OWSD PNC STEM Pioneers : Women's Contributions to Innovative Research in Remote Areas

If we do research, in addition to establishing connections with other researchers, we must also communicate and do a lot of outreach in order to share our science with the community.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

You must first be safe to be able to think about the environment.

“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."

The OWSD award helped me not only to become the researcher I am today, but also to become a leader in research.

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.

My position is that we should acknowledge what we are lacking of, so that we can keep working.

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.

After my postdoc, I will return to Syria and work to achieve my big dream, which is to establish a research center.

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

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

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

The main problem in radiotherapy is that most cancer cells are resistant to radiation.

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.

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 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 wanted to show women that it was possible that when you do agricultural sciences, you can go on and do more for your career development.

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