After graduating with a Master’s in Chemistry with Pharmaceutical and Forensic Science, she was elected to remain at the University of Bradford to do a PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry.

Amie Saidykhan is undoubtedly the youngest person and probably the only Kiangka to ever attain such distinction. She won awards, including JOEL Prize for the best MChem graduate in her university.

The young Kiangka was born in Bakau and attended Ndow’s before moving to Sweden to join her parents, Alagie Saidykhan and Fatou Ceesay.

She completed her PhD education last year, but stayed with the University of Bradford to continue her studies of intramolecular nitrogen to carbon rearrangements of orthogonally protected sulphonamides and the synthesis of saccharins.

Earlier this year, Amie joined Dr Nicolas Barry, a Royal Society University research fellow and lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry, to work on devising a system for the detection, capture and release of carbon monoxide.

Amie Saidykhan is described as “every parent’s pride and a great inspiration for Gambian girls.”

Courtesy of Standard Newspaper