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.

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

“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.”

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.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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.

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.

All this has broadened my knowledge for this domain of science, gave me an open mind and also allowed me to learn many things.

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

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.

We’re waiting to get new opportunities for our future…We stay in our country, we try our best.

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

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

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.

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