Lebanese-born medical researcher and physician Huda Zoghbi is making history with her medical work, and the world has taken heed. 

Zoghbi was awarded a $3 million prize by the Breakthrough Foundation, co-founded by Mark Zuckerberg, also known as the "Oscars of Science." 

She was the only female award winner at the award show this year. 

The Breakthrough Awards 2017 recognized Zoghbi's work in Spinocerebellar ataxia and Rett Syndrome, delving into the genetic causes of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. 

Zoghbi, an American University of Beirut Trustee and Alumna, is all about helping people with her work.

"Material things and limelight are fleeting, they come and go. You could give me all the money in the world to do another job and I wouldn’t do it," Zoghbi told The Guardian. 

"I am working on something that will help people, and that reward is with you every day." 

Zoghbi plans to invest the money in setting up a mentorship award, a fund that aims to help young post-docs pursue their own ideas, as well as provide scholarships at AUB. 

The foundation, which was founded by tech billionaire Yuri Milner alongside Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sergey Brin, awarded a total of $25 million in prizes in sciences and math. 

This wouldn't be the first time Zoghbi snagged an award for her groundbreaking work. 

She's been awarded the Jessie Stevenson Kovalenko Medal, a Shaw Prize, and a Mechthild Esser Nemmers Prize in Medical Science.

Zoghbi is currently a professor of pediatrics, molecular and human genetics and neurology and neuroscience at Baylor University in Texas. 

She is also director of the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children's Hospital. 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel called for a controversial full-face veil ban in a speech on Tuesday. Muslims on the interwebs were quick to react, and it's been a mixed bag. 

Merkel, who just accepted political party's nomination for another term, said the full-face veil was not compatible with German culture and said it should be "prohibited wherever legally possible". She also called for a stricter policy on immigration and refugees, marking a shift from her open-door policy for Syrian refugees. 

As Merkel and her party gear up for elections, she faces significant criticism from opponents over her support for allowing hundreds of thousand of refugees – predominantly from Syria and Iraq – into the country. Her party has previously rejected calls for a full-face veil ban as well.

But, in hopes of regaining support from disenfranchised voters and those who have turned to the far right, Merkel is taking a harsher tone in hopes of winning the election.