OUR TEAM

Tom Collier


CEO & Founder

Tom holds a BSc in Molecular Biology, a Master of Research, and has completed his PhD in Molecular Biology. Tom founded Levur in 2023 and has over a decade of experience in metabolic engineering and project leadership. Tom drives R&D, IP strategy, and industry partnerships.

Fiona Windsor


COO

Fiona has 25+ years' experience launching products in cosmetics and consumer goods sectors. She has led commercialisation projects from concept to market and brings deep expertise in operations, partnerships, and regulatory navigation. Fiona is passionate about climate impact.

Dr Sashika Yalage Don


Senior Analytical Chemist

Sashika holds a PhD in Plant Pathology and has prior experience at Nourish Ingredients. Sashika specialises in lipidomics and yeast engineering and leads strain development and lipid analysis.

Mark Somerville


Senior Synthetic Biologist

Mark is an experienced microbial engineer with expertise in strain construction, analytical chemistry, and bioprocess optimisation. Mark supports precision fermentation scale-up.

Dr Sana Siddiqui


Senior Synthetic Biologist

Sana completed her PhD at Macquarie University. Sana has extensive experience in microbial strain engineering, lipid separation and bioactive purification. Sana is responsible for strain screening, analytical chemistry and scale-up testing at Levur.

Dr Joseph Raphael


Bioprocessing Engineer

Joseph completed his PhD at University of Queensland. He is an experienced synthetic biologist with expertise in bioprocess optimisation. Joseph  supports precision fermentation scale-up at Levur.

Dr Patrick da Roza


Senior Synthetic Biologist

Patrick completed his PhD in algal genomics at Macquarie University and has a background spanning microbiology, genomics and biotechnology. Patrick leads strain engineering and optimisation.

Hanna Forster


Research Assistant

Hanna has completed her Bachelor of Science (Biotechnological Processes) at University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria. Hanna is supporting the team with research, experiments and cosmetic formulation.