Liam (Te Aupōuri) was an Intern with Matū, supporting the research team’s work in due diligence and advisory work. He is now working as an Analyst at Breakthrough Victoria in Australia.

He has an undergraduate degree in Biotechnology from the University of Auckland, and is currently studying towards a Masters of Bioscience Enterprise. During his undergraduate degree, Liam had a strong interest in genetics and immunology, particularly in how genetic technologies can be applied to the treatment of diseases, such as through immunotherapy.

Liam has previously interned at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, where he was a part of the commercial translation team and assisted researchers with commercializing their technologies.
While at the ABI, Liam developed an interest in MedTech software after working with several teams in this specialty.