Dr. May C. MORRIS, biochemist and CNRS Research Director at the Max Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules, Pôle Chimie Balard Recherche in Montpellier, where she develops technologies for diagnostics and therapeutic targeting of cancer biomarkers   Of anglo-spanish origin, she completed her studies as a biologist at the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland, then obtained her PhD in Biochemistry and Biology and Health Sciences at the University of Montpellier, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, USA. She was hired by the CNRS in 2000, in the section “Pharmacology, Bioengineering, Health Technologies and Biomedical Imaging”, and first joined the Macromolecular Biochemistry Research Center in Montpellier, then the Max Mousseron Institute of Biomolecules in 2014 Author of more than 80 scientific publications, she was awarded the CNRS Bronze Medal in 2006 and laureate of the “Scientist of the Future” Languedoc-Roussillon Region in 2009, winner of the MATWIN Oncology Grand Prix in 2019, and was decorated with the insignia of Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2020.   May Morris joined the Femmes & Sciences (French Women & Science) Association in 2008, and has been part of its board of administration since 2013. She has been particularly involved in the creation and coordination of the Montpellier group of Femmes & Sciences which has 70 members, interventions in schools and the Science Festival (Fête de la Science). She coordinates the Women & Sciences Mentoring Program for Doctoral Students at the University of Montpellier, which she first established in 2015. She is also a member of the board of administration of EPWS (European Platform for Women in Science).   https://fr.linkedin.com/in/may-morris-90493412https:// http://www.femmesetsciences.fr/ https://epws.org/ Orcid N° 0000-0001-8106-9728 Researcher ID J-5940-2016