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Plant & Food Research has merged with AgResearch, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research and Scion to form the Bioeconomy Science Institute

Sustainable Production

Richard Oliver

Engineering Team Lead

With expertise in designing and deploying lighting and camera solutions for measurement of plant morphology, I currently co-lead the Smart Sensing and Imaging programme of work within the Growing Futures Direction Digital Horticultural Systems, aimed at building a digital twin of an orchard. My broader skills include automating repeated tasks for science such as destructive fruit analysis and soil tensiomtery which build on my original training in Chemistry. I also lead a team of engineers who design and prototype bespoke equipment for our science teams.