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

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

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 intend to disperse my achieved knowledge as one of the leading researchers in my country in the domain of microbial biotechnology, to support sustainable and prosperous agriculture.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

OWSD's guidance and support allowed me to uncover hidden courage and realize aspects of myself that I never thought I possessed.

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.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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

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

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

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.