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Christina Gerhardt - DAAD Alumna

Christina Gerhardt is Associate Professor at the University of Hawaii. She has held visiting appointments at the Freie Universität, Harvard University, Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley. She has been awarded grants by many funding organisations, including DAAD.

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DAAD Alumna Julia Phillips

Julia Phillips was born and raised in Hamburg. She studied Visual Arts at the Academy of Fine Arts Hamburg before attending Columbia’s MFA program and received several DAAD scholarships. Her work is currently on view at the New Museum in New York, and her first institutional solo exhibition will open April 15, 2018 at MoMA PS1, titled Failure Detection.

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Dietrich Wolf Fenner

Dietrich Wolf Fenner is the new program director of the German Academic International Network (GAIN). He designs and organizes events and workshops to aid German researchers in North America with their professional development.

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Robin Sommers - CTO and DAAD Alumni

Robin Sommer is the CTO and co-founder of Corelight, a San Francisco-based cyber security startup offering powerful network visibility solutions. He is also a Senior Researcher at Berkeley’s International Computer Science Institute, where he leads the team developing the open-source Bro network security monitor.

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Director DAAD New York

In Profile - Nina Lemmens

With a background in art history and journalism, Dr. Lemmens joined the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) in 1997 and since then has held several positions at home and abroad. In 2014, she moved to New York to lead the DAAD New York office. 

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Amber Johnson - DAAD Young Ambassador

Amber G. Johnson spent the fall of 2016 studying abroad in Berlin. A student of Spelman College, she is majoring in Comparative Women' Studies and Political Science and is volunteering her free time to serve as a DAAD Young Ambassador to promote Germany as a place for study and research abroad.

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Artist and DAAD Grant Winner

In Profile - Joan Snitzer

An artist and Senior Lecturer in Art History and Director of the Visual Arts Program at Barnard College, Columbia University, Joan Snitzer has led several student groups on excursions to Germany with a DAAD Group Study Visit Grant. Her current exhibition 'Chromophore' is on view at the A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY.

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Roger Todd - DAAD Alumni

Roger graduated from the University of Manitoba with an MA in Political Science and was awarded a DAAD scholarship to pursue a PhD in Göttingen. In 2016, Roger published a two-volume book, based on his research in Göttingen, titled “Germany and the Significance of the First World War.”

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Min Ku Kang - DAAD Young Ambassador

A DAAD RISE alumni, Min Ku spent the summer of 2016 gaining hands-on experience working at a cutting-edge biomedical research center at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU). A Molecular Genetics major, he also loves traveling the world and exploring other cultures. As a DAAD Young Ambassador he helps promote Germany as a destination for study and research.

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Franciska Martinovic - DAAD Program Intern

Franciska Martinovic studied English and Media Studies at the Ruhr-University Bochum and just completed her internship at DAAD. During her time at DAAD, she worked on many different projects ranging from event organization to social media analysis.

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