OWSD Pakistan: Neurological Manifestations of COVID-19

Winning this award opened many doors for me. It has led to success in acquiring local funding.

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

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

I wanted to do applied physics, not theoretical physics… I really wanted to use all of the knowledge that I acquired at university to explain our environment.

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

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.

In today’s scientific environment, in which most PhD scientists concentrate on a single specific discipline, I might shift toward a more systemic view to approach the challenge in infectious diseases.

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’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.

“Am very proud to say that I am encouraging other Cameroonian female scientists to apply for the OWSD fellowship programme and some of them have obtained the grant."

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.

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.

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

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

OWSD has provided tremendous support in shaping my career as a researcher, science ambassador, role model for women scientists and a "think high" human being.

My dear girls in science: be strong, inquisitive, curious, assertive, resilient, and focused. Go for gold!

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.