Shaun P Wilkinson Freshwater Sciences 2023

Shaun P Wilkinson

Shaun Wilkinson is the Founder and Principal Scientist of Wilderlab, an award-winning commercial eDNA testing laboratory based in Te Motu Kairangi, Wellington NZ. After graduating with a PhD in genetics from Victoria University, Shaun was awarded a Rutherford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship in bioinformatics, where he developed algorithms and software for DNA sequence alignment and classification. Since launching Wilderlab in 2019, Shaun has grown the company to a team of 18 and helped catalyze an exponential uptake of eDNA monitoring across New Zealand. Shaun has a keen interest in community science, and a strong focus on helping communities connect with their environment through innovative molecular technologies.

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