We are proud to have a team comprising eminent researchers, microbiologists, soil scientists, agronomists, entrepreneurs, and creative thinkers from all over the world.
Loam was founded in rural Australia and has grown rapidly. We now work across four laboratories in two continents, with trial sites across Australia and North American farming regions.
Aakash Patel
Research Associate (Microbiology)
Adam Lunceford
IP Strategist
Adrianna Marchand
Advisory & Methodology
Ahsanul Haque
Head of Bioproduction - Australia
Aleena Tuchhen
Research Associate, Bioproduction - Australia
Amanda Certano
Senior Research Associate
Amir Esfahani
Soils Laboratory Manager
Anders Claassens
Product Development Scientist
Andrew Jones
Soil Science Program Manager
Ashleigh Licona
Finance Associate
Ashley Marie Landsman
Trials Research Associate, US
Carolyn Dye
Lab Assistant, North America
Cassandra O’Brien
North America Bioprocessing Manager
Chris Shafto
Product Officer
Daniel Reid
Grower Communications & Extension Manager
Dr Abed Chaudhury
Head of Scientific Innovation
Dr Brooke Bruning
Research Agronomy Team Leader
Dr Ginger Korosi
Research Scientist
Dr Neeraj Purushotham
Product Research Scientist
Dr Ray Riley
North American Lead
Dr Suresh Subashchandrabose
Senior Scientist
Dr Venkatachalam Lakshmanan
Senior Microbiologist
Frank Oly
Co-founder
Guy Hudson
CEO and Co-founder
Guy Webb
Co-founder
Jaime Painter
Strategy Associate
James Presnail
Head of Product - North America
Jamila
Microbiology Officer
Jasmine Chu
Bioproduction Officer
Jennifer Williams
Regulatory & Product Stewardship Manager
John Lin
Head of Finance
Lara Vallejo Roosdorp
Data Manager
Lexi Sturrock
Operations Officer
Lily Tilston
Project Officer
Matthew Calaghan
Head of R&D & Productisation
Megan Hall
Laboratory Assistant, US
Melissa Weldy
Research & Project Management Associate
Mick Wettenhall
Co-founder
Nic Starling
Head of People & Culture
Paul Beamer
Field Program Manager
Phil Peterson
Senior Carbon Agronomist
Phoebe Swinn Yap
Product Manager
Pip Grant
Executive Program Manager
Pratishta Sharma
Technical Officer
Rachel Johnston
Soil Laboratory Operations Specialist
Richard Myerscough
EVP Carbon Markets
Robbie Oppenheimer
Head of Product Development
Ruby Pippen
Research Associate
Sam Morris
Technical Officer
Sara Gray
Lead Data Scientist
Sean Andrews-Marney
Technical Officer
Tegan Nock
CPO and Co-founder
Torben Heinzel
Carbon Projects Lead
Tristan Yang
Senior Bioinformatics Associate
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At Loam, you will be doing more than just a job, you’ll be doing your life’s work.