2018/2019 Fellow | University of Bonn | Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen
Thankfully and after much effort, I was awarded with many fellowships in my life.
None of them can compare with the BUKA fellowship.
I applied for it looking for a new chapter in my life and I got it.
– I got to understand what means to make research with support.
– I was challenged every day with people and ideas that made my world more diverse, more open and colorful.
– I learned how to value myself against some odds and realize I have done a lot.
Furthermore, everything should always be a win-win situation.
The journey and transformation has been exciting and has brought me together with my current team.
A spin-off from the University of Munich dedicated to making agriculture to climate-neutral. An amazing technology developed in Germany.
I joined the team in 2022 and was selected among 40 other candidates: Germans, Europeans, non-Europeans. And I have been responsible for taking this team forward and achieving milestones that were not possible before.
What made me different from the other non-BUKA candidates? The ability to fit in, to adapt, to listen. And, of course, the BUKA project, which was directly related to “precision agriculture”.
The BUKA fellowship is not about funding nice and varied projects. It is about making the improbable possible for a better world, especially in a time of war.
