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Templergraben 55
Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, 52062
Germany

Aisha Sesay

Aisha is Sierra Leonean but spent most of her life in the Gambia. She came to Germany in 2011, at the age of 15 and had a really hard time learning the language, getting to understand the totally new culture, understanding the people and finding new friends was an even harder challenge – let’s just say teenagers and puberty. The first six months she spent in a school in Germany full of young foreigners, who could barely speak German. After the six months ended, she was brought to a German Gymnasium. With many struggles, she graduated from that high school. Seven years later, she is the proud winner of the iSlam German nationwide poetry slam. Now studying literature and linguistics at RWTH, she really enjoys writing poems, articles and short stories, of course, all in German.

Anna Lassonczyk

Anna Lassonczyk is the founder and CEO of Intercultural Success, intercultural coach and international speaker.

Katrin-Cécile Ziegler

Katrin-Cécile Ziegler is a digital economist, journalist and lecturer for digital ethics at the University of Applied Sciences in Business Administration of Zurich, Switzerland.

Keshav Chintamani

Keshav Chintamani is a robotics researcher turned entrepreneur based in Kortrijk, Belgium.

Lars Dittmar

Lars Dittmar is a climate researcher at the institute of climate protection, energy and mobility at the RWTH Aachen.

Malte Goettsche

Outreach being an important part of his work – Malte has given his advice inter alia to the German parliament and the United Nations. Previously, he has been a postdoctoral researcher with Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Hamburg.

Martin Baumann

Martin Baumann has a degree in electrical engineering, studied theoretical medicine and did his doctorate in biology. He qualified as university lecturer in medicine, received a master’s degree in medical education and is a certified trainer for university teaching. Consequently, he does research both in medical engineering and in university didactics. He received several local, national and international awards for his educational teaching projects. He is author of some dozens journal articles, several book chapters and a book on teamwork techniques. Far more important to him than these sober CV facts are his passion for and pleasure in teaching. He understands himself as both lifelong learning student and a coach for students who strives to support the understanding in science.

Moumitaa Dey

Classical indian dance artist.

Rijul Sachdeva

Classical indian dance artist.