Team

The People Behind the Research

A small team operating from Zululand, South Africa. No corporate structure, no board meetings. Just fieldwork and lab time.

Donald Schultz

Donald Schultz

Founder & Lead Researcher

Handling venomous snakes since he was 13, and thirty-plus years on has worked with venomous species across six continents. He hosted Wild Recon and Venom Hunter for Animal Planet and Discovery, and today runs the Snake Pharm facility in Zululand, in one of Africa’s highest snakebite regions.

Msizi Gumede

Msizi Gumede

CTO and Cofounder

Bio to come.

Ciamac Parhizi

Ciamac Parhizi

Creative Director

Ciamac shapes how Snake Pharm looks and how its story gets told. He built the films, the brand, and the website, turning the research into something people can feel, so the animals most of us fear get a reason to be protected.

Dr Amod Ghimire, MD

Dr Amod Ghimire, MD

Partner and Medical Advisor

Amod is an emergency medicine doctor in a snakebite-prone part of Nepal, where antivenom access is a daily reality rather than a theory. He has published on the region’s snakes, and he advises Snake Pharm on the clinical side, the part where the medicine meets the patient.

Jamie Lang

Jamie Lang

Cinematographer & Field Documentation

South Africa-based cinematographer documenting Snake Pharm’s field research and facility operations. Shoots on Canon C70, embedding with the team for extended periods in Zululand.

Responsible for visual documentation of the research process, from venom extraction to plasma processing, building the visual record that supports both scientific and public understanding of the work.

Peter Daniel

Peter Daniel

Partner, Researcher and Herpetologist

Bio to come.

Janine Daniel

Janine Daniel

Partner, Media and Graphic Design

Bio to come.

Declan Davies

Declan Davies

2026 Intern

Bio to come.

Join the Team

We're looking for researchers, veterinarians, and experienced herpetologists interested in fieldwork at the Zululand facility. Volunteer and work exchange positions available.

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