Dr. Peter Bircham

Dr. Peter Bircham serves as the Head of Research and Development at Garage Project and holds the position of Associate Research Fellow at Victoria University of Wellington. Working at the crossroads of academic and industry research, Peter specialises in enhancing industry-relevant yeast traits through non-GMO methods. His expertise encompasses high-throughput phenotyping, breeding and directed evolution strategies, with a particular focus on yeast development for non-alcoholics and novel flavour profiles.