In this episode Dr. Rana Dajani, prolific scientist and social entrepreneur shares with us her journey to becoming the worlds leading Arab scientist. We discuss how to combat bias when migrating to a different culture, gender disparities in STEM, and assumptions we all make that impact the world around us.

Key takeaways from this episode

Sharing your time, culture and energy within your community helps to eliminate bias
Keep your dreams alive
Success is 99% persistence and 1% genius

Here are the links to her book and an article on the work Dr. Rana Dajani is doing to help address gender inequities.

Nature Magazine article

A Jordanian biologist redefines success for women in science

Book review: Five scarves- Doing the impossible

https://www.natureasia.com/en/nmiddleeast/article/10.1038/nmiddleeast.2018.64