My expertise is in microfluidics or 'Lab on a Chip' technology which involves miniaturisation of laboratory processes to create portable, cost-effective devices that can be used in the field by non-specialists. For example, we have developed a paper-based system for identification of different threatened shark species which has been field tested in Ecuador: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0300383
Biotechnology
Conservation Biology
Diagnosis (microarray and biosensing devices for early / precise detection of diseases)
Molecular Biology
Remote Sensing
I am interested in joining a project where our expertise in creating portable, cost-effective devices that can be used in the field by non-specialists could be beneficial in monitoring biodiversity and/or assessment the effectiveness of interventions to complement traditional survey methods.
molecular biology, portable testing, microfluidics, lab on a chip, field testing, forensics, conservation