I owe ‘what’, ‘who’ and ‘where’ I am in my career and professional practice today to OWSD because without the PHD Fellowship, all my achievements today would have been nothing but bleak.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

There is no reproduction without science. There is no electricity without science. There is no water without science…Life is science, science is life.

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.

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

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.

" 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.

I wanted to show women that it was possible that when you do agricultural sciences, you can go on and do more for your career development.

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.

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.