Shakardokht JafariShakardokht Jafari was born in Daykundi, Afghanistan in 1977 and grew up as a refugee in Iran, where she completed her BSc in radiation technologies at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences.After moving back to Afghanistan, she secured a teaching pos in radiology at Kabul Medical University. In 2010 she moved to the University of Surrey in the UK to study a master's in medical physics, becoming the first Afghan woman to earn a PhD in that subject. She was awarded the Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future award for her second year of studies.The founder of her own radiation technology company, she is a winner of a Women in Innovation award and is chair of the charity Education Bridge for Afghanistan. Read More Read Less