Our team
We’re fortunate to have an incredible team of smart, passionate and experienced people from diverse fields, dedicated to making WildTechDNA possible.
Dr Natalie Schmitt
Founder, scientific director, conservation geneticist, global partner development, filmmaker, citizen-science global advocate and project inspiration.
James Turner
Founder and director, tech CEO, start-up entrepreneur and passionate environmental advocate.
Keith Liddiard
Co-founder; business model development; team-builder, entrepreneur and marine biologist in waiting.
Dr Rahul Chaudhari
Co-Founder and CTO. Research and Technology Development, Project Leadership, Microbiologist, Molecular Biologist, Entrepreneur and part-time Musician. 7 research publications and 3 granted patents.
Dr Matt Higgins
Bioinformatician, molecular biologist and genomics researcher.
Anurajani Sandrapati
Medical microbiologist with experience in molecular biology, clinical microbiology, and bioprocessing.
Fran Holder
Web designer, ethical coder, conservation cheerleader.
Jodie Manners
Copywriter, content strategist, medical anthropologist in training.
Becky Alford
Brand development, visual identity and communications, creative cat with purpose.
Andy MacGovern
Corporate relationships, culture, technology and people development, connecting people the world over.
Joey Liddiard
Product concept development, student engineer, sustainable technology enthusiast.
Prof Carlos Felipe
Device design, DNA capture and amplification lead. Paper-based, sensor development and environmental monitoring applications expert. 90 publications and 14 granted patents.
Dr Yingfu Li
RCA-based strategy and genomic DNA reporting lead. Functional nucleic acids in biosensor tools expert. 200 publications and 20 granted patents.