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.
Sachin Gorakshnath Chavan
Identifying plant and photosynthetic traits governing wheat water and nutrient use efficiency under elevated CO2, heat stress and drought
Carly Conlan – CoETP and RIPE Project
Supporting research into the details of Rubisco biogenesis and catalytic functions.
Ross Deans – SIEF Project
Investigating stomatal physiology by combining both modelling and experimental approaches.
Anne-Sophie Dielen
Characterising proteins involved in sodium gradient generation on bacteria and plants
Alastair (Al) Doherty
Working on converting key agricultural production simulations to couple them to photosynthesis models.
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.
Kristine Flores
Investigating the optimal culture conditions for newly isolated chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria
Harsh Garg
Exploring how red-shifted chlorophylls may contribute to extend the photosynthetic active radiation region and improve the light-harvesting efficiency.
Petrus (Peter) Groeneveld
Supporting research on the coordination of CO2 fixation and transpiration in plants.
Claire Harris
Researching how stomatal conductance varies throughout the day in response to environmental factors
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.
Fiona Koller
Supporting research investigating photosynthesis including measurements of leaf gas exchange, enzyme activity, protein expression and gene expression.
Yaqiong (Nicole) Li
Investigating the differences of light-harvesting protein complexes in response to the varied environmental conditions including the nutrients, temperature and light conditions.
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
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
James (Jim) Watson
Designing and developing data pipelines for the remote and proximal sensing of crop traits
Alex Watson-Lazowski
Elucidating the regulation and diversification of C4 photosynthesis, particularly at the level of gene expression.
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