Rebecca Ainscough
Improving the nutritional value of canola by altering its Rubisco
Rebecca was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2020
Hugo Alonso-Cantabrana – C4 Rice Project
Engineering rice to implement the C4 carbon concentration mechanism
Hugo was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Margaret Barbour
Developing and applying new theory and measurement techniques to address issues related to biosphere-atmosphere exchange
Margaret was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2019
Nurul Abdul Bashir
Investigating a gene marker for tobacco plastome transformation
Nurul was part of the Centre in 2015
Camille Bathellier
Comparing Rubisco kinetics, including the effects of heavy water on those kinetics.
Camille was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Hannah Birke
Exploring the possibility of increasing light use efficiency of higher plants by manipulating enzymes of the photosynthetic electron transport chain in chloroplasts
Hannah was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2018
Jan Anderson
Researching the architecture of thylakoid membranes and molecular mechanisms of light regulation in higher plants.
Marie Bouteille-Pallas
Studying the genetic basis of photosynthetic capacity variability on sorghum
Marie was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2016
Adam Carroll
Dr Carroll is the Manager of the Joint Mass Spectrometry Facility. Dr Carroll was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015.
Sachin Gorakshnath Chavan
Identifying plant and photosynthetic traits governing wheat water and nutrient use efficiency under elevated CO2, heat stress and drought
Sachin was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2018
Michael (Mun Hon) Cheah
Researching the Photosystem II mechanism
Michael was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2018
Vincent Chochois
Worked on photosynthetic functional genomics
Vincent was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Brendon Conlan
Worked on Rubisco biogenesis and protein interactions
Brendon was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2019
Carly Conlan – CoETP and RIPE Project
Supporting research into the details of Rubisco biogenesis and catalytic functions.
Carly was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015
Philippa d’Ews Thomson – RIPE Project
Providing technical assistance to the Whitney lab at ANU
Philippa was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Ross Deans – SIEF Project
Investigating stomatal physiology by combining both modelling and experimental approaches.
Ross was with the Centre from 2015 to 2019
Ross Dennis
Studying sugar sensing in cereal seed and plant development
Ross was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2019
Hannah Dieberg Wilkins
Proving support to Program 4 at the ANU centre Node
Hannah was part of the Centre from 2019 to 2020
Anne-Sophie Dielen
Characterising proteins involved in sodium gradient generation on bacteria and plants
Anne-Sophie was part of the Centre in 2014
Alastair (Al) Doherty
Working on converting key agricultural production simulations to couple them to photosynthesis models.
Al was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2019
Jacob Downs
Characterising the molecular mechanism of the photosynthetic reaction centres in H. hongdechloris
Jiahui Du
Focused on functional characterisation of cyanobacterial HCO₃⁻
Jiahui was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Mark Eldridge
Developing distal and proximal sensing capabilities for high-throughput phenotyping using drones and new phenotyping platforms.
Mark was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2018
Anna Flis
Researching how the circadian clock interacts with photosynthesis
Anna was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2020
Kristine Flores
Investigating the optimal culture conditions for newly isolated chlorophyll f-containing cyanobacteria
Kristine was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Christie Foster
Investigating the photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes of C4 plants
Christie was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2017
Harsh Garg
Exploring how red-shifted chlorophylls may contribute to extend the photosynthetic active radiation region and improve the light-harvesting efficiency.
Harsh was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Petrus (Peter) Groeneveld
Supporting research on the coordination of CO2 fixation and transpiration in plants.
Peter was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2018
Claire Harris
Researching how stomatal conductance varies throughout the day in response to environmental factors
Claire was part of the Centre from 2018 to 2019
Clémence Henry
Researching sugar sensors affecting photosynthesis in C4 grasses
Clémence was part of the centre from 2015 to 2017
Sophie Holland
Supporting research aimed at bioengineering enzymes to adjust carbon fixation.
Sophie was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Amanda Huen
Provided research assistance and lab management in research projects related to chlorophyll biochemistry and functions of red-shifted chlorophylls in photosynthesis
Amanda was part of the Centre in 2016
Alexander Ivakov
Researching the genetics of photosynthesis and growth in Brachyopodium
Alexander was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2017
Maxim Kapralov
Performing computational analysis of the genes encoding the major the CO2 fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Maxim was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015
Hammad Khan – IWYP
Studying plants and their interaction with changing environment, using different physiological and molecular biology approaches.
Hammad was part of the Centre from 2017 to 2020
Fiona Koller
Supporting research investigating photosynthesis including measurements of leaf gas exchange, enzyme activity, protein expression and gene expression.
Fiona was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2019
Bingjun (Amy) Li
Worked on the photosynthetic enzyme Rubisco on red algae
Amy was part of the Centre in 2016
Yaqiong (Nicole) Li
Investigated the differences of light-harvesting protein complexes in response to the varied environmental conditions including the nutrients, temperature and light conditions.
Yaqiong (Nicole) was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2021
Yi-Leen Lim
Provided new avenues for improving the CO2 fixing capacity of Rubisco for crop enhancement
Yi-Leen was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2016
Elena Martin-Avila
Exploring novel approaches to improve the catalytic efficiency of the CO2-fixing enzyme, Rubisco.
Elena was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2018
Katherine Meacham
Researched the analysis of light harvesting and spatial and temporal dynamics of electron transport rate in rice
Katherine was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015
Tendo Thomas Mukassa Mugerwa
Tendo was a microbial ecologist who assists Professor Chen with managing the laboratory.
Tendo was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Bratati Mukerjee
Researching processes involved in light activation of cyanobacterial bicarbonate transporters
Bratati was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Geetika Nand
Identifying mechanisms that can explain observed genetic variation in transpiration efficiency in sorghum
Geetika was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2017
Hannah Osborn
Understanding CO2 diffusion in the C4 photosynthetic pathway
Hannah was with the Centre from 2015 to 2018
Harshini Pinto
Researching the evolutionary and ecological aspects C4 photosynthesis
Harshini was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015
Benjamin (Ben) Rae
Researching CO2 acquisition by cyanobacteria
Ben was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
Timothy Ryan
Characterising PEP carboxylase overexpression and RNAi plants
Timothy was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Stephanie Skinner
Characterizing PIP aquaporins in Arabidopsis thaliana
Stephanie was part of the Centre in 2017
Bala Sonawane
Investigating how light and temperature impact the efficiency and plasticity of the CCM in C4 grasses
Bala was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2016
Guillaume Tcherkez
Worked on plant metabolic fluxes and interactions between metabolic pathways
Guillaume was part of the Centre from 2016 to 2018
Dimitri Tolleter – RIPE Project
Understanding of the inorganic carbon permeability in the chloroplast
Dimitri was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Lauren Venugoban
Investigating genes which may be critical to establishing the C4 photosynthetic pathways and anatomy in non-C4 crops
Lauren was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2017
James (Jim) Watson
Designing and developing data pipelines for the remote and proximal sensing of crop traits
James was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2018
Alex Watson-Lazowski
Elucidating the regulation and diversification of C4 photosynthesis, particularly at the level of gene expression.
Alex was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2019.
Laura Wey
Supporting research on the Phenomic analysis of CO2 in cyanobacteria
Laura was part of the Centre from 2015 to 2018
Robert Willows
Characterising Halomicronema hongdechloris, the chlorophyll f synthesizing cyanobacteria
Robert was with the Centre from 2014 to 2017
Robert Wilson
Researching the molecular evolution and biochemistry of Rubisco
Robert was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2015
Peng Zhang
Understanding the processes that might have important functions in the regulation of C4 photosynthesis
Peng was part of the Centre from 2014 to 2019