Bougatf Nidhal

Computer scientist from Tunisia, Bougatf never expected his summer to be this good! Thanks to the scholarship he was able to work at CERN during the summer and get invaluable training in his field. In his words, “This experience has made me dream bigger on a professional and personal level”. Bougatf is also a professional handball player.

Manar Amer

Born in Palestine, Manar is a young particle physics student with the dream to obtain a doctorate degree in accelerator physics. “I want to take the knowledge I acquired here back home, for the benefit of my country”. While at CERN she also became much more daring and tried paragliding for the first time. Quite an inspiring role model for her 5 siblings!

Juan Carlos Badilla

Juan is a Physics bachelor’s student from Costa Rica. He waited three years to be eligible to become a Summer Student at CERN, and when he was finally selected, he could not believe his luck. Juan especially liked being in the middle of a true melting pot, as he built close relationships with many students from all over the world. His favourite animal is the tapir
 

Gulfairuz Serikbayeva

Gulf has a passion for nuclear medicine, and at CERN she had the opportunity to work closely with medical applications. She wants to be a pioneer of this field back home, in Kazakhstan, proving that a girl can also be a successful physicist. Gulf recently discovered coding and at CERN she participated in her very first hackathon.