Meet our team: Eurofins Agroscience Services...Meet our team: Eurofins Agroscience Services Our studies include evaluation of the safety and efficacy of new agrochemicals, public and

Meet our team:Eurofins Agroscience Services

Our studies include evaluation of the safety and efficacy of new agrochemicals, public and environmental health products and evaluation of new crop varieties.

From field services to regulatory consultation we offer outstanding technical knowledge and expertise to meet all of our customer’s product development needs.

One-stop service - world-class, worldwideOne-stop service - world-class, worldwide

WesternAustralia

NorthernTerritory

Queensland

SouthAustralia

New SouthWales

Tasmania

Eurofins site and trial capability

Satellite site

York

Orange

Innisfail

Bowen

Emerald

Public Health Facility

Quarantine Glasshouse Facility

Laboratory

Glasshouse facility

Bundaberg

Toowoomba

Sydney

Wagga Wagga

Shepparton

Launceston

Horsham

Adelaide

Eurofins Agroscience Services Australia are a leading provider of independent applied field research, regulatory consulting and analytical services to the crop protection industry and seed businesses.

Victoria

Queensland

EUROFINS OFFICE

REGIONS SERVICED

RECENT PRIMARY CROP STUDIES CONDUCTED

PRIMARY TARGETS

Bundaberg, Qld.

Tropics and sub-tropics including Emerald and Bowen

Tropical tree crops, winter and summer crops including sugarcane, cotton. Fruit and vegetables including, banana, tomatoes, cucurbits, peanuts

Insects, mites, pathogens, weeds, crop safety, crop variety evaluation, public and environmental health species, GLP residues

Toowoomba, Qld.

Tropics and sub-tropics including Darling Downs, NSW northern rivers, Granite Belt, Gwydir Valley

Summer and winter row crops including cotton, soybean, sunflower, wheat, barley, pulses. Fruit and vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, peanuts, banana, pineapples, berries, tropical tree crops

Insects, mites, pathogens, weeds, crop safety, crop variety evaluation, GLP residues

Stewart Addison - Research and Training Manager

EUROFINS OFFICE

REGIONS SERVICED


PRIMARY TARGETS

Bundaberg, Qld.

Tropics and sub-tropics including Emerald and Bowen

Tropical tree crops, winter and summer crops including sugarcane, cotton. Fruit and vegetables including, banana, tomatoes, cucurbits, peanuts

Insects, mites, pathogens, weeds, crop safety, crop variety evaluation, public and environmental health species, GLP residues

Toowoomba, Qld.

Tropics and sub-tropics including Darling Downs, NSW northern rivers, Granite Belt, Gwydir Valley

Summer and winter row crops including cotton, soybean, sunflower, wheat, barley, pulses. Fruit and vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, peanuts, banana, pineapples, berries, tropical tree crops


LocationToowoomba plus a home office in Brisbane, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Agr.Sc.(Hons) in 2001, The University of Queensland, majors in crops and pastures• ARM training

Years of industry experience19 years with Agrisearch/Eurofins (Narrabri, Toowoomba, Bundaberg) in field R & D

Discipline strengths Crop protection, particularly from weeds and insect pests

Crop strengths Summer cropping and tropical fruits of the sub-tropics and tropics

A proud professional achievement Being heavily involved in the development of Roundup Ready Flex in Australia

Personal interest or fun fact Sara is an active outdoorsy sort of person – particularly in the natural environment

[email protected] | 0427 645 355

Sara Pengelly - Senior Research Scientist

LocationToowoomba, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Sc.(Hons) 1977, majors in applied entomology and zoology• D.I.C. 1981 in agricultural consultancy,• M.Sc. 1982 crop protection • F.R.E.S. 1983

Years of industry experience43 years - 16 years in SE Asia, the Pacific and Africa in tree crop research and project management, 2 years as a consultant agronomist, 2 years as Regional Entomologist northern Western Australia (cotton, GM), 12 years as an Associate Fellow with Monsanto (development of Ingard and Bollgard in cotton) establishment of the Monsanto Biotechnology Research Centre (water efficient crops), 1 year with Cotton CRC, 10 years with Agrisearch/Eurofins

Discipline strengths Crop protection particularly entomological, GM crop research and development

Crop strengths Summer cropping and tropical fruits of the sub-tropics and tropics

A proud professional achievement Development and commercialisation of Bollgard II in Australia (beating the US!)

Personal interest or fun fact Stewart is an adventure traveller, such as recently horse riding in Mongolia


LocationToowoomba plus a home office in Brisbane, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Agr.Sc. in 2015, The University of Adelaide, major in plant production

Years of industry experience5 years – including almost 2 years with ASC (export inspection services in Brisbane) and 3 years with Eurofins at Toowoomba

Discipline strengths Crop protection – entomology and plant pathology

Crop strengths Sub-tropical/tropical vegetable/horticulture production, tree crops

A proud professional achievement Becoming a crop protection specialist in macadamia

Personal interest or fun fact Callan is a keen snowboarder


Callan Jaensch - Research Scientist

Alex Earl - Research Scientist


Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Agr.Sc.(Hons) 2017, The University of Queensland

Years of industry experience4 years - including 2 years with a seed testing laboratory and 2 years with Eurofins in Toowoomba

Discipline strengths Crop protection in field crops and plant breeding

Crop strengths Summer and winter field crops – cereals, pulses, sunflowers, cotton

A proud professional achievement Conducting alone her first field research study; from planning, to planting, treatment, assessing, harvest and data analysis

Personal interest or fun fact Alex likes working on the family farm and going camping on weekends [email protected] | 0475 400 210

Robert Shepherd - Research Technician


Years of industry experience• 6 years• 3 years with AGT (Australian Grain Techinologies) Narrabri 3 years at NIAB National Institute of Agricultural Botany) (TAG UK)

Discipline strengths Crop production, variety trials, machinery operation/maintenance

Crop strengths Broadacre crops, pest and disease identification and management

Personal interest or fun fact Enjoy being outdoors/mountaineering bushwalking etc


LocationBundaberg, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• Southern Sydney Institute of TAFE 1999 – Advanced Certificate in Urban Horticulture

Years of industry experience20 years – production and urban agriculture - mushroom farms, nurseries, fertiliser companies, landscape gardening and whole plant supply, 2 years R & D with Eurofins

Discipline strengths Pest and diseases of horticultural and vegetable crops

Crop strengths Ornamentals, vegetable and tree crops – temperate and subtropical crops

A proud professional achievement Pioneer in the composting of poultry waste sold as bulk fertilizer (granulated into small balls with molasses)

Personal interest or fun fact Aaron’s main hobby is growing and propagating house plants


Aaron Myer - Research Technician

Ciel Press - Glasshouse Supervisor and Senior Quarantine Officer


Degrees, certificates or relevant training• Cert. 1, 2005, University of Queensland (Gatton) in rural operations• Cert. 3, 2006, QLD Gov. Training and Employment Recognition in whole nursery horticulture• Cert. 4, 2010, HB Training in business frontline management

Years of industry experience• 18 years as head grower of Pohlmans Nursery• 3 years at Eurofins managing the quarantine glasshouse

Discipline strengths Glasshouse propagation

Crop strengths Summer crops and horticulture tree crops and ornamentals

A proud professional achievement The propagation of over 10,000 orchid species

Personal interest or fun fact Ciel is a mountain biker


Xiang (Terry) Song - Research Scientist


Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Vet.Med. 2009 South China Agricultural University• M.Phil.Ag.Sc. 2015 University of Queensland • Certificate in Crop Nematology 2019, CSIRO

Years of industry experience• 2 years with Pacific Seeds breeding unit, 2 years with UQ as a research technician• 5 years with Eurofins including over 2 years at Innisfail and almost 3 years at Toowoomba

Discipline strengths Crop protection (entomology and plant pathology) and GLP, nematology

Crop strengths Tropical and sub-tropical horticulture and vegetables, sugar cane

A proud professional achievement Doing the post graduate certificate in nematology

Personal interest or fun fact Terry plays drums and bass guitar in a band



Years of industry experience• 5 years with AWB and Reardon Farms as a machinery and irrigation technician• 11 years in crop research and plant breeding with Eurofins/ Agrisearch as a research technician

Discipline strengths Crop production and agronomy, variety evaluation

Crop strengths Summer and winter field crops

A proud professional achievement Proud that clients specifically ask Peter to conduct their variety evaluation studies

Personal interest or fun fact Peter loves fishing whenever possible and road and off-road motorcycling


Peter Warner - Research Agronomist

LocationBundaberg, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Sc.(Hons) 2005 The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, major in biological science• M.Sc. 2007, The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, major in ecology

Years of industry experience13 years - 4 years in citrus production and variety research trials throughout South Africa, insect breeding in Australia for Bugs for Bugs at Mundubbera, 5 years with Eurofins at Gosford and Bundaberg

Discipline strengths Public and environmental health insect pests, sub-tropical and tropical horticulture

Crop strengths Tropical tree crops (avocado, macadamia, mango, citrus) fruiting vegetables and cucurbits

A proud professional achievement Involvement in the production of a book on citrus growth and production. Development of a novel way of producing beneficial insects and mites in the laboratory

Personal interest or fun fact Richard likes breeding insects as a hobby


Richard Fenwick - Senior Research Scientist

Simon Christen - Lead Regulatory Affairs Officer

LocationBrisbane, Queensland

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Sc. 1989, Australian National University major in chemistry and biochemistry

Years of industry experience31 years – including 16 years with government analytical laboratories, 7 years with the APVMA in Canberra and 8 years in regulatory consulting

Discipline strengths Regulatory affairs, preparation of full regulatory submissions to the APVMA, analytical chemistry and pesticide residues

Crop strengths Vegetable crops and some tropical and sub-tropical tree crops

A proud professional achievement Seeing APVMA approvals being given to register new products, because of the dossiers that had been prepared and submitted

Personal interest or fun fact Simon is an avid runner


Ellie Faulder - Research Scientist

EUROFINS OFFICE

REGIONS SERVICED


PRIMARY TARGETS

Wagga Wagga, NSW

Southern NSW and Riverina including west to Griffith and East to Batlow

Summer and winter row crops including cotton, rice, wheat, barley, pulses and canola. Pome and stone fruit, vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, wine grapes


Lane Cove, NSW

Hunter Valley, Sydney Basin, Hawkesbury River, Bilpin, NSW Central Coast

Pome and stone fruit, vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, alliums, potatoes, berries, beans, lettuce, olives, nuts, wine and table grapes. Pasture and animal feed crops, turf, mushrooms, eggplant, sweet corn, capsicum, chillies

Insects, mites, pathogens, weeds, crop safety, GLP residues

LocationWagga Wagga, New South Wales

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Ag. 2015. Charles Sturt University (Wagga Wagga)

Years of industry experience5 years with Eurofins including 4 years at Orange

Discipline strengths Crop protection (fungicide/herbicide efficacy and GLP studies) in winter cropping, chemical store manager

Crop strengths Tree crops (pome and stone), winter cropping (cereals, canola and pulse crops), cotton

A proud professional achievement The growth and development of the Eurofins Chemical Store and the re-establishment of the Wagga Wagga Eurofins facility

Personal interest or fun fact Ellie plays in the local first grade women’s soccer competition


New South Wales

LocationWagga Wagga, New South Wales

Years of industry experience• Dip.Agr. 2011, Punjab Agricultural University • B.Ag.Sc. (Hons). 2016, Punjab Agricultural University in horticulture• M.Ag.Sc. 2018, The University of Melbourne, crop production/ breeding in lentils

Years of industry experience1 year with Eurofins

Discipline strengths Crop protection with insecticides and fungicides

Crop strengths Tree crops, grapes and vegetables

A proud professional achievement Gaining research experience particularly in the conduct of replicated field trials

Personal interest or fun fact Likes playing basketball and cricket


Bhavtaran Singh - Graduate Research Scientist

LocationHome office in Orange NSW

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Sc.Agr. 1976, The University of Sydney, major in entomology, • M.Sc. in Crop Protection, 1991, The University of Bath (UK), major in plant pathology. Extensive training courses in GLP

Years of industry experience43 years - 23 years as a Research Scientist and Study Director at Agrisearch Services followed by 17 years as Managing Director which saw the company grow from 15 staff to around 60 at 12 locations in Australia and New Zealand. Managed and co-ordinated the sale of Agrisearch and associated companies to Eurofins in 2013. Past 3 years as a Study Director for EAS.

Discipline strengths Crop protection particularly in entomology and plant pathology

Crop strengths Temperate and sub-tropical winter and summer cropping, horticulture production, vegetables and tree crops

A proud professional achievement Involvement in the establishment of the OECD Principles GLP in field research in Australia. Being a significant contributor in the research and development of many of the currently used pesticides in Australia, particularly the synthetic pyrethroid insecticides and the sulfonylurea herbicides

Personal interest or fun fact Martin is a keen road cyclist and is a soccer referee on the weekends


Martin Collett - Lead Research Scientist

Victoria

EUROFINS OFFICE

REGIONS SERVICED


PRIMARY TARGETS

Shepparton, Vic.

Goulburn Valley, eastern and southern Victoria including Melbourne

Summer and winter row crops including cotton, rice, wheat, barley, pulses and canola. Pome and stone fruit, vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, alliums, potatoes, berries, beans, lettuce, olives, nuts, wine and table grapes. Pasture and animal feed crops.


Horsham, Vic. Western Victoria

Winter row crops including wheat, barley, pulses and canola. Almonds, olives, nuts, wine and table grapes

Crop variety evaluation, insects, mites, pathogens, weeds, crop safety. GLP residues

LocationShepparton, Victoria

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Ag.Eng. 2000, University of Tabriz (Iran) major in agronomy and plant breeding• M.Env.Eng. 2003, The University of Tehran (Iran) in rural dryland management• Training in precision agriculture techniques, remote sensing and GIS in Australia and Iran

Years of industry experience18 years - agricultural consulting, irrigation design, field R & D including plant breeding field trials, pasture trials and crop protection

Discipline strengths Plant breeding and crop production, crop protection (entomology)

Crop strengths Winter crops such as cereals and canola, potato, tomato, maize, lucerne, olives, tree crops

A proud professional achievement Bringing remote sensing, GIS and drone technology into general agriculture

Personal interest or fun fact Hamid is an amateur participant in martial arts such as kung-fu and kick boxing


Hamid Esmaeilzadeh - Research Agronomist

Roozbeh Farhoudi - Research ScientistLocationShepparton, Victoria

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Ag.Sc. 1998, University of Ahvaz (Iran) in agronomy and plant breeding• M.Ag.Sc. 2002, The University of Tehran (Iran) in agronomy• Ph.D. 2008, The University of Tehran (Iran) in crop physiology

Years of industry experience18 years in teaching and research in plant metabolism of pesticides and plant metabolism under environmental stress , including collaborations with global cropprotection companies

Discipline strengths Crop protection, crop physiology under stress and plant metabolism of pesticides

Crop strengths Winter crops (cereals, oilseeds, pulse crops), pome and stone fruit

A proud professional achievement Successful submission of multiple research papers in peer reviewed international journals and symposiums

Personal interest or fun fact Roozbeh is interested in learning about new crops, and plays basketball


LocationHorsham, Victoria

Years of industry experience• 7 Years with Eurofins in crop production and field research

Discipline strengths Crop production and maintenance of plant breeding trials

Crop strengths Winter crops (cereals, canola, pulses)

A proud professional achievement Developing a high level of skill in the conduct of breeding trials


Travis Matthews - Research Technician

South Australia and Tasmania

Tim Ranchodbhai - Research Scientist

EUROFINS OFFICE

REGIONS SERVICED


PRIMARY TARGETS

Adelaide, SA

Barossa, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, the Riverland, Clare Valley

Winter row crops including wheat, barley, pulses and canola. Pome and stone fruit, vegetables including tomatoes, cucurbits, brassicas, alliums, berries, beans, lettuce, olives, nuts, wine and table grapes. Pasture and animal feed crops.


Launceston, Tas.

Northern and south east Tasmania

Winter crops such as cereals and canola, pasture, field peas, potatoes, brassicas, cucurbits, alliums, pome and stone fruit, berries, nuts, olives, wine grapes


LocationAdelaide, South Australia

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• National Certificates in Horticulture in 2008. • B.Sc. 2012, The University of Waikato (NZ) major in earth sciences• 2016 NATA training in GLP

Years of industry experience8 years – including 4 years with Agrisearch/Eurofins Agroscience Services Australia at Toowoomba and 3 years with Eurofins Agroscience Services New Zealand doing field R & D research in plant breeding and crop protection

Discipline strengths Crop protection

Crop strengths Temperate vegetable crops such brassicas and cucurbits, Kiwifruit, avocado

A proud professional achievement Involvement in the development of GM cotton traits in Australia for a number of multi-nationals, being recognised as the sole GLP Study Director in NZ

Personal interest or fun fact Tim like to run (half marathons) and is a keen sportsman and field hockey player


LocationLaunceston, Tasmania

Years of industry experience• B.Sc. 2015, China Agricultural University, major in plant protection• M.Sc. 2017, University of Queensland, major in horticulture

Years of industry experience2 years in crop research with Eurofins

Discipline strengths Crop protection in field crops and horticulture

Crop strengths Temperate and sub-tropical fruit and vegetable crops

A proud professional achievement Given the responsibility to manage

Personal interest or fun fact Jane loves cooking and is a keen bushwalker


Jane Shen -Research Scientist

LocationAdelaide, South Australia

Degrees, certificates or relevant training• B.Ag. 2013, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Punjab Pakistan in plant breeding and genetics• M.Sc. 2016 University of New England (Armidale) sunflower genetics

Years of industry experience• 1 year in agricultural sales and marketing in Punjab• 2 years with The University of Queensland as field research assistant and technician• 3 years in contract research, initially with Staphyt and now with Eurofins

Discipline strengths Crop protection in horticulture, but more recently in winter and summer cropping

Crop strengths Vegetable and tree crops (avocado, almonds, pome and stone fruit)

A proud professional achievement Being competent and confident in conducting field research trials, particularly through the use of technology

Personal interest or fun fact Abdul plays cricket and badminton and being a spectator of all sports


Abdul Rehman - Research Scientist

In summary...

Eurofins Agroscience Services is a leading provider of agricultural crop protection research and development, regulatory services and technical support. We offer outstanding technical knowledge and project management skills and have created a unique portfolio of expertise providing analytical, regulatory and field support for local and global agricultural R&D companies. We work across an extensive range of horticultural and broad-acre crops in all of the major production areas, specialising in:• Field efficacy and crop safety studies

• GLP compliant residue studies

• Plant breeding trials

• Regulatory services and technical support to meet Australian and New Zealand requirements

• Post Entry PC2 Quarantine Glasshouse production - Australian Government Certified Facility

• Public and environmental health research and development including home garden + turf.

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Meet our team: Eurofins Agroscience Services...Meet our team: Eurofins Agroscience Services Our studies include evaluation of the safety and efficacy of new agrochemicals, public and