On a mission
Genics has a mission – To create the world’s most advanced pathogen detection company delivering global food security.
Our Vision is also compelling – To help farmers reduce risk, boost productivity and sustainability to meet increases in global food demand.
Pretty exciting stuff. The sort of stuff that keeps our team very focussed on delivering amazing service and state-of-the-art technology.
Our Global Reach
We have offices and labs in Australia and Ecuador
with customers now in 26 countries and growing.
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Genics Head Office – Brisbane Australia
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Genics Certified Labs – Brisbane & Melbourne Australia
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Genics Ecuador
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Colombia
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Mexico
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Brazil
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El Salvador
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USA California
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Canada
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UAE
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Turkey
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Austria
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India
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Bangladesh
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China
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Thailand
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Vietnam
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South Korea
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Malaysia
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Indonesia
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New Caledonia
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Tahiti
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Kenya
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Australia
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Ecuador
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Peru
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USA Hawaii
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USA Miami
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Meet the Senior Management team
We’re passionate about helping farmers achieve wonderful results.
Dr. Melony Sellars
Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director
Dr. Melony Sellars has 20 years of experience in Aquaculture, with an in-depth background in shrimp aquaculture. She has extensive expertise in the application of novel biotech solutions for industry, genetics and breeding programs
Louise Franz
Commercial Operations & Senior Scientist
Ms Louise Franz has substantial experience in laboratory quality control and accreditation in human and animal health diagnostics laboratories. She is an experienced biotechnologist and assay design expert.
Dr. Ralf Moser
R&D Director
Dr. Ralf Moser has over 20 years of global leadership experience in Biotechnology. His wide-ranging expertise extends to all major genomics applications to identify and detect genetic variations in human, animals, bacteria and viruses.
Dr. Joanna Gerszon
Senior R&D Scientist
Dr. Joanna Gerszon received her PhD at the University of Lodz, Poland. She is a molecular biologist with broad expertise in biophysics, cell biology and molecular biotechnology, both academic and industrial with special emphasize on bioanalysis and assay development.
Dr. Berit Genz
Senior R&D Scientist
Dr. Berit Genz holds a PhD in cell biology from the University of Rostock, Germany. She has profound knowledge in molecular biology, histology and genetics in both humans and animals.
Chris Eccleston
Marketing and Communications Director
Mr Chris Eccleston is a highly experienced brand, marketing and communications manager. In his 20 year career he has worked with start-ups and scale-ups in developing their competitive advantage, value proposition and communication strategy. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) awarded with distinction from one of Australia’s top-rated university MBA programs.
Wendy Moscoso
Aquaculture Consultant – Ecuador
Ms Wendy Moscoso MBA is an experienced consultant in the shrimp and aquaculture sector in Ecuador. With many years experience working with clients to maximise productivity she works with our growing client base in Ecuador to mitigate disease and increase profitability.
Jorge Tamayo
Aquaculture Consultant - Latin America
Jorge Tamayo has a degree in business administration, along with more than 36 years of experience in the shrimp farming world. He has been a consultant for several shrimp farming operations all over the Americas and Asia and has extensive experience in maturation, broodstock production, and recirculation systems (RAS). Mr. Tamayo also designed and built the first commercial shrimp operation on the western coast of the United States.
Dr. Pablo Intriago
Country Manager - Genics Ecuador
Dr. Pablo Intriago has a reputation as an accomplished scientist, project manager and spokesperson responsible for breakthroughs in operations as well as nutrition and disease control. He has strong business acumen with experience managing and maintaining large and complex projects.
Dr. Sergey Ugrovatov
Aquaculture Consultant – Europe and Asia
Dr. Sergey Ugrovatov is a Veterinary professional with over 10 years of experience in aquatic animal health and molecular genetics in animal science. He has extensive experience working in Europe’s Salmon sector on fish health.
Denny D Indradjaja
Aquaculture Consultant – Indonesia
Denny Indradjaja has over 30 years of experience in the field of Aquaculture both as an academic for more than 20 years, and as a professional for more than 15 years with one of the largest agribusiness & aquaculture companies in Asia. As Genics’ Aquaculture Consultant in Indonesia, Denny works with shrimp farmers to take advantage of the latest Genics technology in early pathogen detection, disease mitigation and breeding programs.
Meet the Board of Directors
Roger Sayers
Non Executive Director and Chairman
Mr. Roger Sayers has extensive experience as the Chairman of listed and unlisted companies in a number of industry sectors including science, education, software and manufacturing.
With a background in Research and Development, Roger has held senior executive positions in the United Kingdom, Singapore, United States, New Zealand and Australia. His background has provided him with a creative mix of applied science and corporate management.
Much of his career has been focused on the development of entrepreneurship and building businesses. Including listing of companies on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Dr. Melony Sellars
Director and Chief Executive Officer
Dr. Melony Sellars has 20 years of experience in Aquaculture, with an in-depth background in shrimp aquaculture. She has extensive expertise in the application of novel biotech solutions for industry, genetics and breeding programs
Peter Blunt
Director
Mr Peter Blunt is a highly experienced general manager in technology related enterprises. He holds formal legal and accounting qualification and has over 25 years’ practical experience in business development, operations and commercialisation of new technologies.
Dirk Krueger
Director
Dirk Krueger is a Business Development & Commercial Executive with over 25 years experience in senior strategic leadership roles working for global technology & IT companies throughout the Asia-Pacific and European regions.
Our expert advisors
These industry leaders support the Genics team as our advisory board.
Take a deeper dive.
Genics’ growing histopathology diagnostics, undertaken by accredited Veterinary Pathologists, are delivering advanced holistic disease investigation services for our global shrimp clients. Run as a stand-alone service or in parallel with Shrimp MultiPath highly sensitive quantitative PCR testing, we are here to build an early warning system for your business. Early pathogen detection mitigates disease risk and boosts production value.
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