STONY BROOK, N.Y. – July 15, 2020 – Applied DNA Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: APDN) (“Applied DNA” or the “Company”) a leader in Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)-based DNA manufacturing that enables in vitro diagnostics, and pre-clinical nucleic acid-based therapeutic drug candidates, today announced the appointment of Mr. Sanjay Hurry to Executive Director of Investor Relations and Corporate Communications for the company. In this role, Mr. Hurry will oversee the Company’s outreach with the investment community and report to Dr. James A. Hayward, Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer.

“We are thrilled to have Sanjay on board as we work to increase and enhance our engagement with the investor community,” said Dr. Hayward. “His demonstrated success in building strategic communications programs that support business growth and deep understanding of Applied DNA’s business will be key to helping us broaden Wall Street’s awareness of our proprietary PCR-based linear DNA manufacturing platform and its multiple applications across industrial and therapeutic industries, the latter our emerging diagnostics and vaccine development programs.”

Mr. Hurry brings over 20 years of investor relations and corporate communications experience for public companies and with investor relations agencies across a spectrum of diverse industries. For the past five years he served as Vice President at LHA Investor Relations, Applied DNA’s agency of record. He holds a BA from New York University.

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The Company’s common stock is listed on NASDAQ under ticker symbol ‘APDN’, and its publicly traded warrants are listed on OTC under ticker symbol ‘APPDW’.

Applied DNA is a member of the Russell Microcap^® Index.

Forward-Looking Statements
The statements made by Applied DNA in this press release may be “forward-looking” in nature within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements describe Applied DNA’s future plans, projections, strategies and expectations, and are based on assumptions and involve a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the control of Applied DNA. Actual results could differ materially from those projected due to the possibility of a failure to make timely payment on its outstanding secured convertible notes and resulting enforcement by noteholders of remedies on collateral which includes substantially all of Applied DNA’s assets, its history of net losses, limited financial resources, limited market acceptance, the uncertainties inherent in research and development, future clinical data and analysis, including whether any of Applied DNA’s diagnostic candidates will advance further in the preclinical research or clinical trial process, including receiving clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or equivalent foreign regulatory agencies to conduct clinical trials and whether and when, if at all, they will receive final approval from the U.S. FDA or equivalent foreign regulatory agencies,  the unknown outcome of any applications or requests to U.S. FDA, equivalent foreign regulatory agencies or New York State Department of Health, the unknown limited duration of any Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) approval from U.S. FDA, disruptions in the supply of raw materials and supplies, and various other factors detailed from time to time in Applied DNA’s SEC reports and filings, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed on December 12, 2019 and our subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed on February 6, 2020 and May 14, 2020, and other reports we file with the SEC, which are available at www.sec.gov. Applied DNA undertakes no obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless otherwise required by law.

Investor contact:
Sanjay M. Hurry, 917-733-5573, sanjay.hurry@adnas.com
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