Meet the New AGYA Members 2025
New Cohort of Outstanding Arab & German Researchers
AGYA welcomes 14 excellent Arab and German scholars from diverse disciplines as its new members. These early-career researchers were selected in a highly competitive selection process. During the AGYA General Assembly in autumn 2025, the Academy festively inaugurated these researchers who are affiliated with institutions and universities in Bahrain, Egypt, Germany, Morocco, Sudan, and the UAE.
New members affiliated with research institutions in Arab countries
- Dr. Abdulla Alabbasi, Energy & Development Economics, Education & Sustainability, The Bahrain Center for Strategic, International and Energy Studies, Bahrain
- Dr. Noran Amin, English Literature, Cairo University, Egypt
- Dr. Christin Camia, Psychology, Zayed University Abu Dhabi, UAE
- Dr. Ayham Dalal, German University in Cairo, Egypt
- Dr. Kaoutar Ghilani, History & Politics, University of Cambridge, UK & Centre Jacques Berque, Morocco
- Dr. Mohamed Madkour, Molecular and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Sharjah, UAE
- Prof. Dr. Khalid Mohammednour Mohammedsalih, Veterinary Medicine, University of Nyala, Sudan & Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
New members affiliated with research institutions in Germany
- Dr. Ammar Al-Shameri, Biotechnology, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Dr. Mehrnaz Anvari, Physics, Fraunhofer Institute for Algorithms and Scientific Computing (SCAI), Germany
- Prof. Dr. Corinna Assmann, English Literature, Heidelberg University, Germany
- Dr. Julia Leib, Political Science, International Relations, Peace and Conflict Studies, Leipzig University, Germany
- Dr. Manuel Moritz, Production Engineering, Helmut Schmidt University, Germany
- Dr. Stefan L. Smith, Archaeology, Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Germany
- Dr. Lynn-Salammbô Zimmermann, Assyriology, University of Hamburg, Germany