Anh Pham

Dr Anh Pham

Grant-Funded Researcher (B)

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Highly motivated postdoctoral researcher with extensive knowledge of molecular breeding, crop improvement and genetics in both soybean and barley. 17 documented publications in peer-reviewed literature and 2 patents. Passionate about application of up-to-date technologies to improve the speed, scale, and efficiency of breeding and cultural practices of crops such as barley and soybean.

  • Appointments
    Date Position Institution name
    2020 - ongoing Postdoctoral research fellow University of Adelaide
    2014 - 2019 Technical officer University of Adelaide
    2014 - 2014 ASEAN-US Science and Technology Fellow USAID & National Institute for Science and Technology Policy and Strategic Studies, Vietnam
    2011 - 2014 Postdoctoral research fellow University of Georgia

  • Language Competencies
    Language Competency
    English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review
    Vietnamese Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

  • Education
    Date Institution name Country Title
    2008 - 2011 University of Missouri, Columbia United States PhD
    2005 - 2008 University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign United States MS
    2001 - 2005 Hanoi University of Science Vietnam BSc.

  • Research Interests
    Agricultural Biotechnology Crop and Pasture Improvement Plant Pathology Quantitative Genetics

  • Journals
    Year Citation
    2024 Pham, A. T., Maurer, A., Pillen, K., Nguyen, T. D., Taylor, J., Coventry, S., . . . March, T. J. (2024). A wild barley nested association mapping population shows a wide variation for yield-associated traits to be used for breeding in Australian environment. Euphytica, 220(2), 16 pages.
    DOI Scopus4 WoS4
    2021 Mehnaz, M., Dracatos, P., Pham, A., March, T., Maurer, A., Pillen, K., . . . Singh, D. (2021). Discovery and fine mapping of Rph28: a new gene conferring resistance to Puccinia hordei from wild barley. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 134(7), 2167-2179.
    DOI Scopus19 WoS18 Europe PMC10
    2020 Pham, A. T., Maurer, A., Pillen, K., Taylor, J., Coventry, S., Eglinton, J. K., & March, T. J. (2020). Identification of wild barley derived alleles associated with plant development in an Australian environment. Euphytica, 216(9), 1-15.
    DOI Scopus9 WoS7
    2019 Pham, A. T., Maurer, A., Pillen, K., Brien, C., Dowling, K., Berger, B., . . . March, T. J. (2019). Genome-wide association of barley plant growth under drought stress using a nested association mapping population. BMC Plant Biology, 19(1), 134-1-134-16.
    DOI Scopus70 WoS60 Europe PMC33
    2019 Wiegmann, M., Maurer, A., Pham, A., March, T. J., Al-Abdallat, A., Thomas, W. T. B., . . . Pillen, K. (2019). Barley yield formation under abiotic stress depends on the interplay between flowering time genes and environmental cues. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 6397-1-6397-16.
    DOI Scopus96 WoS85 Europe PMC50
    2016 Bachleda, N., Pham, A., & Li, Z. (2016). Identifying FATB1a deletion that causes reduced palmitic acid content in soybean N87-2122-4 to develop a functional marker for marker-assisted selection. Molecular Breeding, 36(4).
    DOI Scopus15
    2015 Pham, A. T., Harris, D. K., Buck, J., Hoskins, A., Serrano, J., Abdel-Haleem, H., . . . Li, Z. (2015). Fine mapping and characterization of candidate genes that control resistance to Cercospora sojina K. Hara in two soybean germplasm accessions. Plos One, 10(5), e0126753.
    DOI Scopus37 Europe PMC19
    2015 Shi, Z., Bachleda, N., Pham, A. T., Bilyeu, K., Shannon, G., Nguyen, H., & Li, Z. (2015). High-throughput and functional SNP detection assays for oleic and linolenic acids in soybean. Molecular Breeding, 35(8), 10 pages.
    DOI Scopus24
    2014 Pham, A., Bilyeu, K., Chen, P., Boerma, H. R., & Li, Z. (2014). Characterization of the fan1 locus in soybean line A5 and development of molecular assays for high-throughput genotyping of FAD3 genes. Molecular Breeding, 33(4), 895-907.
    DOI Scopus19
    2013 Pham, A. T., McNally, K., Abdel-Haleem, H., Roger Boerma, H., & Li, Z. (2013). Fine mapping and identification of candidate genes controlling the resistance to southern root-knot nematode in PI 96354. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 126(7), 1825-1838.
    DOI Scopus43 Europe PMC19
    2012 Pham, A. T., Shannon, J. G., & Bilyeu, K. D. (2012). Combinations of mutant FAD2 and FAD3 genes to produce high oleic acid and low linolenic acid soybean oil. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 125(3), 503-515.
    DOI Scopus127 Europe PMC76
    2011 Pham, A. T., Lee, J. D., Shannon, J. G., & Bilyeu, K. D. (2011). A novel FAD2-1 A allele in a soybean plant introduction offers an alternate means to produce soybean seed oil with 85% oleic acid content. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 123(5), 793-802.
    DOI Scopus112
    2010 Pham, A. T., Lee, J. D., Shannon, J. G., & Bilyeu, K. D. (2010). Mutant alleles of FAD2-1A and FAD2-1B combine to produce soybeans with the high oleic acid seed oil trait.. BMC Plant Biology, 10(1), 195.
    DOI Scopus193 Europe PMC109
    2010 Pham, T. A., Hill, C. B., Miles, M. R., Nguyen, B. T., Vu, T. T., Vuong, T. D., . . . Hartman, G. L. (2010). Evaluation of soybean for resistance to soybean rust in Vietnam. Field Crops Research, 117(1), 131-138.
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    2009 Pham, T. A., Miles, M. R., Frederick, R. D., Hill, C. B., & Hartman, G. L. (2009). Differential responses of resistant soybean entries to isolates of Phakopsora pachyrhizi. Plant Disease, 93(3), 224-228.
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  • Datasets
    Year Citation
    - Pham, A. (n.d.). grain15V2.csv.
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). grain16V2.csv.
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). APPF TPA phenotyping dataset: UA AFW (March) - Barley.
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). APPF TPA phenotyping dataset: UA AFW (March) - Barley.
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). APPF TPA phenotyping dataset: UA AFW (March, Eglington) - Barley.
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    - Tura, H. S., Pham, A., Dang, H. T., & Sangma, H. (n.d.). Supplementary Data of Experimental Barley Lines Derived from UAB27 and UAB70 population through Backcrossing and Wild Allele Introgression.
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). Milestone reports.
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    - Pham, A., & Able, J. (n.d.). Performance and characteristics of barley germplasm with wild barley allele introgression.
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  • Software
    Year Citation
    - Pham, A., Taylor, J., March, T., Coventry, S., Pillen, K., Eglinton, J., & Maurer, A. (n.d.). grain_functions.R [Computer Software].
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    - Pham, A., Taylor, J., March, T., Eglinton, J., Maurer, A., & Coventry, S. (n.d.). grain_phenotype.R [Computer Software].
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). Figshare_01_CV_generate_subsets.sas [Computer Software].
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). Figshare_02_GWAS_CV.sas [Computer Software].
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    - Pham, A. (n.d.). Figshare_03_cumulation_method.sas [Computer Software].
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    - Pham, A., & Maurer, A. (n.d.). Figshare_04_R2_major_QTL.sas [Computer Software].
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2024-2027 CI for a category-1 GRDC tender entitled "Validation and deployment of novel genomic regions from wild barley to enhance grain yield and yield components in domesticated barley" with a total of $549,647 in investment

2022-2024 CI for a project funded by the UA Plant Breeding Investment Fund Grant. A total of $156,730 has been invested to identify the genetic causes in mutant barley that showed to have improved yield components using exome capture sequencing

2020-2023 UA co-CI for a category-1 GRDC tender named ‘Using novel genetic diversity to increase Barley yields nationally’. A total of $926,372 over 3 years has been invested

  • Position: Grant-Funded Researcher (B)
  • Phone: 83136700
  • Email: anh.pham@adelaide.edu.au
  • Fax: 83137109
  • Campus: Waite
  • Building: Main Waite, floor G
  • Org Unit: Agricultural Science
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