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Michael Tlusty

Speaker: Michael Tlusty, Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Boston

Presentation: “Real-time automated species-level detection for the wildlife trade and its benefits for science, policy and trade”

Bio: Dr. Michael Tlusty is an Associate Professor of Sustainability and Food Solutions at the University of Massachusetts Boston. He uses technological solutions to end the illegal wildlife trade, as well as to improve food production. He was part of the grand prize-winning team for the 2016 Wildlife Crime Tech Challenge and is currently funded to create disease sensors for aquaculture.