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

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

“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."