These women scientists should be your new role models

(From left) Dr Oon Chern Ein, Dr Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim and Dr Normi Mohd Yahaya. Photos: The Star/Norafifi Ehsan

[caption id="attachment_154601" align="alignnone" width="770"] Dr Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim was awarded for inventing a portable microsensor to detect contamination in water. Photo: The Star / Norafifi Ehsan[/caption]

She has always been curious. As a little girl, Dr Wan Wardatul Amani Wan Salim pored over encyclopaedias, soaking up all the information she could find. Now an accomplished scientist, her goal is to help communities through her research.