Mary Ryan has a background in marine behavioral ecology and has worked as a research assistant in several research labs at the University of Glasgow. She spent two years as campus facilitator at the University’s Garscube campus, then managed the Livestock, Livelihoods and Health research programme exploring zoonotic disease in Tanzania before being appointed International Development Coordinator with the Glasgow Centre for International Development (GCID). In her current role, Mary supports researchers who are partnering, or wish to partner, with institutions based in the Global South.