BRENNAN, Paul
Title: Dr., Chief Executive Officer and Consultant,
        CropGen International (Australia)
Address: PO Box 9055, Rock Valley, 2480, New South Wales, Australia
Tel: +61 2 6688 0245  
Email: paul.brennan@bigpond.com
Education Background:
    1976  Ph.D., University of Saskatchewan, Canada
    1972  M. Agr, Sc., University of Queensland, Australia
    1966  B. Agr, Sc., University of Queensland, Australia
Working Experiences:
    1999-present Consultant on plant breeding, biotechnology and plant variety intellectual property
    1994-1999  Director, Queensland Wheat Research Institute
    1992-1994  Senior Principal Plant Breeder, Queensland Wheat Research Institute
    1988  Visiting Scientist (molecular marker technology), Plant Breeding Institute, Cambridge, UK
    1982-1991  Senior Plant Breeder, Queensland Wheat Research Institute,Queensland Department of Primary Industries
Research Interests:
Consult on: plant breeding, biotechnology, plant variety intellectual property, crop production, crop protection, change management of research and development, crop processing quality, international agricultural research, small group facilitation, investment management, strategic planning, project development and conflict resolution through mediation.
Professional Activities：
CIMMYT: Development of a portfolio of research for breeding wheat varieties adapted for food
security, climate change and resource constraints.
Executive Support: Australian Winter Cereals Pre-Breeding Alliance: policy development and managing the relationships among pre-breeders and between pre-breeders for Australian winter cereals.
Agrimix: Plant Breeder’s Rights for Desmanthus species and breeding program development.
Australian Durum Wheat Improvement Program: Review of durum breeding in Australia and the development of a business plan for future strategies for durum breeding.
Invited papers: “International initiatives to adapt wheat for climate change”, Australian Wheat Breeding Assembly, Perth, August 2011.
Presented paper: “GeneSys: The gateway to international genetic resources”, International Triticeae Mapping Initiative Workshop, Mexico September 2011.