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

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.

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

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.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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 desire to see my country, Nigeria, become a leading destination for impactful clinical studies.

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.

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

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.

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.

" 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.”

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

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.

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

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

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.