Mission Statement
Great Southern Biology (GSB) provides guidance and advice on biological matters to the agronomy, farm advisor and fertilizer industries. The company has been formed by business partners Grant Kelson (GM) and Dr. Mohd Mostofa Kamal (Chief Scientist) to provide guidance and clarity to those serving our farming communities..
Our founding principles are Humility, Ingenuity and Teamwork. We understand that to give our customers the best service possible at all times each of these three principles must be at the forefront of our thinking.
Grant Kelson
(B. Bus. MBA)
Prior to forming GSB with business partner Dr Mohd Kamal, Grant worked at a leading NSW manufacturer of biological products. In his time with that firm Grant filled the roles of Chief Operating Officer and also General Manager of Major Projects. Grant’s career has always been in farming and agribusiness and he holds a particular expertise in creating efficient businesses and building hard working and reliable teams. Grant has a straight-talking reputation in his dealings with people and brings a wealth of knowledge of the agricultural sector to GSB.
Dr Mohd Mostofa Kamal
(PhD)
Dr Kamal is a world travelled plant pathologist who gained his undergraduate degree at Sher-E-Bangla Agricultural University, Bangladesh. He then completed his Maters in Plant Pathology at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, also in Bangladesh. He then accepted a British Council scholarship to attend the University of Manchester UK, where he completed his Masters of Science in Plant Science.
In 2012, Kamal accepted a scholarship from the Faculty of Science at Charles Sturt University where he completed his PhD in Plant Pathology under Professor Gavin Ash.
After completing his PhD, Kamal was a recipient of the Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship Program. This esteemed fellowship is governed by the US Dept of Agriculture and implemented at the Ohio State University. During his fellowship, Kamal studied marker assisted selection of soil microbial communities for development of biostimulants, biofertilizers and biofungicides.
In 2017 Kamal undertook a University of Southern Queensland fellowship program to study industrial microbial fermentation production. This set him up well for his next role at New Edge Microbials where he commenced in 2018.
While working at New Edge Microbials, Kamal gained a first-hand understanding of how to produce microorganisms at scale and at the highest concentrations possible. His field work both commercially and within an R&D setting helped him curate one of the best selling ranges of microbial formulations for agriculture within Australia.
