Dr Huan Zhao

Grant-Funded Research Fellow

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


Dr. Huan Zhao (also named as Huanhuan Zhao) is a Research Fellow at the Biometry Hub on the Waite Campus of the University of Adelaide (UA). She works as a team member of the Analytics for the Australian Grains Industry in University of Adelaide (AAGI-UA) and provides analytical supports to pre-breeding and breeding projects, Dr. Zhao possesses a deep understanding of plant breeding and Genetics. She has more recently specialized in developing and validating genomic prediction models with large-scale genomic and phenomic datasets. Her research also extends to identifying genomic regions associated with complex traits through genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and assessing genetic gains in breeding programs via computer simulation.
 

Year Citation
2025 Zhao, H., MacLeod, I. M., Keeble-Gagnere, G., Barbulescu, D. M., Tibbits, J. F., Kaur, S., & Hayden, M. (2025). Using genotype imputation to integrate Canola populations for genome-wide association and genomic prediction of blackleg resistance. BMC Genomics, 26(1), 215-1-215-13.
DOI Scopus1 Europe PMC3
2024 Zhao, H., Khansefid, M., Lin, Z., & Hayden, M. J. (2024). Genetic Gain and Inbreeding in Different Simulated Genomic Selection Schemes for Grain Yield and Oil Content in Safflower. Plants, 13(11), 1577-1-1577-11.
DOI
2023 Zhao, H., Lin, Z., Khansefid, M., Tibbits, J. F., & Hayden, M. J. (2023). Genomic prediction and selection response for grain yield in safflower. Frontiers in Genetics, 14, 1129433-1-1129433-9.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC6
2022 Zhao, H., Pandey, B. R., Khansefid, M., Khahrood, H. V., Sudheesh, S., Joshi, S., . . . Rosewarne, G. M. (2022). Combining NDVI and Bacterial Blight Score to Predict Grain Yield in Field Pea. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13, 923381-1-923381-11.
DOI Scopus7 Europe PMC2
2022 Zhao, H., Savin, K. W., Li, Y., Breen, E. J., Maharjan, P., Tibbits, J. F., . . . Daetwyler, H. D. (2022). Genome-wide association studies dissect the G × E interaction for agronomic traits in a worldwide collection of safflowers (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Molecular Breeding: new strategies in plant improvement, 42(4), 24-1-24-14.
DOI Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC6
2020 Zhao, H., Li, Y., Petkowski, J., Kant, S., Hayden, M. J., & Daetwyler, H. D. (2020). Genomic prediction and genomic heritability of grain yield and its related traits in a safflower genebank collection. The Plant Genome, 14(1), e20064-1-e20064-15.
DOI Scopus16 WoS12 Europe PMC9

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