Applied DNA Sciences Appoints Dr. Barbara Brockway as Director of Personal Care

STONY BROOK, NY--(Marketwired - June 06, 2016) - Applied DNA Sciences (ADNAS), Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN), a provider of DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting, genotyping and anti-theft technology, and authentication technologies, announced today the appointment of Dr. Barbara Brockway as Director of Personal Care.

Dr. Brockway is an innovator and leader in the world of cosmetics formulation, food science, branding, and supply chain management in the personal care industry.

Dr. Brockway is a sought after speaker in personal care, lecturing on topics such as biochemistry, rheology, cereal science, food science, and the latest technology in cosmetics. A well-respected author of published scientific papers and chapters in technical books and trade journals, Dr. Brockway is often called upon by companies and organizations for collaborative projects on reimagining the future of personal care as consumers become more conscious about sustainability and proof of origin.

Dr. Brockway's experience includes being Scientific Advisor at IMCD, Laboratory Manager at Huntsman LLC, Director of R&D/Marketing at The Collaborative Group, Ltd, and Head of Applied Research at The Body Shop International.

While at The Body Shop, Dr. Brockway was recognized with the "Walk the Talk" award for being a passionate advocate of the company's ethics and culture.

Dr. Brockway also holds or held a number of high-level positions in the personal care industry including being the Past President of the Society of Cosmetic Scientists, a Trustee on The Body Shop Foundation and a Governor of Chichester University.

Dr. Brockway holds a Ph.D. in Biochemistry and a B.Sc. with honors from the University of Kent.

"We are delighted to have Dr. Brockway join Applied DNA Sciences at a time where there is significant need for consumers to better understand the origin of the personal care products they buy. Through the development of partnerships with personal care companies, Dr. Brockway is poised to bring greater confidence to consumers and companies alike," said Dr. James Hayward, CEO and president of Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. He continued: "The integration of personal care complements our expansion into pharmaceutics, markets that are regulated by the FDA, in which authenticity and supply chain transparency are essential."

About Applied DNA Sciences

We make life real and safe by providing botanical-DNA based security and authentication solutions and services that can help protect products, brands, entire supply chains, and intellectual property of companies, governments and consumers from theft, counterfeiting, fraud and diversion. Our patented DNA-based solutions can be used to identify, tag, track, and trace products, to help assure authenticity, traceability and quality of products. SigNature^® DNA describes the platform ingredient that is at the heart of a family of uncopyable, security and authentication solutions such as SigNature^® T and fiberTyping^®, targeted toward textiles and apparel, DNAnet^®, for anti-theft and loss prevention, and digitalDNA^®, providing powerful track and trace. All provide a forensic chain of evidence, and can be used to prosecute perpetrators. We are also engaged in the large-scale production of specific DNA sequences using the polymerase chain reaction.

Go to adnas.com for more information, events and to learn more about how Applied DNA Sciences makes life real and safe. Common stock listed on NASDAQ under the symbol APDN, and warrants are listed under the symbol APDNW.

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