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

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

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.

All this has broadened my knowledge for this domain of science, gave me an open mind and also allowed me to learn many things.

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.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.