Featured Fellows

Meet some BUA Fellows Club members and discover more about their research interests, experience to date, as well as what they actually think about the Berlin research scene.

Zefitret Abera Molla, FU Berlin

Afro-Mexican demands after ethnic recognition and the role of legal developments in shaping identity and representation

Anna-Lena Almstedt, FU Berlin

Linguistics, literary analysis and public history that challenge early modern conceptions of gender and queer history

Julianne Chua, HU Berlin

Afro-Asian diasporas, affinities and glitches and their impact on art, poetry, music and videos, with a particular interest in makeshift forms

Laura Diaz, Charité

Interactions between the gut, the brain and the microbiome and the role of diet in neurological conditions like epilepsy and multiple sclerosis

Pit Heinrich, FU Berlin

Human-object relationships in literature and how materialist theories shape narratives and textual interpretations

Richard Hickstein, Charité

Semi-automated quantitative tissue characterization, applying computational approaches for innovative cardiovascular imaging

Matthias König, HU Berlin

Digital twins and body simulations to facilitate personalized treatments and AI-driven healthcare advancements

Julie Ouerfelli-Ethier, HU Berlin

Visual information and eye movements and their influence on perception and goal-directed cognitive processes

Tamal Roy, HU Berlin

Fishing-induced selection and brain evolution and the effects of cognitive shifts on fish behavior and survival strategies

Dan Slater, FU Berlin

Authoritarianism and democratization and their relationship to nationalism, state-building and violence in Southeast Asia

Alexandra Zysset, FU Berlin

Objects in francophone and Germanophone literature and shifts of value in narratives of cultural transformation