2022-2024 Executive Committee of the OWSD Guatemala NC

When you are following your passion, people will always see what you are doing. People will see that you are doing something different, and they will help you.

By creating links between food research and industry, she hopes to enhance food security both in Ghana and in Africa as a whole.

I’ve been working on reptile and amphibian biodiversity for 10 years, and I know that there are still new species that need to be described.

I want to be in the boardroom. I want to be part of the policy mechanism. I want my influence to go higher than the classroom.

I found my niche, and I have not looked back.

I have to think of something that can help us, that we can use based on resources that we have. The lack of things is the biggest inspiration in my life. I want to help my country.

When I am seeing an impact, that’s what makes me as a scientist feel an achievement

“Ten to fifteen years from now, people, not only in Kenya but in the African continent, will switch to magnetic refrigeration”

Dr. Shammi's research will help to fill a crucial gap in the the global understanding of carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions by providing data on one of the world’s largest river systems.

" I can boldly declare that OWSD rewarded my brilliance thus giving me recognition and confidence in my professional arena and placed me in national and international scientific communities.”

I really want to do something for my country. Being part of the Sudan national chapter has given me that chance.

OWSD fellowship represents a real empowering difference in my life and career

The fellowship has really impacted my career. I was working in a university as an Assistant Lecturer, but with the OWSD fellowship I am undertaking a PhD that will allow me to reach the grade of Senior Lecturer.

When I got my OWSD fellowship, it was an amazing feeling. Before getting the letter, my academic career was a dream, the letter made it possible.

Due to the war in Yemen, I had stopped studying for two years. This opportunity gave me the chance to complete my postgraduate studies.

What fascinated me is that only 5% of microorganisms are harmful, and the rest are beneficiary.

What has surprised me is the way technology is emerging and affecting the current state of research. We are encountering a fourth industrial revolution that entails advances in computing power, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, which has already been shown to alter the way we conduct research.