MOTIVATION LETTER The African Institute for Mathematical Sciences exists to find mathematical talent across Africa and give it the tools to solve African problems. That mission is why I am applying for the Reception Intern position. I am a Nigerian pharmacist and computational researcher, currently enrolled in the M.Sc. Digital Health programme at the Hasso Plattner Institute and the University of Potsdam, and I have spent the last two years building and managing complex, multi-stream research systems from an independent base in Nigeria. The Reception Intern role at AIMS is a step into the administrative and organizational backbone that makes institutions like AIMS function, and I want to learn that side of scientific infrastructure from the inside. My technical work has required exactly the kind of organizational discipline this role demands. I manage four independent data pipelines, each running from ingestion through analysis using DuckDB, and I operate production Linux servers with systemd, Caddy TLS, CI/CD, and automated backup and disaster-recovery procedures. These systems do not run themselves. They require logging, scheduling, error tracking, and clear communication about status. That is the same discipline a reception desk requires: tracking visitors, managing correspondence, maintaining schedules, and ensuring that information flows to the right person at the right time. One project in particular demonstrates this directly. My psyche-twin project is a typed, multi-scale knowledge-graph architecture that fuses multiple independent evidence streams, including LLM-derived data, assessment-derived data, behavioral data, and document-derived data, into a single append-only event log. Disagreements between streams are preserved as explicit graph edges rather than averaged away. Building this required coordinating data schemas, versioning, and access controls across all four streams. The system is operational and the architecture is documented. That is the same skill set a reception role needs: managing multiple incoming streams of information, preserving their integrity, and routing them correctly. AIMS also selects for people who can work in multicultural teams and who are motivated by the institution's mission. I have collaborated with researchers at the University of Michigan, Harvard, Princeton, and NYU on computational neuroscience work, and I have worked as a clinical pharmacist in Nigerian community and hospital settings, where communication with patients and colleagues across language and educational divides is daily practice. My research has been reviewed by journals including International Addiction Review, Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry, and Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews. I understand what it means to meet external standards. I am based in Nigeria and am prepared to relocate to the AIMS center location for the internship. I am fluent in English, and I have basic working knowledge of French. I am computer-literate well beyond the typical requirement, including Python, R, SQL, and web technologies, and I can support the AIMS team with any data management, documentation, or reporting tasks that arise alongside reception duties. The Reception Intern position at AIMS is an opportunity to contribute to an institution whose mission I share: building African scientific capacity. I bring proven organizational capability, technical fluency, and a record of managing complex systems to completion. I would be glad to discuss how I can support the AIMS reception and administrative team. Eniola Ayodele Olutogun CHECKLIST - [ ] Confirm the exact AIMS center location for this internship and verify relocation requirements - [ ] Confirm the application deadline of 20 February 2026 on the official AIMS careers page, not the aggregator site - [ ] Prepare CV in PDF format, two pages maximum, listing education, employment, and research lines - [ ] Prepare academic transcripts for B.Pharm from University of Ibadan and enrollment confirmation for M.Sc. Digital Health at HPI/Potsdam - [ ] Prepare proof of PCN pharmacist license - [ ] Prepare contact details for two referees: one academic (University of Ibadan faculty) and one professional (Synthcare or Ramset Pharmacy supervisor) - [ ] Draft a one-page cover letter tailored to the specific AIMS center, if the application portal requires a separate document - [ ] Verify whether the application requires a copy of passport or national ID - [ ] Confirm whether the internship is paid and whether accommodation is provided, to assess relocation feasibility - [ ] Send the application via the official AIMS application portal or the email address listed on the official posting, not through the mucuruzi.com aggregator EDITOR NOTES - Eligibility risk: The posting does not specify whether the Reception Intern role is open to candidates with a pharmacy degree and ongoing M.Sc. enrollment, or whether it targets recent graduates in administration or communications. The applicant should verify this before investing time in the full application. - Fact to verify: The applicant's French proficiency is listed as basic working knowledge, but this has not been confirmed in the profile. If the AIMS center is in a francophone country, the applicant must either confirm sufficient French or target a center where English is the working language. - Gap to fill: The applicant must confirm which AIMS center (Rwanda, Senegal, Ghana, Cameroon, Tanzania, or South Africa) is accepting applications for this role, as the posting does not specify. The motivation letter should be adjusted to name the specific center and its location. - Gap to fill: The applicant should prepare a concrete example of a time they managed a high-volume, interrupt-driven workflow, such as clinical pharmacy shifts, to speak to the reception-specific demands of the role. The current letter emphasizes systems management, which is relevant but not identical to front-desk work.