Dr Bahareh Bicharanloo
Lecturer
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
College of Science
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Bahar is interested in employing stable isotopes integrated with microbial techniques to examine the belowground plant carbon allocation with consequences for soil biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling in different plant-soil systems.
Bahar's research interests lie in soil biogeochemistry and plant-soil-microbe interactions, with expertise on employing stable isotopes integrated with microbiological techniques. Bahar's research also includes examining the controls on plant carbon (C) allocation below-ground, such as rhizodeposition, root respiration, and mycorrhizal association in croplands and pastures. She further evaluates the consequences of plant C input on soil biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling across various plant-soil systems.
She has developed a novel 13CO2 labelling method for field condition enabled her to partition the total respiration into the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) and rhizodeposited C and to track the incorporation of rhizodeposition into the formation of different organic matter pools include particulate- and mineral-associated organic matter (POM and MAOM fractions), and incorporation into microbial biomass.
She integrates 18O labelling with novel microbiological techniques (the incorporation of 18O into microbial DNA) enabling her to assess microbial growth and C use efficiency and uses an15N tracer to examine microbial gross nitrogen mineralisation (GNM) and N recovery in plant and soil.
These techniques enables her to assess the role of plant C input on microbial activity mediating soil nutrient cycling.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
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| 2024 - ongoing | Lecturer | University of Adelaide |
| 2022 - 2024 | Postdoctoral Research Associate | University of Sydney |
| 2021 - 2022 | Research Assistant | University of Sydney |
| 2019 - 2022 | Casual Academic | University of Sydney |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
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| 2022 | Award | Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia | Australia | $500 |
| 2020 | Award | 3rd place Award for “180-second spiel” thesis challenge | Sydney Institute of Agriculture, The University of Sydney | Australia | $100 |
| 2019 | Scholarship | Postgraduate Research Scholarship in Plant Soil Interactions | School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney | Australia | $27,000 per annum |
| 2019 | Scholarship | Thomas Lawrance Pawlett Postgradaute Scholarship | Sydney Institute of Agriculture, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, The University of Sydney | Australia | $10,000 per annum |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
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| 2019 - 2022 | University of Sydney | Australia | PhD |
| Year | Citation |
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| 2025 | Bicharanloo, B., Bagheri Shirvan, M., Cavagnaro, T. R., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2025). Nitrogen fertilisation reduces the contribution of root-derived carbon to mineral-associated organic matter formation at low and high defoliation frequencies in a grassland soil. Plant and Soil: international journal on plant-soil relationships, 508(1-2), 925-938. Scopus4 WoS4 |
| 2025 | Islam, M. R., Bicharanloo, B., Yu, X., Singh, B., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2025). Rhizodeposition stimulates soil carbon decomposition and promotes formation of mineral-associated carbon with increased clay content. Geoderma, 454, 117180-1-117180-10. Scopus4 WoS4 |
| 2025 | Rahman, M. Z., Akter, S., Bicharanloo, B., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2025). Yield, nitrogen fixation and carbon allocation to root biomass and respiration in response to phosphorus fertilization in a wheat-chickpea intercropping system. Plant and Soil, 15 pages. |
| 2025 | Mason, A. R. G., Bicharanloo, B., Salomon, M., Lowe, A., Dijkstra, F. A., & Cavagnaro, T. (2025). Enhanced stabilisation of soil carbon via arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and biochar.. Scientific reports, 15(1), 39631. |
| 2023 | Bicharanloo, B., Salomon, M. J., Cavagnaro, T. R., Keitel, C., Brien, C., Jewell, N., . . . Dijkstra, F. A. (2023). Arbuscular mycorrhizae are important for phosphorus uptake and root biomass, and exudation for nitrogen uptake in tomato plants grown under variable water conditions. Plant and Soil, 490(1-2), 325-342. Scopus5 WoS5 |
| 2022 | Bicharanloo, B., Shirvan, M. B., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2022). Decoupled cycling of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in a grassland soil along a hillslope mediated by clay and soil moisture. CATENA, 219, 10 pages. Scopus28 WoS28 |
| 2022 | Wang, R., Bicharanloo, B., Hou, E., Jiang, Y., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2022). Phosphorus Supply Increases Nitrogen Transformation Rates and Retention in Soil: A Global Meta-Analysis. EARTHS FUTURE, 10(3), 15 pages. Scopus78 WoS68 |
| 2022 | Bicharanloo, B., Shirvan, M. B., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2022). Nitrogen and phosphorus availability have stronger effects on gross and net nitrogen mineralisation than wheat rhizodeposition. GEODERMA, 405, 9 pages. Scopus16 WoS16 |
| 2022 | Bicharanloo, B., Bagheri Shirvan, M., Cavagnaro, T. R., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2022). Nitrogen addition and defoliation alter belowground carbon allocation with consequences for plant nitrogen uptake and soil organic carbon decomposition. Science of the Total Environment, 846, 12 pages. Scopus19 WoS17 Europe PMC6 |
| 2021 | Bicharanloo, B., Moghaddam, P. R., & Asadi, G. (2021). Does summer irrigation alter nitrogen uptake and utilisation efficiency of saffron (<i>Crocus sativus</i>L.) for different organic and chemical fertilisers?. ARCHIVES OF AGRONOMY AND SOIL SCIENCE, 67(13), 1754-1769. Scopus6 WoS5 |
| 2021 | Wang, R., Bicharanloo, B., Bagheri Shirvan, M., Cavagnaro, T. R., Yong, J., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2021). A novel ¹³C pulse-labelling method to quantify the contribution of rhizodeposits to soil respiration in a grassland exposed to drought and nitrogen addition. The New Phytologist, 230(2), 857-866. Scopus43 WoS37 Europe PMC16 |
| 2021 | Bicharanloo, B., Cavagnaro, T. R., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2021). Nitrogen fertilisation increases specific root respiration in ectomycorrhizal but not in arbuscular mycorrhizal plants: a meta-analysis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 711720-1-711720-10. Scopus8 WoS7 Europe PMC5 |
| 2020 | Bicharanloo, B., Shirvan, M. B., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2020). Nitrogen and phosphorus availability affect wheat carbon allocation pathways: rhizodeposition and mycorrhizal symbiosis. SOIL RESEARCH, 58(2), 125-136. Scopus12 WoS10 |
| 2020 | Bicharanloo, B., Shirvan, M. B., Keitel, C., & Dijkstra, F. A. (2020). Rhizodeposition mediates the effect of nitrogen and phosphorous availability on microbial carbon use efficiency and turnover rate. SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY, 142, 9 pages. Scopus52 WoS47 Europe PMC8 |
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[2024 – 2025] |
Sandland Bequest [$60,000] | The University of Adelaide, Australia Zou, J., Liang, G., Duan, X., Bicharanloo, B., and Lee, E. Pioneering Sustainable Agriculture by Electrochemically Converting Industrial CO2 and Nitrate waste into Green Urea Fertilizer |
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[2020 – 2021] |
Postgraduate Research Fund [$4,486] | Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, University of Adelaide, Australia Bicharanloo, B. What are the carbon costs for tomato plants to take up nutrients and water from the soil? |
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[2010 – 2012] |
Research Fund [IRR 10,000,000] | Young Researchers and Elite Club, Iran Bicharanloo, B. and Bagheri Shirvan, M. Allelopathic effect of three weed species aqueous extract on germination and growth indices of two wheat varieties |
[2024 – present] Course coordinator and lecturer | Soil Ecology and Nutrient Cycling III
[2024 – 2026] Lecturer | Soil and Plant Nutrition III | Coordinators: Prof. Glen McDonald, Prof. Amanda Able
[2024 – 2025] Lecturer | Soil and Landscapes I | Coordinator: Dr. Ashlea Doolette
[2024 – present] Lecturer | Food Production in Future Climate Change III | Coordinator: A/Prof. Beth Loveys
[2025 – 2026] Guest lecturer | Microbiology & Biotechnology II | Coordinator: Dr. Karina Riggs
[2024 – 2025 ] Academic staff field tour | Agricultural production I | Coordinator: A/Prof. Matthew Denton
[2024 – 2025] Supervisor | Research Project | Coordinator: Dr. Ashlea Doolette
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
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| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Impact of labile carbon and phosphorus addition on the gross nitrogen mineralisation and dynamics in a low-P alkaline soil | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Maya Omonte Kramer |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Determining the potential of fulvate and Mn application to alleviate the negative effects of glyphosate drift on growth and micronutrient uptake by wheat and conventional canola genotypes and their rhizosphere microflora. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Juqi Li |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Determining the potential of fulvate and Mn application to alleviate the negative effects of glyphosate drift on growth and micronutrient uptake by wheat and conventional canola genotypes and their rhizosphere microflora. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Juqi Li |
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