Chris Muller

Chris is Sirtrack's wildlife telemetry consultant for Australia and the Pacific. He has a Masters degree in Biological Sciences (with First Class Honours) as well as a Post Graduate Certificate in Antarctic Studies, and has co–authored many scientific publications in peer–reviewed journals.

Chris has over 12 years' experience as a field biologist, including Antarctic and Sub-Antarctic science. He has experience managing fieldwork projects, capturing and handling wildlife, and using telemetry equipment to track a variety of species including marine, terrestrial, and avian fauna. He has worked for a number of universities and government departments, including the New Zealand Department of Conservation, Ministry of Fisheries, and the US National Park Service. Chris also has experience in the development of software and electronics hardware products.

Chris has extensive involvement in field conservation projects in New Zealand and internationally, and is committed to continuing his contribution to field biology and endangered species research.

Job highlights:

Working with NZ sea lions around the Auckland Islands and Campbell Island in the sub Antarctic; NZ fur seals in the South Island; and lynx, wolves, grizzly bears and pronghorn in Yellowstone National Park in the USA.

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Chris Kochanny

Chris is Sirtrack's North American wildlife telemetry consultant. He has a Masters degree in Fisheries, Wildlife and Conservation Biology and has authored and co–authored many scientific publications, and continually reviews and edits telemetry manuscripts for peer–reviewed scientific journals. Chris has over 15 years' expertise in transmitter design and application along with many years' field experience on a variety of North American wildlife species. He has worked for the US Army Corp of Engineers, US Fish and Wildlife Service, National Biological Service, and the USGS–Biological Resource Division. He also is an instructor of a three–day radio–telemetry workshop offered to agency personnel, undergraduates and graduate students. Chris is extensively involved in field conservation projects in North America and internationally and has an extensive network of research colleagues and contacts who have mutually benefited from his project design expertise.

Job highlights:

Rio Grande and Eastern Wild Turkeys; waterfowl; sage grouse; vaginal implant transmitters for ungulates; and various big game projects.

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Chris Milne

Chris Milne is a key member of the Sirtrack sales team as our New Zealand Wildlife Telemetry Consultant.

Chris started working at Sirtrack in 1996 as part of our production team. He worked his way up to building and testing transmitters and has held the role of Production Manager for a number of years. His production experience has provided him with extensive technical knowledge and practical application of our telemetry products. Chris has been actively involved in developing tracking solutions especially for New Zealand species, and is looking forward to sharing his expertise with our new and existing New Zealand based customers.

Job highlights:

Lake Waikaremoana Hapū Restoration Project's kiwi conservation; pateke at Cape Kidnappers Sanctuary.

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Colin Hunter

Colin joined Sirtrack in 2003. Colin is a wildlife telemetry consultant who specialises in custom designed tracking solutions and technical product support. He has a degree in Engineering and previously worked for the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) in Scotland for 12 years. During his time there he developed pioneering instruments to track the movements and behaviour of marine mammals in the wild, and animal–borne oceanographic instruments to measure the environment the animals live in. Colin participated in fieldwork in the UK, subantarctic on South Georgia, and the Arctic around Spitsbergen. He possesses a keen understanding of how to use technology to answer biological questions and his main knowledge and passion is of marine animals and the plight of threatened and endangered species such as polar bears.

Job highlights:

GPS tracking of gannets in NZ; technical support for wildlife projects in Africa, India, Auckland Islands and the USA.

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