Kalman Graffi

Every academic discipline offers its own beauty and approach to exploring the world, should we choose to listen. 

As an AGYA member, I had the great chance to work together with enthusiastic experts from various fields and countries. Unforgotten are the discussions with my AGYA fellows: it is incredibly enriching to examine the current needs of societies with historians or to debate the role of technology in our time with sociologists. This experience gets further enhanced in a community with such a wide range of expertise on local opportunities and challenges in Germany and the Arab world.

During my time as co-president of AGYA, I gladly helped to push the academy forward and share its word and impact. AGYA helped me to stem a fascinating project together with a prestigious Arab member. We tightly worked on the vision of smart nanorobots, addressing up-to-date questions from the viewpoint of a chemist and a computer scientist. This exciting project led to several distinguished publications and a happy graduated PhD candidate. AGYA is an incredible community that builds bridges across cultures, disciplines and societies.