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

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

In the challenging socio-economic context of developing countries, knowledge should serve to solve the varied problems faced by our societies.

“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."

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

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

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

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.

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.

I desire to see my country, Nigeria, become a leading destination for impactful clinical studies.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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

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

" 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.”

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

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.

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.

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