John Melki has authored 20 peer-reviewed articles and is listed as an inventor on eight patent applications. He worked in the sodium bisulphite conversion of DNA.
Dr Melki has led the commercialisation efforts of Genetic Signatures as chief executive since 2011. He joined the company in 2003 as a senior principal research scientist and was responsible for leading the commercialisation of 2 research products worldwide and 5 diagnostic products locally and in Europe.
Dr Melki received his Bachelor of Science from the University of New South Wales and his PhD from the University of Sydney where his thesis was awarded the Peter Bancroft Prize from the Medical School.