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-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.
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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
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.
Scopus4 WoS42025 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.
Scopus1 WoS12023 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 WoS52022 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.
Scopus27 WoS272022 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.
Scopus75 WoS672022 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.
Scopus15 WoS152022 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.
Scopus18 WoS16 Europe PMC62021 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 WoS52021 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.
Scopus42 WoS37 Europe PMC162021 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 PMC52020 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.
Scopus11 WoS102020 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.
Scopus52 WoS47 Europe PMC7- 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.
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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 – 2025 ] Lecturer | Soil and Landscapes I
[2024 – present] Lecturer | Food Production in Future Climate Change III
[2025 – 2026] Guest lecturer | Microbiology & Biotechnology II
[2024 – 2025 ] Academic staff field tour | Agricultural production I
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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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