Mary is a researcher with project leadership and collaborative work experience in soil and land use management in multinational Research and Technical Development projects with partners in Africa and Europe.  

At ISRIC, Mary works as a project coordinator, where she manages the EU H2020 Soils4Africa project. Additionally, she has also contributed to various other projects, such as Desira LSC-IS, Africa Soil Information Community of Practice, Space2Place, SisTech, and SoilWise. Currently, she is part of the Soil Values project.  

Mary holds an MSc in Soil Science and a PhD in Geography. Her PhD research focused on the characterisation of the occurrence, and assessment of the dynamics of macropore flow in cracking clay soils. Mary's research experience includes work on the characterisation, classification, and management of soils for agriculture and aquaculture.  

Mary’s main work interest is managing projects related to sustainable use and management of soils for agriculture. In her work, she is highly motivated by collaborative efforts focused on addressing user-identified needs in soil and land use management. 

Mary speaks English, Dutch and a number of African languages.