie am IPN to University of Melbourne, Australia
Hermann Strenger Fellowship for Apprentices and Young Professionals
Marie Trottenburg
From Bayer AG, Bergkamen to Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany
Lea Schrotmann
From Bayer AG, Bergkamen to Bayer AG, Berlin, Germany
Niko Radkowski
From Bayer AG, Germany to Bayer AG, USA
Leonie Hinst
From Bayer AG, Germany to Bayer AG, Philippines
Christopher Bläsing
From Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin to Bayer AG, Spain
Kevin Andris
From Bayer AG, Germany to Ellegaard Göttingen Minipigs, Denmark
Jessica Gartman
From Bayer AG, Germany to Bayer AG, Belgium
Lena Marita Verch
From Bayer AG, Germany to Bayer AG, India
Nikolas Janelt
From Bayer AG, Germany to Bayer AG, USA
