Hugo Alonso-Cantabrana – C4 Rice Project
Engineering rice to implement the C4 carbon concentration mechanism
Margaret Barbour
Developing and applying new theory and measurement techniques to address issues related to biosphere-atmosphere exchange
Elizabeth Barnes
Elizabeth works as the Plant Science Administrator at the University of Queensland, supporting Centre’s Research Program 4.
Camille Bathellier
Comparing Rubisco kinetics, including the effects of heavy water on those kinetics.
Hannah Birke
Exploring the possibility of increasing light use efficiency of higher plants by manipulating enzymes of the photosynthetic electron transport chain in chloroplasts
Jan Anderson
Researching the architecture of thylakoid membranes and molecular mechanisms of light regulation in higher plants.
Carly Conlan – CoETP and RIPE Project
Supporting research into the details of Rubisco biogenesis and catalytic functions.
Anne-Sophie Dielen
Characterising proteins involved in sodium gradient generation on bacteria and plants
Jacob Downs
Characterising the molecular mechanism of the photosynthetic reaction centres in H. hongdechloris
Mark Eldridge
Developing distal and proximal sensing capabilities for high-throughput phenotyping using drones and new phenotyping platforms.
Harsh Garg
Exploring how red-shifted chlorophylls may contribute to extend the photosynthetic active radiation region and improve the light-harvesting efficiency.
Amanda Huen
Providing research assistance and lab management in research projects related to chlorophyll biochemistry and functions of red-shifted chlorophylls in photosynthesis
Maxim Kapralov
Performing computational analysis of the genes encoding the major the CO2 fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Hammad Khan – IWYP
Studying plants and their interaction with changing environment, using different physiological and molecular biology approaches.
Yi-Leen Lim
Providing new avenues for improving the CO2 fixing capacity of Rubisco for crop enhancement
Elena Martin-Avila
Exploring novel approaches to improve the catalytic efficiency of the CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Katherine Meacham
Researching the analysis of light harvesting and spatial and temporal dynamics of electron transport rate in rice
Tendo Thomas Mukassa Mugerwa
Tendo is a microbial ecologist who assists Professor Chen with managing the laboratory.
Bratati Mukerjee
Researching processes involved in light activation of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters
Geetika Nand
Identifying mechanisms that can explain observed genetic variation in transpiration efficiency in sorghum
Viridiana Silva-Perez
Characterising the photosynthetic properties of different wheat varieties, and develop faster screening techniques that measure the spectrum of light reflected from the leaf
Bala Sonawane
Investigating how light and temperature impact the efficiency and plasticity of the CCM in C4 grasses
Dimitri Tolleter – RIPE Project
Understanding of the inorganic carbon permeability in the chloroplast
Lauren Venugoban
Investigating genes which may be critical to establishing the C4 photosynthetic pathways and anatomy in non-C4 crops
Robert Willows
Characterising Halomicronema hongdechloris, the chlorophyll f synthesizing cyanobacteria
Peng Zhang
Understanding the processes that might have important functions in the regulation of C4 photosynthesis