Academic Preparation:

• Doctor of Medicine, Cum Laude-Meritissimus, University of Santo Tomas

• Fellowship in Nuclear Medicine, Institute for Clinical & Experimental Nuclear Medicine, University of Bonn, Germany

• Master of Arts in Public Administration, Meritissimus, University of Santo Tomas

Previous Posts in Professional Organizations & Institutions:

• President, Rotary Club of University District Manila, 1989-1990

• Philippine Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1993-96

• Chair, Department of Nuclear Medicine, St. Luke’s Medical Center QC, 2000-2007

• Examiner, Asian Nuclear Medicine Board, 2014-2016

Previous Academic Appointments

• Professor, UST Faculty of Medicine & Surgery (ret 2012)

• Dean, St Luke’s College of Medicine – William H Quasha Memorial, 2002-2005

• Dean, Asian School of Nuclear Medicine (ASNM), 2007-2013

Current Posts:

• National Coordinator for the Philippines, Iodine Global Network (IGN)

• Vice President, Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association (AOTA), 2015-2020

• President, Association of KAAD Alumni of the Philippines (AKAP)

• Chair, Scholarship Committee for the Philippines, Takeda Science Foundation

• Liberal Arts major in Economics, Maryknoll/Miriam College
• MA in Economics Education, Center for Research and Communication (now University of Asia and the Pacific)
• MBA, Katholieke Universitet te Leuven, Belgium
• Ph. D. in Economics, Philipps Universitat Marburg

• Lifetime member, The International Grail, women's NGO with accredited status at the UN ECOSOC, Commission on the Status of Women
• Organizer, leadership program for young women from Eastern Visayas as well as Northern and Western Mindanao and women's savings club, Guiuan, Eastern Visayas.

• frische Luft (fresh air)
• Kirchemusik (Church music)
• Frau Johanna S., meine Nachbarin, eine pensionierte Krankenschwester, die mir geholfen wahrend die Prufungszeite mit viele Schokolade hatte.(my retired nurse neighbor who helped me during the exams time with chocolate)

Dr. Mario Delos Reyes is presently Professor and former Dean of the University of the Philippines School of Urban and Regional Planning (UP SURP) from 2012 to 2019. Concurrently, he is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Centre for Neighbourhood Studies Philippines (CeNS). He is the International Co-Investigator and In-Country Lead Investigator for the Philippines of the ongoing project, Centre for Sustainable, Healthy, and Learning Cities and Neighbourhoods (SHLC) funded by UKRI. His fields of interests and experiences include environment and natural resources policy and planning, climate change adaptation and disaster risk management, public-private partnerships for the urban environment, coastal (both marine and freshwater) planning and management, solid waste management and strategic environmental assessment. Prof. Delos Reyes finished his Doctorate Degree in Natural Science at the Institute of Geography, University of Hamburg; and Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education and International Development at the University of Kassel, both in Germany. He graduated both Master and Bachelor of Science Degrees at the University of the Philippines. Dr. Delos Reyes was granted the 2016 Meritorious Public Service Award in the field of environmental governance by UP Board of Regents. Favorite food in Germany: bratwurst mit pommes. Community service: Stewardship Coordinator UP Diliman Parish; Banyuhay Initiatives funded by German Embassy Manila in 2021: 1) Construction of communal CR in Coloong, Valenzuela City, and 2) Water supply restoration in Jaime Cardinal Sin Village, Sta. Ana, Manila.

• PhD (Dr. habil.), Professor at the Willy Brandt Center for German and European Studies of the University of Wroclaw (Poland). Historian and political scientist.

• The research interest focus on contemporary history, German and European studies, European memorial sites, international textbook research and international sport studies.

• KAAD Scholarship in 2006, Coordinator of the KAAD-Scholarship Programme Osteuropaprogramm in Wroclaw (since 2013).

• Member of the International Advisory Board Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt Stiftung (since 2018)

• Member of The International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport (since 2018)

• Member of the Sport Studies Austria (since 2020), Scientific Secretary of the Joint German-Polish Textbook Commission (2010-2012)

• Secretary of the project "German-Polish History Textbook" (2008-2011).

• Selected recent Publications: "Football Politics in Central Europe and Eastern Europe. A Study on the Geopolitical Area’s Tribal, Imaginal, and Contextual Politics” Lanham 2020 (Editor with R. Benedikter); "German-language winners of the Nobel Prize for Literature” (in Polish), Wrocław 2019 (Editor with P. Przybyła); "History of Polish and German sport in the 19th and 20th centuries" (in Polish), Poznań 2016 (Editor with W. Stępiński and J. Eider); "Ideological cooperation” (in Polish), Wrocław 2016 (Editor with S. Ligarski and K. Ruchniewicz).

I am Xia Liu from China and now a PhD Student of historical musicology in the university of Cologne in Germany. I studied Intercultural German Studies and Music. Now I am working on my dissertation about Mozart-Reception in China. I like to share my thoughts and writings in a more popular way, so that I have written over 50 essays in my own public media to introduce the topics of musicology,

I am also an opera singer and have been singing opera and art songs for 10 years. In the past three years, I’ve participated in over 30 charity performances. Dance is also my favorite thing, whether it’s ballet, Chinese classical dance or ballroom dance. What impressed me most was that I took my classmates in Goettingen to dance the Yi-folk dance together.

My most treasure in Germany was my community internship at the St. Michaels Church in Goettingen. I’ve organized and participated in Star singers, Christmas theater and regular mass. Since Feb. 2020, I’ve been organizing an online Taizé group. Many KAAD alumni have there a beautiful singing and praying morning. I am also looking forward to your visiting and participation.

Trinnah Marie Caracho is currently an instructor at the Development Communication Department of Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan. Her educational background includes development communication and public policy, with a keen interest in non-profit management, international affairs, international cooperation, and development. Trinnah has over 6 years of combined experience in communications, documentation, project management, and research in countries such as the Philippines, Kenya, and Uganda. Passionate about children and youth development as well as community engagement, she also volunteers to various programs in the country and abroad.

While in Germany for her graduate studies, Trinnah enjoyed attending classical concerts, touring castles and museums, going on hikes, and visiting local cafes in her spare time. She loves it when she gets to learn diverse cultures and genuinely connect with people.

I am Jose Fernando Syquia, also known as Jofe. I am an orthopedic surgeon who specializes in joint replacement surgery. I also teach in the University of Santo Tomas Medical School. I currently head the Orthopedic Surgery Department of De Los Santos Medical Center and the Section of Orthopedic Trauma of the University of Santo Tomas Hospital and Makati Medical Center. I also head the orthopedic section of a local government hospital, Ospital ng Makati, which caters to indigent patients.

Part of my orthopedic training was done at the Klinikum Grosshadern Hospital in Munich. In addition to my training, I also enjoyed meeting new friends, trying out the local cuisine, and travelling to various places around Germany. One of my most unforgettable experiences is going up the “Watzmann”. My friends from work asked if I wanted to go hiking (“wandern”) with them. There must have been something wrong with how I interpreted that German verb since that “hike” turned out to be a trek up a mountain! But it was nevertheless a great experience.

ENA MARIA R. ALDECOA, pianist & soprano

Ena studied Art Song Performance from 2010 to 2014 at the Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe, Germany under Mitsuko Shirai and Hartmut Höll, attaining “Solistenexamen” with distinction. Parallel to this degree Ena took tuition on Cembalo and Hammerklavier under Kristian Nyquist and Piano under Sontraud Speidel. Ena holds four other degrees: Bachelor of Arts in English (1990), magna cum laude and Bachelor of Music in Piano (1991), cum laude from the Universidad de Sta. Isabel in Naga City; Master of Music in Piano (1995) and Master of Music in Voice (2004) from the University of the Philippines (UP) College of Music. Currently the Chair of the UP College of Music Keyboard Department, Ena treasures the gift of music that continuously brings her to prestigious concert venues around the world. Ena is married to Dr. h.c. Anton Frinta. (www.enamariaaldecoa.com)

• Consultant in the Departments of Pathology/Laboratory Services of:

University of Santo Tomas Hospital

San Juan de Dios Hospital

Rizal Medical Center

• Teaching appointments

Chairman, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Centro Escolar University

Lecturer, College of Medicine, Adventist University of the Philippines

Specialization – Anatomic Pathology

• Areas of Interest

Gastrointestinal and Liver Pathology

Autopsy Pathology

• Memorable moments in Germany

My brief stay in a Benedictine Monastery upon my arrival in Heidelberg, Germany has rekindled in me the value of Silence, a seed that has been implanted in me during my high school education.

I met kind people at the Institute for Pathology at the University of Heidelberg who shared their knowledge with me and outside the University who made my stay pleasant.

My community are the young medical students and colleagues I interact almost daily. I hope that during these interactions, they learn from me something that goes beyond the science of Pathology.

Leadership experience in the public health and private sector. Master in International Health from the Uiveristy of Heidelberg and post graduation in Business management. Extensive knowledge on determinants of health and physical activity, scientific methods, health systems, capacity building and management, planning and project evaluation. Invited lecturer in public health and physical activity related topics. Proactive approach, good communication skills, high crosscultural competence and motivation.

Esther-Maria Guggenmos, PD Dr., is Head of the Asia Department of KAAD and specializes in religious studies with a focus on the roles of religious traditions and their transformations in our globally connected world as well as interreligious exchange. Esther-Maria knows a lot about Buddhism, Chinese Religions, and Christianity in China and (East-)Asia and is very much looking forward to our creative exchange!

• University education, PhD studies, and habilitation in Münster, Taipei, Bonn, Ghent and Erlangen:

Diploma in Catholic Theology (WWU Münster, 2004)

M.A. in Religious Studies and Sinology (WWU Münster, 2006)

PhD on lay Buddhism in urban Taiwan (Ann Heirman, Universiteit Gent, 2010)

Habilitation on the relationship between Buddhism and divination (Andreas Nehring / Michael Lackner, FAU Erlangen, 2019).

• Positions held:

Research coordination at the International Consortium for Research in the Humanities, IKGF “Fate, Freedom and Prognostication” of the University Erlangen-Nuremberg (www.ikgf.fau.de), 2009-2014. Visiting professor in Münster, Erlangen, and Fribourg. Visiting fellowships in Japan and Taiwan. Habilitation fellowship and habilitation award of FAU 2019. Since April 2020 Head of the Asia Department of KAAD, Bonn.

• Research Interests:

Systematic: aesthetics of religion, religious transmission processes, urban religiosity.

Historical: Buddhism, Chinese religions, Christianity in Asia, contemporary religion.

Publications listed at :https://unierlangen.academia.edu/EMGuggenmos

• Monographs:

together with Annette Wilke: Im Netz des Indra. Das Museum of World Religions, sein buddhistisches Dialogkonzept und die neue Disziplin Religionsästhetik [In Indra’s Net. TheMuseum of World Religions, its Buddhist concept of dialogue, and the new discipline aesthetics of religion], Münster: LIT 2008.

‚I believe in Buddhism and Travelling’—Denoting Oneself a Lay Buddhist in Contemporary Urban Taiwan, Würzburg: Ergon 2017.

together with LI Wei: Wahrsagende Mönche im chinesischen Buddhismus–Biographien aus dem Shenseng zhuan [Divining Monks in Chinese Buddhism–Biographies from the Shenseng zhuan], Ostasien Verlag 2019.

Mohammad Rokid is currently pursuing research on “polemics on internet literature in Indonesia” for his doctoral project at the Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Apart from focusing on his dissertation, he is currently an active member at the Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE). In 2015 Rokib became a lecturer on contemporary internet literature at Universitas Negeri Surabaya and was granted study leave for coming to Germany He can be reached at mohammadrokib@unesa.ac.id.

In 2017, Rokib won a research competition in Thai Studies, Chulalangkorn University, Thailand. He also became a delegate for the Exchange with Southeast Asian Muslim Youth (TAMU/Talk with Muslims series) in Japan in the same year. Previously, Rokib received a research award from the Japan Foundation and the AMAN Research Fellowship Program for Young Muslim Scholars, as well as hew was a research fellow at the Asia Research Institute, NUS Singapore.

Rokib is author of the monograph “Punk Muslim: The New Muslim Youth Movement in Indonesia,” (Thailand: Asia Resource Foundation). Further academic works include the book chapter “Berebut Pengaruh: Polemik kebudayaan dalam sastra Indonesia era digital” and the articles “The Polemics of Digital Literature in Indonesia: Trends, Patterns, and Approaches within Academic Discussion”, (https://doi.org/10.2991/soshec-19.2019.63), “Comparing genres of Indonesian literature by utilizing big data” (IOP Conference Series), and “Muslim with Tattoos: The Punk Muslim Community in Indonesia” Al-Jamiah Journal, Vol. 55.1.

lecturer at the Faculty of Sociology – Social work – Southeast Asian studies Ho Chi Minh City Open University (Viet Nam)

I major in Human Geography. My research so far focuses on Tourism Studies, Sustainable development, Human – Nature interaction. Also, I am interested in big data and data analysis.

I gained a doctorate degree in Human Geography at Heidelberg University, after finishing my bachelor's and master's degrees in my home country – Vietnam.

The time in Germany was an unforgettable and priceless experience for me. I love the nature, culture, people in this country; and the most valuable thing is the KAAD community and Christian soul that I have the chance to be immersed in during 4 years in Germany.

I have the opportunity to work with a non-profit institute of education after returning from Germany, where I can contribute to building, organizing, and managing different cultural-educational events which freely serve the community.

a) Position/ Appointment

- Assistant VP for Project Management

- Assistant VP for Enterprise Risk and Governance

- Coordinator for Covid-19 Protection at my Company

b) Areas of Interest/ Specializations

Now, I am interested how the new normal will look like after the Covid-19 Pandemic. Every nation seems to be handling this differently and it is very interesting to see, which one is most suitable. Else, my interests are in Music Creation (Home Recording), Technology / Gadgets and Sports.

c) Qualifications

My educational background is Master of Business Administration and Computer Engineering. I worked in Germany, 4 years at BMW and 7 years at AUDI, at the RnD, Electrical Development Department. My skill is nevertheless more on the Project Management. After returning to Indonesia after 24 years being in Germany, I was working in Oil&Gas Industry dan Pharmacy. Highlight might be, to be the project manager with full scope responsibility, including the complete budget, of a new Plant for Sterile Products, which accounts the rather higher class category - in terms of cleanliness requirement and complexity in keeping it.

d) Favorite things, persons, memorable moments in Germany

I loved traveling in Berchtesgadener Land, in Bayern, driving around, walking in the mountains and the lakes. I also loved the time gathering with the german friends, at the Kneipe and Bars.

e) Community Service

In Indonesia, I am active in the KONTAK organization, as part of the organizer team. The purpose of this organization is to provide KMKI Alumni (KMKI = Familie der indonesischen katholischen Studierenden) from Germany, an easier adaptation back to Indonesia, to welcome and guide them during this process. This starts with simple tips which food is great to try, church services up to networking to find a job. Our gathering events provide a feel of having a bit of Germany, at least meeting people with similar background and experience, having studied in Germany.