Marion Mercier is Programme Manager for the GESDA Science Breakthrough Radar High-Level Review, where she oversees and facilitates the evaluation and strategic development of GESDA’s science anticipation work. Prior to this, she was a Research Manager at the Wellcome Trust, where she managed a broad and diverse research portfolio and led scoping work for emerging funding opportunities in discovery science.

Trained as a neuroscientist, Marion spent over a decade in academic research, completing her PhD at the University of Bristol and subsequently conducting postdoctoral work at the University College London Institute of Neurology.