ZEHRA SAYERS
The BBC has identified a list of 100 Women who are inspired by 2019 and are known for their effective work.
On the list, many women who are experts in their fields, from the architect planning the reconstruction of Syria to the Mars helicopter project manager at NASA, will share their predictions about what life is waiting for us in 2030.
There Zehra Sayers from Turkey
Zehra Sayers, professor of molecular biology and biophysics, is a faculty member at Sabancı University Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences.
Sayers brought together scientists from 8 Middle Eastern countries and took part in the establishment studies of the Middle East Synchrotron Radiation Experimental Science and Applications (SESAME) Laboratory.
The laboratory, the first of its kind in the region, known as the "CERN of the Middle East" (European Center for Nuclear Research in Switzerland), opened in May 2017 in Jordan.
From 2002 to 2018, Sayers served as the Head of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the laboratory.