Luisa Gensch receives award from Hamburg's Übersee-Club
6 May 2024, by Uwe Schneider
Photo: Luisa Gensch
Luisa Gensch, a PhD student at our institute and the International Max Planck Research School for Earth System Modeling (IMPRS-ESM), has been awarded a stipend by the Übersee-Club for her planned research visit to the United States. The Übersee-Club, known for its commitment to fostering academic exchange and research, awards these stipends biennially during its 'Großer Übersee-Tag' event. The ceremony includes a morning session where the First Mayor traditionally delivers a welcome address to members, followed by a keynote speech by a distinguished speaker. In the evening, a festive dinner is held at the Hotel Atlantic Hamburg, where the members of the Übersee-Club come together and listen to speeches by the President and a renowned guest from business, politics, culture or science.
This year's stipends were presented to promising academics and researchers, among whom Luisa Gensch was selected to receive financial support for a visit to the United States. She will use the scholarship to help fund her research stay with Professor Arika Ligmann-Zielinska, an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences at Michigan State University. Together, they will use agent-based modeling to analyze and project the transition of agricultural systems to environmentally friendly production. The visit is an excellent opportunity for Luisa Gensch to collaborate with a renowned expert in the field of Agent-based modeling and advance her research on sustainable agricultural systems.