Magdalini Theodoridou is a Newcastle University Academic Track Fellow in the Hub for Biotechnology in the Built Environment and the School of Engineering, leading research on novel biotechnological processes and applications for sustainable building and smart heritage conservation. During her career as a researcher she has got funding from various programmes at national and international level and has been twice awarded MSCA felloships (IF and EST). She is a member of the Marie Curie Alumni Association and one of the founding members of the Genders, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion-GEDI Working Group (former GEMS), where she has also served as the Chair from 2018 to 2022. Her experience in leading interdisciplinary research, advocating for EDI, as well as having personally experienced the benefits and challenges of mobility have been valuable assets to bringing GEDI closer to its goals of promoting a responsible and ethical research environment.