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

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The fellowship has really impacted my career. I was working in a university as an Assistant Lecturer, but with the OWSD fellowship I am undertaking a PhD that will allow me to reach the grade of Senior Lecturer.

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

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