Dr Bahareh Bicharanloo

• 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

  Soil Sciences Soil chemistry and soil carbon sequestration (excl. carbon sequestration science) Ecosystem Function Ecosystem services (incl. pollination) Environmental biogeochemistry Microbial Ecology

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  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. DOI Scopus3
  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. DOI
  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. DOI Scopus3 WoS1
  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. DOI Scopus22
  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. DOI Scopus64
  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. DOI Scopus14
  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. DOI Scopus13 WoS1 Europe PMC2
  2021	Bicharanloo, B., Moghaddam, P. R., & Asadi, G. (2021). Does summer irrigation alter nitrogen uptake and utilisation efficiency of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) for different organic and chemical fertilisers?. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, 67(13), 1754-1769. DOI Scopus6
  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. DOI Scopus41 WoS16 Europe PMC8
  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. DOI Scopus8 WoS3 Europe PMC2
  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. DOI Scopus9
  2020	Bicharanloo, B., Bagheri Shirvan, M., 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 and Biochemistry, 142, 9 pages. DOI Scopus49 Europe PMC3

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

• 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

• Position: Associate Lecturer
• Email: bahareh.bicharanloo@adelaide.edu.au
• Campus: Waite
• Building: Prescott Building
• Org Unit: School of Agriculture, Food and Wine