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

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.

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

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

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

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

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 intend to disperse my achieved knowledge as one of the leading researchers in my country in the domain of microbial biotechnology, to support sustainable and prosperous agriculture.

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.

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.

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.

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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

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

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 do applied physics, not theoretical physics… I really wanted to use all of the knowledge that I acquired at university to explain our environment.