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

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 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.

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.

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

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.”

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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