Dr Mary Blanchard started at the University of Liverpool in 1999 as an MSc student and soon got hooked on primates, heading out for 6-months fieldwork in Madagascar as soon as the course finished. This cemented her love of lemurs and she has since returned for two year-long field seasons for her PhD and subsequent Leverhulme funded post-doc, both based out of Liverpool.

Blanchard ML, Furnell S, Sellers WI, Crompton RH (2015) Locomotor flexibility in Lepilemur explained by habitat and biomechanics. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 156: 58-66. Furnell S, Blanchard ML, Crompton RH, Sellers WI. (2015) Locomotor Ecology of Propithecus verreauxi in Kirindy Mitea National Park. Folia Primatologica. 86: 223-230. Crompton RH, Blanchard ML, Coward S, Alexander R, Thorpe SK (2010) Vertical Clinging and Leaping Revisited: Locomotion and habitat use in the Western tarsier, Tarsius bancanus explored through loglinear modelling. International Journal of Primatology. 31: 958-979. Blanchard ML, Crompton RH(2010) Field Study Methods for Primate Locomotor Ecology and Biomechanics In: D’Aout, C. & Vereecke, E.E. (eds.) Primate Locomotion: Linking Field and Laboratory Research. Springer, New York Blanchard ML (2011). Eastern Bamboo Lemur, Hapalemur griseus griseus. In All the World’s Primates (ed. Noel Rowe). Pagonias Press: New York York