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Science for Kenya

2023-06-15
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2023-06-15
In: Careers, Diversity, Energymaterials, International, International Collaboration, Science Communication

The BESSY@HZB User Meeting welcomes 17 scientists from Kenya. They come from six different universities. One of them is Robert Ngure; he is a Master’s student in material science at Egerton university. He tells us more about his fascination for science and what he expects from his visit to Adlershof. Robert Ngure graduated in June 2019 and enrolled a few months later for a Master’s degree in science. In most universities in Kenya, you study for one year before you choose a specialisation. Robert’s decision was relatively straightforward: “I am convinced that material science is very relevant for my country. From the beginning, my goalRead More →

Portrait picture of Nancy Ochiba.

With nanoparticles from Nairobi to Berlin

2023-06-13
By: Antonia Roetger
On: 2023-06-13
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Energymaterials, International, International Collaboration, Science Communication

In April, Nancy Ochiba was a guest at HZB in Berlin doing research on nanoparticles. “I made good use of the time,” says the young chemist from Nairobi, Kenya. First she took part in the Photon School for young scientists, then she joined the lab at the Institute for Solar Fuels as a guest researcher. “Here I can benefit from technology that is not available to me at the Kenya University of Technology. For example, I have now examined my samples under a scanning electron microscope.” Research for a better future Nancy is in the first year of her PhD. What motivates her? She wantsRead More →

Portrait of Lucy Ombaka (right) next to Antje Vollmer (left)

When science bridges the way from Kenya to Germany

2023-06-12
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2023-06-12
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Careers, Diversity, International, Science Communication

The 2023 User Meeting BESSY@HZB end of June welcomes Kenya as country of honour. Dr Lucy Ombaka from Technical University of Kenya in Nairobi tells us how she got to know about BESSY II light source and how she motivates women in science.  Early May 2023 when we talk, Lucy Ombaka is just back from Berlin, where she spent a few days with the Humboldt Foundation. In 2018 she was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship there. Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry at the Technical University of Kenya (TUK), Lucy holds a PhD in nanotechnology and catalysis. “I met Antje Vollmer1 from BESSY II during an online Humboldt-Symposium.Read More →

Antje Vollmer with a group of scientists from Kenya

“I would like to see more researchers from Africa in the future.”

2023-06-07
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2023-06-07
In: BESSYBeamlineScientists, Careers, Diversity, International, Science Communication

The BESSY@HZB user meeting will take place at the end of June 2023. For the first time, there will be a country of honour, Kenya. Antje Vollmer, BESSY II spokesperson, tells us how this came about and why it is important to work at eye level with researchers from other countries. Science diplomacy has long been a central theme for Antje Vollmer. She recalls that a lecture by Rolf-Dieter Heuer1 had a particular impact on her: “He spoke about the importance of CERN beyond science, and the role of large-scale research institutions for international cooperation and science diplomacy.” At BESSY II, international collaborations in thisRead More →

Portrait foto of Mahmoud Hussein

“Diversity motivates creative thinking”

2023-05-30
By: Guestpost
On: 2023-05-30
In: Careers, Diversity, International, PhDlife, Students

Mahmoud Hussein is a PhD candidate at the department for active materials and interfaces for stable perovskite solar cells. In this interview he talks about his experiences working in international teams and how different cultures can contribute to scientific progress by encouraging creative thinking. What is important to you about diversity? The most important aspect in diversity, for me, is having people from different cultures and from different backgrounds – and different science perspectives. That’s very important because this is one of the main driving forces of science. Why? Because when you take people. from different backgrounds, from different educational systems, different academic sub fields,Read More →

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Working with neural networks: what does that look like?

2021-09-24
By: Florentine Krawatzek
On: 2021-09-24
In: Careers, International, Students

How do we benefit from neural networks? How do they make our work easier? And in what concrete scenarios can these algorithms be used? These were questions that were dealt with by around 50 participants, from six countries, at the Machine Leaning Summer School of Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin.Read More →

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