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Stephen Bloor
Stephen Bloor Senior scientist Bioactive natural products expert

I’m a Senior Scientist in the Biotechnologies team at Callaghan Innovation, specialising in Lipids and Natural Products. My expertise lies in natural products chemistry and bioactive natural products.

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Stephen Bloor Senior scientist
Craig van Dolleweerd
Craig van Dolleweerd Senior Scientist Using synthetic biology to generate innovative applications

I am a Senior Scientist in the Protein Science & Engineering (PSE) team within the Biotechnologies group. As a molecular biologist, I have worked on bacterial, plant and mammalian recombinant protein expression systems.

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Craig van Dolleweerd Senior Scientist
Josiah Doorman
Josiah Doorman Research Technician Protein Purification and Characterisation

I am a Research Technician in the Biotechnologies team, specialising in Biochemistry. My passion for Biochemistry began during my undergraduate degree at the University of Otago, leading me into a Master’s degree with a focus on post-translational modification, specifically ubiquitylation.

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Josiah Doorman Research Technician
Peter Dyer
Peter Dyer Senior Principal Engineer Natural product extraction and scale-up

I am a Senior Principal Engineer in the Biotechnologies department. My expertise is in the extraction, separation and purification of Natural Products, where I specialise in green and traditional solvent extraction methods, downstream separations, fractionation, purification and process scale-up.

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Peter Dyer Senior Principal Engineer
Rebecca Edgar
Rebecca Edgar Team Leader Bioprocessing & Fermentation (acting) Huge biotechnology potential from microbiology

I’m a Team Leader Bioprocessing & Fermentation (acting) working in the Fermentation and Microbiology group. My background is in Biochemistry and I’m skilled in a variety of molecular biology and microbiology techniques, as well as small scale fermentation.

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Rebecca Edgar Team Leader Bioprocessing & Fermentation (acting)
Candice Gu
Candice Gu Lipids and Natural Products Technologist Food of origin detective

I work with the Lipids and Natural Products research team focusing on lipids and natural products chemistry. My advanced analytical skills support and develop industrial products being commercialised from original research. I work in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for natural products analysis.

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Candice Gu Lipids and Natural Products Technologist
Stephanie Harvey
Stephanie Harvey Principal Fermentation Scientist Fermented food products and process optimisation

I work as a Principal Fermentation Scientist within the Bioprocessing & Fermentation team. My expertise lies in developing new products and technologies, supporting commercialisation and providing ongoing business support for a wide range of fermented products.

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Stephanie Harvey Principal Fermentation Scientist
Ulrike Hubl v2
Ulrike Hubl Senior Scientist Protein biochemistry innovations

I moved to New Zealand in 1997 to join the Glycobiology and Enzyme Technology Team (GET) at Industrial Research Limited as a postdoctoral researcher.

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Ulrike Hubl Senior Scientist
Kirill Lagutin
Kirill Lagutin Principal Research Scientist / Quality Manager Food authenticity and lipid analysis expert

I work as a Principal Research Scientist specialising in lipid analysis, food authenticity and fraud prevention research within the Biotechnologies research group. In my day-to-day job I focus on supporting multiple clients and partners using my knowledge of lipid chemistry and analytical methods.

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Kirill Lagutin Principal Research Scientist / Quality Manager
Callum Lambert
Callum Lambert Senior Scientist Design of complex cultures for commercialisation

I am a Senior Scientist specialising in Bioprocessing and Fermentation where my expertise lies in the culture of fastidious microorganisms and pathogens, cloning and microbiome research.

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Callum Lambert Senior Scientist
Andrew Lewis
Andrew Lewis Distinguished Research Scientist and NMR Facility Manager NMR Spectroscopy leader and innovator

I work as both a Team Leader, Principal Scientist and NMR Facility Manager within the Lipids and Natural Products Biotechnology team. Renowned as a quantitative NMR spectroscopy and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) expert, I have initiated and managed cutting-edge magnetic resonance facilities across both Canada and New Zealand.

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Andrew Lewis Distinguished Research Scientist and NMR Facility Manager
Yinrong Lu v2
Yinrong Lu Senior Research Scientist Analysis of metabolites in complex mixtures LCMS

I am a Senior Research Scientist with expertise in Mass spectrometry and Biotechnologies. With over 15 years of experience, I have deep skill analysing diverse chemicals, ranging from small synthetic molecules to large natural proteins, using Quadrupole-Time-of-Flight (QTof) instruments equipped with various ion sources (ESI, APCI, APPI).

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Yinrong Lu Senior Research Scientist
Andrew MacKenzie
Andrew MacKenzie Distinguished Research Scientist Phospholipid analysis specialist

I am a Principal Research Scientist in the Biotechnologies group where I manage the commercial analytical activities for the Lipids team. During my time at Callaghan Innovation I have established phosphorous-31 nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy analysis of phospholipids.

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Andrew MacKenzie Distinguished Research Scientist
Millie Maddocks
Millie Maddocks Senior Scientist Advancing fermentation tools and capabilities

I am a Senior Scientist in the Biotechnologies group with a specialisation in Bioprocessing and Fermentation. Prior to joining Callaghan Innovation, I worked in the UK on the development of in vitro diagnostic medical devices.

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Millie Maddocks Senior Scientist
Mike Mawdsley
Mike Mawdsley Senior Fermentation Scientist Gas fermentation technology expert

I am a Senior Fermentation Scientist specialising in Bioprocess and Fermentation in the Biotechnologies group.

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Mike Mawdsley Senior Fermentation Scientist
Kevin Mitchell
Kevin Mitchell Principal Research Scientist Analytical supercritical chromatography for natural products

I am a Senior Research Scientist specialist working on lipids and natural products within the Biotechnologies team. My work revolves around utilising analytical techniques such as LCMS and SFCMS for the quantification, isolation, and structural elucidation of natural product compounds.

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Kevin Mitchell Principal Research Scientist
Teresa Moreno v2
Teresa Moreno Principal Project Engineer Supercritical fluid extraction expert

I work as a Principal Project Engineer specialising in Process Engineering within the Biotechnologies team where my focus is on the production of high-value products derived from biological resources.

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Teresa Moreno Principal Project Engineer
Abishek Muralidhar
Abishek Muralidhar Senior Scientist Commercial product development from biotech research

As a Senior Scientist in the Proteins and Enzymes team, my main focus is the development of extraction and purification strategies and analysis of high value proteins and enzymes.

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Abishek Muralidhar Senior Scientist
Paul Rose
Paul Rose Biotechnologies Group Leader (Acting) Biotechnologies Group Leader (Acting)

I am the Group Leader for our Biotechnologies division. My role involves providing senior leadership across our broad and dynamic group, providing services to New Zealand and international companies for the commercialisation of R&D.

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Paul Rose Biotechnologies Group Leader (Acting)
Dawn Scott
Dawn Scott Team Leader Analysis and enzymatic modification of fats and oils

I'm a Senior Research Scientist in the Biotechnologies group working in Lipids and Natural Products where I specialise in the analysis and modification of fats and oils, including utilising enzyme technology.

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Dawn Scott Team Leader
Cynthia Sun
Cynthia Sun Team Leader, Principal Research Scientist Leading protein and enzyme biotechnology research

I'm currently the Team Leader and Principal Research Scientist in the Proteins and Enzymes team within the Biotechnologies group. I have deep experience and expertise in the field of biochemistry around biotransformation, protein extraction, glycoenzymes and bioassays.

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Cynthia Sun Team Leader, Principal Research Scientist
Stephen Tallon
Stephen Tallon Team Leader, Principal Chemical Engineer Supercritical fluid processing for natural products

I'm the Team Leader and Principal Chemical Engineer in the Process Engineering team at Callaghan Innovation. My expertise lies in the field of Biotechnologies, specifically focusing on Industrial processing of natural products, solvent extraction, and supercritical fluid processing.

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Stephen Tallon Team Leader, Principal Chemical Engineer
Mikhail Vyssotski
Mikhail Vyssotski Distinguished Research Scientist Lipid scientist

I graduated from the chemical department of the Far-Eastern State University (Russia), before joining the top Russian lipid research laboratory at the Institute of Marine Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok.

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Mikhail Vyssotski Distinguished Research Scientist
Shuguang Zhang
Shuguang Zhang Principal Research Scientist Manipulating microorganisms for product commercialisation

I am Shuguang Zhang, a Principal Research Scientist specialising in Bioprocessing and Fermentation in the field of Biotechnologies. My training is in microbiology and I work manipulating microorganisms, including bacteria, filamentous fungi, and yeasts, at both molecular and flask/agar plate scales.

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Shuguang Zhang Principal Research Scientist
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