OWSD Pakistan: Second Session of the Virtual Lecture Series on "Challenges for Young Women Embarking Career in Science"

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 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.

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

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

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

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!

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 position is that we should acknowledge what we are lacking of, so that we can keep working.

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.

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

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

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

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

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

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.

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

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

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.