ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM FELLOWSHIP - CLASS OF 2024
United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. This year, 52,000+ young leaders applied to join the Class of 2024 on 6,000+ campuses across 170 nations. 280+ campuses worldwide (just 5%) were selected to host the 4,000+ Millennium Fellows.
UNITED NATIONS ACADEMIC IMPACT AND MCN PROUDLY PRESENT AGNĖ JUOZULYNAITĖ, A MILLENNIUM FELLOW FOR THE CLASS OF 2024.
Duke Kunshan University | Kunshan, China | Advancing SDG 11, SDG 12 & UNAI 9
" I feel that I have a duty to leave the Earth in a better situation I found it and so does every other person. As a science enthusiast, I see a possibility to use science to achieve such goals. Millennium Fellowship will prepare me to achieve my goals by not also shaping my skills, but also showing me a community of eager students with similar aspirations. I believe that finding such a community is invaluable. "
Millennium Fellowship Project: Sustainable Material Development
I will use coffee grounds from an on-campus coffee shop as a substrate for mycelium (mushroom roots) cultivation. This mycelium will be used as a biomaterial to create sustainable coffee cups. The cups will be supplied to the on-campus coffee shop and later to a partner café outside the campus to improve the community's sustainability.
This project will propagate a desire to create a sustainable future and motivate students and staff to contribute even more. To make my research directly useful for the community, before the cups are fully utilized, I will also host events and discussions introducing my research and exciting science-based sustainable solutions.
Simultaneously, I will research the most efficient way to use coffee grounds for mycelium growth, with the aim of contributing to worldwide research on sustainable biomaterials production.
About the Millennium Fellow
Agne Juozulynaite is a pationate biomolecular sciences student excited to apply her knowledge to the real world. She is especially interested in biomaterials and decreasing human footprint. She believes that her work can successfully impact the world and thus she can leave her footprint for the better tomorrow. She loves working with other dedicated people no matter on the academic or social level. Agne believes that cooperation will be the only way to solves todays problems and is excited to play her part.
