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The career path of the guest of our today\u2019s episode is anything but conventional. Dr. Andrew Quitmeyer studied Engineering and Film Making during his master\u2019s degree. The trip to Galapagos deviated his direction and led him to pursue a tailor-made PhD degree at the crossing of Digital Media and Field Biology.

Today Dr. Quitmeyer describes himself as a hacker and adventurer, studying intersections between wild animals and computational devices. His academic research in \u201cDigital Naturalism\u201d at the National University of Singapore blends biological fieldwork and DIY digital crafting.

He runs \u201cHiking Hacks\u201d around the world where participants build technology entirely in the wild for interacting with nature. His research also inspired a spin-off television series for Discovery Networks called \u201cHacking the Wild\u201d.

The Digital Naturalism Conference is his largest initiative so far, and is leading him to start his own permanent Art-Science Field Station Fab Lab.

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