Reports

When I heard that I had matched with a project and supervisor, I was elated, but was also hit with the realization that there was lots of preparation to do before I left. As a Canadian, I did not need a visa to enter and stay in Germany for up to 90 days. I also did not need a German bank account as the Canadian organization Mitacs teams up with the DAAD to fund this program." Read more from Olivia...
Olivia Locke (McGill University), RISE Germany-Mitacs intern at TU Dortmund
Reports from past RISE Germany participants
Biology
- Kellie Horan (College Dublin, Belfield – Universität zu Kiel, 2021)
- Jonathan Wiese (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities – Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig in Bonn, 2021)
- Alexandra Armstrong (Trent University – Universität zu Köln, 2019)
- David Jordan (University of Sherbrooke – Leibniz-Institut für Pflanzenbiochemie Halle, 2019)
- Jane Marryat (University of South Carolina – Universität Bayreuth, 2018)
- Matthew Driban (Pennsylvania State University – Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 2018)
- Rebecca Louw (University of Victoria – Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, 2018)
- Sheila Steiner (University of California – Universität München, 2018)
- Matilda Subek Simon (University of Manitoba – Universität Regensburg, 2018)
- Scott Wu (University of Chicago – Universität Oldenburg, 2018)
- Shaochen You (University of Texas, Austin – Universität Marburg, 2018)
- Catherine Liu (Bowdoin College – Universität zu Kiel, 2016)
- Danielle LaPlante (Northern Arizona University – Universität Lübeck, 2016)
Chemistry
- Laoise Murray (National University of Ireland, Galway – Universität Düsseldorf, 2021)
- Marcus Sak (Yale University – Universität Giessen, 2019)
- Karen Soohoo (University of Virginia – Leibniz Institute for Environmental Medicine IUF, Düsseldorf, 2018)
- Ekaterina Sheridan Sam (Houston State University – Universität Jena, 2018)
- Nicola Ede (University of Oxford – Universität Paderborn, 2017)
- Ojong Tabot (York University – Universität Tübingen, 2017)
- Caroline Krzyszkowski (Queen’s University – Universität Heidelberg, 2016)
Computer Science
- Mackenzie Jorgensen (Villanova University – Universität Münster, 2019)
- Patrick Phillips (University of Rochester – Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg, 2019)
- Ting-Yi Su (McGill University – Universität Paderborn, 2019)
- Joseph Sullivan (West Virginia University- Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, 2019)
Earth Science
- Matthew Sutton (University of Oxford – Universität Heidelberg, 2017)
- Audrey Brown (Tulane University – Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research TROPOS, Leipzig, 2017)
- Elizabeth Rider (MIT – Leibniz Institut for Tropospheric Research TROPOS, Leipzig, 2016)
Engineering
- Ethan Rotnem (Georgia Institute of Technology – RWTH Aachen, 2021)
- Ba Vu Tran (Lakehead University – Hochschule Reutlingen, 2021)
- Claire Block (Arizona State University – Universität Wuppertal, 2019)
- Matthew DeJong (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities – Karlsruher Institut für Technologie, 2019)
- Zindedine Russell (Rice University – HafenCity Universität Hamburg, 2019)
- Joseph Zarifoglu (École Polytechnique de Montréal – RWTH Aachen, 2019)
- Rachel Côté Bessette (Polytechnique Montreal – RWTH Aachen, 2018)
- Zhechen Feng (McGill University – Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V., 2018)
- Aaron Silva (University of Iowa – Universität Freiburg, 2018)
- Laura Stegner (University of Cincinnati – Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, 2018)
- Eva Yezerets (Purdue University- Universität Bochum, 2018)
- Peter Quinn (McGill University – TU Kaiserslautern, 2017)
- Lauro Sebastian Ojeda (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor – TU Dortmund, 2017)
- Alan Yeh (University of Arizona – Universität Jena, 2016)
Physics
- Olivia Locke (McGill University – TU Dortmund, 2022)
- Angela Moskal (McMaster University – Universität Leipzig, 2021)
- Giedre Astrauskaite (University of Glasgow – Universität Münster, 2018)
- Sebastian Currie (University of Glasgow – Forschungszentrum Jülich, 2018)
- Bricker Ostler (Lawrence University – Technische Universität Berlin, 2018)
- Zili Shen (University of Texas, Austin – Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, 2018)
- Hannah Takahashi (Imperial College London – Universität Mainz, 2018)
- Sara Vanovac (Furman University – Universität Leipzig, 2018)
- Joanna Krynski (McMaster University – Universität Würzburg, 2017)
- Conor MacBride (University of St. Andrews – Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, 2017)
- Rachel Mersch (University of Tenessee, Knoxville – Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, 2016)