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

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.

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.

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.

When I am seeing an impact, that’s what makes me as a scientist feel an achievement

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

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

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 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.

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

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

" 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’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.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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

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