" 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.”

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.

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

“Am very proud to say that I am encouraging other Cameroonian female scientists to apply for the OWSD fellowship programme and some of them have obtained the grant."

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

In the challenging socio-economic context of developing countries, knowledge should serve to solve the varied problems faced by our societies.

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

You must first be safe to be able to think about the environment.

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

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