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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

You must first be safe to be able to think about the environment.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.