UCA-DAAD Partnership Empowering Central Asia’s Brightest Minds

University of Central Asia

26 December 2024

Central Asian Faculty Development Programme (CAFDP) Fellows supported by the University of Central Asia (UCA) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) gathered in Frankfurt, Germany, to present the latest updates on their research. Their projects span critical global challenges, including sustainable agriculture, food security dynamics, river erosion, plasma technology, biofilm ecosystems, and advanced reasoning in artificial intelligence.

Upon completion of their studies, the Fellows will return to UCA to teach and conduct research through one of UCA’s schools.

Since its inception in 2013, the DAAD-UCA Scholarship Programme has supported more than 25 Fellows, enabling some of Central Asia’s most promising scholars to pursue advanced studies at leading German institutions. Thank you to DAAD for supporting this impactful partnership and to our scholars for driving solutions to today’s global challenges!

Current UCA-DAAD CAFDP Fellows in Germany:

Marlen Tynaliev (IAMO Halle): Behavioral adoption of sustainable agriculture practices in Kyrgyzstan.
Salima Bekbolotova (IAMO Halle): Food (in)security dynamics in Kyrgyzstan (2013–2022).
Qutbudin Ishanch (Tübingen University): River channel changes in Northern Italy through multi-temporal analysis.
Samat Turdumamatov (FH Aachen UAS): Modeling microwave-generated atmospheric plasma.
Aqeela Muheen (RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau): The impacts of stressors on biofilm ecosystems.
Ramazan Ali Bahrami (Göttingen University): Logic, language, and reasoning in AI models.

UCA-DAAD CAFDP Fellows with UCA and DAAD officers (from left to right): Qutbudin Ishanch, Samat Turdumamatov, Heiko Schmidt, Director of Department for Northern and Eastern Europe, Central Asia and South Caucasus (ST22 Department), DAAD, Salima Bekbolotova, Sameer Dossa, Associate Director, International Office, UCA, Marlen Tynaliev, Aqeela Muheen, Michael Adlung, Associate Director, ST22 Department, DAAD, Vera Rogova, Administrative Manager, ST22 Department, DAAD, Ramazan Ali Bahrami.