Portrait Series: International Encounters at HU
HU attracts many people from abroad – from students and doctoral candidates to research fellows and professors. We invite you to get to know these people and share their stories.

Waeil Al-Youssef, Syria
Since October 2018, Dr. Waeil Al-Youssef has been working as a guest researcher at the Institute of Biology – funded through the Philipp Schwartz Initiative and supported by the Scholars at Risk (SAR) network.
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Irina Savu-Cristea, Romania
Ms Savu-Cristea just successfully completed her one-year master’s programme “Research Training Program in Social Sciences”. Her outstanding academic achievements earned her a 1.0 for her master’s thesis. She was also awarded this year’s “DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements of foreign students” for her social endeavours.
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