Andie Wong

Program Officer - Agriculture & Biosecurity
BA Science (Honours), Zoology and Genetics

Andie grew up in Sabah, also known as the ‘Land Below the Wind’, which is located in Malaysia on the northern part of Borneo. Memories of her childhood include the variety of animals like monitor lizards, pangolins, Malayan box turtles, green vine snakes, fruit bats and frogs that used to visit her backyard and home.

With a background in commerce, she spent six years working in both the Finance and IT industries in Singapore while competing in national and international dragon boating and outrigger-canoeing races. Rediscovering her love for nature and biodiversity, Andie decided to take a giant leap from the corporate world into completing a Bachelor of Science majoring in Zoology and Genetics, followed by an Honours project studying immune regulation in Tasmanian Devils in Hobart, Tasmania. 

Andie has worked as an environmental consultant which has taken her to remote parts of Victoria conducting flora and fauna surveys, but it was when she discovered the use of molecular techniques for species detection that she became hooked on eDNA and excited by the opportunity to join the EnviroDNA team. With a broad skillset in business, consulting and scientific research, she is managing projects in both the Agriculture and Biosecurity spaces and getting her hands dirty in both the lab and field. Outside of work, you might find her on the water with the Melbourne Outrigger Canoe Club or planning her next scuba diving trip!

Contact: awong@envirodna.com