
Dr Bahareh Bicharanloo
Associate Lecturer
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
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 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. 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.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 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 -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 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 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2019 - 2022 University of Sydney Australia PhD -
Research Interests
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Journals
[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 |
[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? |
[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 |
Course coordinator and lecturer | SOIL&WAT 3016WT - Soil Ecology and Nutrient Cycling III
Lecturer | Soil and Landscapes I
Guest lecturer | Food Production in Future Climate Change III
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 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
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