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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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

I really want to do something for my country. Being part of the Sudan national chapter has given me that chance.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

" 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.”