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

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

When you are following your passion, people will always see what you are doing. People will see that you are doing something different, and they will help you.

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.

Biomedicine represents the future of healthcare, aiming to intercept diseases before they arise and tailoring solutions to each individual's unique needs. It's not just about treating illnesses; it's about preventing them before they take root.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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.

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