Why not biotech? For the simplest explanation, when people mention biotech the first image would be people in lab coats hunching over microscopes and PCR machines. Which to be fair is an accurate description of biotech and microbiology is.
In all honesty, this term was actually coined by a good friend and researcher Daniel Quilter when we were discussing about tracking sea turtles using GPS. Tech-Biologists are biologists that uses technology in our field of study. Of course in this day and age, we are surrounded by technology, how can we label ourselves as special? This is my opinion on the matter, we use tech to overcome challenges in our study that can be done by manual or by human workers, but we choose to use and adapt tech to ease our life.
For example, using camera traps is an old-school method nowadays and could not be easily classified as tech-biologists. The deployment is still manual (for the time being!), data retrieval is still manual (in certain old models) and the analysing the data would still require the researcher (or most probably their grad students) combing over thousands hours of video and images for animal triggers. There are AI algorithms that can shift through thousands hours of data and complete the analysis within 2-3 hours (depending on the hardware). This is only a small example of what Tech-Biology. We now have Biologists who can build electronic sensors, build drones, code programmes, train AI models. Tech-Biologists are often trans disciplinary. Although we do work with actual engineers, chemists, computer scientists, we adapt, understand and innovate technology to cater to our ecological study needs.
Through collaboration with industry partners and academic institutions, we aim to translate our research findings into practical applications that can be implemented on a larger scale. By bridging the gap between research and industry, Tech-Biologists Research plays a crucial role in driving sustainable innovation and making a positive impact on the environment.
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We mostly focus on conservation technology for flora and fauna. Our current main focus study is the Green Sea Turtles, Chelonia Mydas. We do have several other IoT and drone-related projects.
[Past projects](https://techbiologist.notion.site/Past-projects-4bfa82a997824b5ba285facae083edc6)
Listen to a podcast about our project generated by AI. NotebookLM by Google
Listen to a podcast about our project generated by AI. NotebookLM by Google
