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Natalie Schmitt

Member of the Panel

Natalie Schmitt

WildTechDNA

Conservation GeneticsMarine Science

About

Natalie is an ecologist, conservation geneticist, and documentary film maker, passionate about protecting biodiversity using science, art, Indigenous knowledge, and community empowerment. Founder and CEO of WildTechDNA, developing portable technology to detect DNA from biological samples in real time. Named one of the Explorers Club 50 people changing the world in 2022.