Professor Dean Jerry (PhD, GAICD) is a Professor in Aquaculture and Director of the Australian Research Council Industrial Transformation Hub for Supercharging Tropical Aquaculture Through Genetic Solutions and the Tropical Futures Institute, JCU Singapore.

 

Professor Jerry is globally known for his research work in aquaculture, with his primary area of focus and expertise in the application of advanced genetic, genomic and biotechnological technologies to the improvement of farmed aquatic species. This includes the development and incorporation of genomic resources such as high and lower density SNP arrays, microbiome profiling, epigenetics and single-cell sequencing approaches, to inform selective breeding programs, understand the genetic basis of important phenotypes and detect and surveil pathogenic disease causing agents.  He also is coordinating efforts to incorporate AI/machine learning to rapidly acquire phenotypic data for breeding programs and increase the prediction value of genomic-based selection processes. He has worked with over 12 aquaculture species in six countries over the last 18 years and over this time has built a large internationally recognised research team which has been instrumental in the development of genetic tools and knowledge to inform selective breeding programs for numerous tropical farmed species.