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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

" 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 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.

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.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

Biomedicine represents the future of healthcare, aiming to intercept diseases before they arise and tailoring solutions to each individual's unique needs. It's not just about treating illnesses; it's about preventing them before they take root.

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