They Made it: The First BEBUC Professors

March 9, 2021
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The Excellence Scholarship Program BEBUC helps young outstanding students in the Congo to plan and successfully pursue an academic career. Meanwhile, the first 13 BEBUC scholars have reached their goal: They have been appointed professors at Congolese universities. Four of them are presented in more detail in the press release.


Prof. Dr. Vivi Maketa, the first female BEBUC professor and even the first female professor in the Department of Tropical Medicine at UNIKIN.

 

Prof. Dr. Hypolite Muhindo, BEBUC professor at the Department of Tropical Medicine at UNIKIN. Research on Ebola Vaccine.

 

Prof. Christian Nkanga, the youngest Professor in the department of Pharmacy at UNIKIN. Expert in nanotechnology.  

 

Jules Tshishimbi, BEBUC professor at the department of chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, UNIKIN. Expert in Quantum Chemistry.

 

“I am always impressed by the huge difference between BEBUC scholars and other students in terms of motivation, ambition, and permanent search for excellence”, he reports, and adds: “This high quality of BEBUC scholars is the outcome of a strong and highly competent mentoring that is provided by the BEBUC Panel and the BEBUC Tutors.” Prof. Jules Tshishimbi

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