Dr. Nicola Jane Rooney received her master's degree at the University of Leicester and got her doctorate from the University of Southampton. She is currently an Associate Professor in Wildlife Health and Conservation at the University of Bristol, where she leads an MSc programme in Global Wildlife Health and Conservation. Her research aims to understand and improve a wide range of human-animal interactions. She is interested in human relationships with wild animals, as well as companion animals and how understanding human and animal behaviour can lead to more peaceful coexistence and conservation of the natural world.