The AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal has handed controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank a lifetime ban from working in the AFL.

Dank was at the centre of the Essendon football club's supplements program which left the Bombers mired in a doping scandal.

He chose to be unrepresented at the tribunal hearing, chaired by David Jones, a former Victorian County Court judge.

"The Australian Football League Anti-Doping Tribunal has concluded its deliberation with respect to the sanction of the former Essendon Football Club support person found to have breached the AFL Anti-Doping Code," the tribunal said in a statement.

"The Tribunal has imposed a lifetime sanction, commencing on 25 June 2015."

Dank has the right to contest the lifetime ban before an AFL appeals board.

I will be going after the AFL, says Dank

Dank was at Moonee Valley Racecourse where he was being interviewed by News Corp's Herald Sun newspaper, when he was informed of the verdict.

The Herald Sun reported Dank immediately telephoned AFL chief executive Gillon McLachlan and the anti-doping tribunal's legal counsel Justin Hooper.

"I have tried to contact AFL boss Gillon McLachlan and left a message warning him that I will be going after him and the Australian Football League in relation to this matter," Dank told Fox Sports News.

"I will leave no stone unturned in pursuing justice. I will commence legal proceedings against witnesses who constructed and contaminated evidence during this investigation."

In a statement, AFL general counsel Andrew Dillon said the league welcomed the panel's verdict and thanked the tribunal members for their work.

He added that the AFL would not take the matter any further.

In April, the tribunal found Dank guilty of 10 breaches of the anti-doping code from 34 charges, including trafficking, attempting to traffick and complicity in matters related to a range of prohibited substances.

Dank maintained his innocence in the supplements scandal after having 24 serious charges dismissed. He has signalled he will appeal the guilty findings.

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has also appealed the not-guilty findings.

The breaches mostly related to Dank's time with Essendon, but also included his spell with the Gold Coast Suns and dealings with a former Carlton coach.

In March, 34 current and former Essendon players were found not guilty by the AFL anti-doping tribunal of using thymosin beta-4.

The finding could delay WADA's proposed re-hearing of the case against the 34 past and present players at the Court of Arbitration for Sport.