Senior Laboratory Technical Officer      

After obtaining his Bachelor of Medical Science (Pathology) from the Charles Sturt University in Wagga Wagga, Paul worked as a microbiologist and haematologist in a number of Sydney based hospitals, before moving to the United States of America.  

Paul worked for several years as a specialist microbiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centre in the USA, while also working towards a Master of Science (Infectious Disease and Microbiology) from the University of Pittsburgh.  

Paul joined the Taronga Conservation Society Australia in 2010 as a Laboratory Technical Officer where he manages the operations of the Taronga Wildlife Hospital’s diagnostic pathology laboratory. Paul’s experience and qualifications have fuelled his interest in zoo collection and wildlife parasite and bacterial disease. Paul also enjoys developing knowledge in the physiological blood reference parameters for many of the less studied species in our care.