After my postdoc, I will return to Syria and work to achieve my big dream, which is to establish a research center.

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

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 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.

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

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 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.”

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

Just give me the seed and I will continue.

Dr. Shammi's research will help to fill a crucial gap in the the global understanding of carbon dynamics and greenhouse gas emissions by providing data on one of the world’s largest river systems.

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

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’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.