Autor/-in: Shakardokht Jafari

Shakardokht Jafari was born in Daykundi, Afghanistan in 1977 & grew up as a refugee in Iran, completing a BSc in radiation technologies at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. After moving back to Afghanistan, she taught radiology at Kabul Medical University. In 2010 she moved to Surrey University in the UK to study a master's in medical physics, the first Afghan woman to earn a PhD in that subject. She was awarded the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future award. She founded her own radiation technology company, and is a winner of a Women in Innovation award.