Teaching Strengths
Prof Matthew Tucker
Director, Waite Research Institute
Office of Sciences
College of Sciences
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Professor Matthew Tucker is the Director of the Waite Research Institute. He also chairs the University’s Institutional Biosafety Committee and serves as joint Director of the Adelaide node of Plant SynBio Australia.
Prof Tucker is also an established researcher in plant biology, with expertise in plant reproduction, shoot growth, and seed development. He earned his PhD at the University of Adelaide and CSIRO Plant Industry, followed by postdoctoral research as an EMBO Fellow at the University of Freiburg in Germany. In 2015, he was awarded an ARC Future Fellowship at the University of Adelaide.
His laboratory focuses on improving crop yield, grain quality and end-use through traditional breeding, gene editing, and genetic modification. Recent research has explored cereal inflorescence, flower, and grain development. Prof Tucker is a Chief Investigator with both the ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plants for Space.
He actively contributes to academia and industry through advisory roles, media engagement, national and international symposia, and early-career researcher training networks. His research has been supported by grants from the ARC, SAGIT, GRDC, ARDC, EMBO, and the EU. He has published over 100 scientific articles in leading journals, including Nature Plants, Nature Communications, PNAS, Developmental Cell, PLOS Genetics, New Phytologist, and Development.
Available positions
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Fully funded PhD scholarship in barley grain quality.
This PhD project will investigate the genetic and physiological basis of barley grain quality. The student will focus on identifying natural genetic variation and hormone-related pathways that influence water uptake and loss in barley, contributing to reduced energy requirements during drying. Using molecular, cytological, compositional, and genetic analyses, the project will explore LOW INPUT MALTING lines and selected hormone mutants. The research is part of a broader multidisciplinary initiative involving seed scientists, maltsters, and breeders, aimed at developing barley varieties that are more sustainable and economically valuable for Australian growers and exporters. The project offers opportunities for high-impact publications, industry engagement, and fundamental insights into grain processing biology.
Applicants should ideally hold a masters or honours degree in genetics, seed science or plant development. Please contact matthew.tucker@adelaide.edu.au to discuss.
Our People
2025 - field day
2024
Dr Xiujuan Yang - JAT Mortlock Fellow
Dr Nicholas Collins - Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Sue Stewart - Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr Duoxiang Wang - Postdoctoral fellow
Dr Caterina Selva - Postdoctoral fellow
Dr Lishi Cai - Technical data analyst
Dr Mohammad Babla - Laboratory Manager
Dr Ghazwan Karem - Technician
Dr Juhiana Al-Jabiry - Technician
Ms Philippa Tansing - Grain technician
Mr Chao Ma - Grain microscopist
Nyssa Malik - PhD student
Dominic Lyford - PhD student
Ling Xu - PhD student
Hien Minh (Jean) Vu - PhD student
Jack Kelly - PhD student
Ryan Edwards - PhD student (co-supervisor)
Guilherme (Yoshi) Pedro Silva - PhD student (co-supervisor)
Muhammad Faizan - PhD student (co-supervisor)
Xiao Yu (Josh) Ng - PhD student (co-supervisor)
Wei Po (Weiber) Lo - PhD student (co-supervisor)
Poonam Bala - MPhil student (co-supervisor)
Jorja Hooper - Honours student (co-supervisor)
2022
Former Staff/Students
Dr Yuanlin Qi - Living the dream in China
Ms Danielle Chevalier - AGT, AU
A/Prof Sarah McKim - Back to frosty Scotland!
Maria García Lezama - Back to Spain :-)
Ethan Dight - AGT, AU
Shaathvy Shanmugam - AU
Dr Simon Michelmore - SARDI, AU
Dr Reyhaneh Ebrahimi Khaksefidi - UoA Technician, AU
Dr Sara Pinto - Post-doctoral researcher, JIC
Dr Rosanna Petrella - Post-doctoral researcher, Simon lab, DE
Nicola Babolin - PhD student, Uni Milan, IT
Dr Mia Lou - Researcher, Australian Plant Phenomics Facility, AU
Dr Dayton Bird - DAFF, AU
Dr Muhammad Kamran - Postdoctoral researcher
Dr Kara Levin - Repromed, AU
Dr Matthew Aubert - Lupin Breeder at AGT, AU
Dr Laura Wilkinson - Hops Breeder at Uni Adelaide, AU
Dr Cindy Callens - Biobest Sustainable Crop Management, BE
Dr Guillermo Garcia - Post-doctoral fellow at La Trobe University, AU
Dr Sarah Moss - Post-doctoral fellow at Plant and Food Research, NZ
Dr Jana Phan - CropLife, AU
Dr Sonia Bosca - Senior Researcher of Institute for Plant Molecular and Cell Biology, Valencia (IBMCP), ESP
Dr Annika Warnke (nee Hinze) - Project Coordinator, University Klinik, Freiburg, DE
Andrew Gilmore - Curtain Uni
Brendan Kupke - Researcher at SARDI, AU
Danielle McBride - Biosecurity SA, AU
Jessika Pan (Aditya) - R&D Manager at CV. Aditya Sentana Agro (Matahari Seed Group), Indonesia
Shi Fang Khor - Technical Officer, University of Adelaide, AU
Weng Leong - Sydney, AU
Our projects
Grain Development and Cereal Yield
The number and quality of seeds produced by crop plants has a significant impact on end use and crop value. Cereal grains are an important dietary component that contribute benefits for human health and nutrition, and can also be utilised for industrial processes in the brewing, fibre and food industries. Within the cereal grain, different tissues such as the outer aleurone layer and inner starchy endosperm accumulate varying amounts of starch, protein, dietary fibre and antioxidants. Genes controlling the balance between outer and inner identity might therefore be used to tailor the composition of cereal grains for specific end uses. We have been studying reproductive biology and grain formation in cereal species to understand the genetic basis for differences in cell identity. This work is supported by the ARC and GRDC (https://grdc.com.au/) and involves international partners including the James Hutton Institute in Scotland and the University of Milan in Italy.
Recent Papers:
Whitford, R., Baumann, U., Yang, X. Tucker, M.R .... Rohde, A (2026) Transcriptional signatures associated with female receptivity and longevity in genetically male-sterile wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Sci Rep. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-41612-1
Selva, C., Yang, X., Shirley, N.J., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., Tucker, M.R. (2023) HvSL1 and HvMADS16 promote stamen identity to restrict multiple ovary formation in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany erad218.
Li, G., Kuijer, H.N., Yang, X., Liu, H., Shen, C., Shi, J., Betts, N., Tucker, M.R., Liang, W., Waugh, R., Burton, R.A. and Zhang D. (2021). MADS1 maintains barley spike morphology at high ambient temperatures. Nature Plants 7, 1093-1107.
Shoesmith, J.R., Solomon, C.U., Yang, X., Wilkinson, L.G., Sheldrick, S., van Eijden, E., Couwenberg, S., Pugh, L.M., Eskan, M., Stephens, J., Barakate, A., Drea, S., Houston, K., Tucker, M.R and McKim, S.M. (2021). APETALA2 functions as a temporal factor together with BLADE-ON-PETIOLE2 and MADS29 to control flower and grain development in barley. Development 148, dev194894.
Selva, C., Shirley, N.J., Houston, K., Whitford, R., Baumann, U., Li, G., and Tucker, M.R. (2021). HvLEAFY controls the early stages of floral organ specification and inhibits the formation of multiple ovaries in barley. The Plant Journal. doi: 10.1111/tpj.15457
Shirley, N.J., Aubert, M.K., Wilkinson, L.G., Bird, D.C., Lora, J, Yang, X and Tucker, M.R. ( 2019) Translating auxin responses into ovules, seeds and yield: Insight from Arabidopsis and the cereals. J Integr Plant Biol 61: 310– 336 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12747
Aubert, M.K., Coventry, S., Shirley, N.J., Betts, N.S., Würschum, T., Burton, R.A., and Tucker M.R. (2018). Differences in hydrolytic enzyme activity accompany natural variation in mature aleurone morphology in barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Scientific Reports, 8:11025, DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-29068-4 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-29068-4
Ovule Development
Plant reproduction delivers fruits, seeds and grains that are a fundamental requirement of human society. Understanding how plants produce their gametes is therefore a key area of interest to ensure stable and improved yields in the future. We have been studying ovule development in Arabidopsis, barley and wheat to establish how female reproductive cells are specified. Communication between different ovule cells based on their position has long been hypothesised as a mechanism controlling reproductive cell identity, but is challenging to address due to the technical difficulties in accessing them in the ovule. We have utilised Laser Assisted Microdissection (LAM),spatial transcriptomics and cell sorting to capture these cells and characterise genes involved in ovule development. In parallel, large scale genetic screens have led to the identification of novel markers of reproductive cell development and the delineation of molecular pathways influencing reproductive cell fate. Work in this area is supported by the ARC (http://www.arc.gov.au/), as well as international partnerships with the SEXSEED consortium (http://www.fc.up.pt/sexseed/), the MAD consortium (https://www.facebook.com/MAD_project-106849094787913/), and the University of Freiburg (http://www.biologie.uni-freiburg.de/LauxLab)
Recent Papers:
Lora, J., Tucker, M.R., Shirley, N.J., Ma, C. and Hormaza, J.I. (2026), Comparative insights into molecular pathways influencing germline development in early-divergent angiosperms. Plant J, 125: e70675. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.70675
Yang, X., Li, G., Shi, J.....Tucker, M.R. (2025) MADS31 supports female germline development by repressing the post-fertilization programme in cereal ovules. Nature Plants 11, 543–560. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-025-01915-z
Pinto, S.C., Leong, W.H., Tan, H .... Tucker, M.R. (2024) Germline β−1,3-glucan deposits are required for female gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature Communications 15, 5875 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50143-0
Yang, X., Wilkinson, L.G., Aubert, M.K., Houston, K., Shirley, N.J., Tucker, M.R. (2023) Ovule cell wall composition is a maternal determinant of grain size in barley. New Phytologist 237 (6), 2136-2147
Cereal stem development
Recent Papers:
Inoue, M, Situmorang, A, Kelly, JH, et al (2025). LATERAL BRANCHING OXIDOREDUCTASE specificity for strigolactone branching inhibition in barley. Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (18), 5367-5381
Kelly, JH, Gilmore, AJ, Situmorang, A et al (2025) Strigolactones coordinate barley tillering and grain size.
Journal of Experimental Botany 76 (16), 4538-4554
Faizan, M., N.Freidoonimehr, M.Tucker, and M.Arjomandi (2025) Drag Measurement of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Heads With Varying Morphology. Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science 211, no. 4: e70106. https://doi.org/10.1111/jac.70106.
Kelly, J. H., Tucker, M. R., & Brewer, P. B. (2023). The Strigolactone Pathway Is a Target for Modifying Crop Shoot Architecture and Yield. Biology, 12(1), 95. https://doi.org/10.3390/biology12010095
Plant Cell Walls
Plant cells are surrounded by a complex wall consisting of polysaccharides, proteins, phenolic acids and water. The cell wall fulfils a crucial role in supporting plant growth and development and defending against pathogen invasion. In collaboration with the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Cell Walls (http://www.plantcellwalls.org.au/) we have been studying how different components of the wall are synthesised, how they influence reproductive development. We also collaborate with Prof Diane Mather (https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/diane.mather) to determine how cell walls interact with barley parasites such as the cereal cyst nematode, Heterodera avenae.
Recent Papers:
Hsieh, Y.S.Y., Kao, M.R., and Tucker, M.R. (2024). The knowns and unknowns of callose biosynthesis in terrestrial plants. Carbohydrate Res 538, 109103.
Lou H, Tucker MR, Shirley NJ, Lahnstein J, Yang X, Ma C, Schwerdt J, Fusi R, Burton RA, Band LR, Bennett MJ, Bulone V (2022) The cellulose synthase-like F3 (CslF3) gene mediates cell wall polysaccharide synthesis and affects root growth and differentiation in barley. The Plant Journal 110(6):1-19
Dal Santo S, Tucker MR, Tan HT, Burbidge CA, Fasoli M, Bottcher C, Boss PK, Pezzotti M, Davies C (2020) Auxin treatment of grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) berries delays ripening onset by inhibiting cell expansion. Plant Mol Biol 103: 91-111
Levin KA, Tucker MR, Strock CF, Lynch JP, Mather DE (2021) Three-dimensional imaging reveals that positions of cyst nematode feeding sites relative to xylem vessels differ between susceptible and resistant wheat. Plant Cell Rep 40: 393-403
| Date | Position | Institution name |
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| 2026 - ongoing | Director | Adelaide University |
| 2024 - ongoing | Interim Director | Waite Research Institute, University of Adelaide |
| 2024 - ongoing | Professor | University of Adelaide |
| 2016 - 2023 | Associate Professor | University of Adelaide |
| 2015 - ongoing | ARC Future Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| Language | Competency |
|---|---|
| German | Can read and understand spoken |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD |
| 1998 | Flinders University | Australia | Bachelor of Biotechnology (Honours) |
| Year | Citation |
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| - | Koltunow, A. M., Vivian‐Smith, A., Tucker, M. R., & Paech, N. (2018). The Central Role of the Ovule in Apomixis and Parthenocarpy. In Unknown Book (pp. 234-270). Wiley. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2011 | Tucker, M., & Koltunow, A. (2011). Advances in apomixis research: can we fix heterosis?. In I. K. Vasil (Ed.), PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY 2002 AND BEYOND (pp. 619 pages). FL, ORLANDO: Springer. WoS5 |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2018). Floral development in barley: characterization of multiovary mutants. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Congress on Sexual Plant Reproduction. Japan. |
| 2017 | Selva, C., Tucker, M. R., Baumann, U., & Whitford, R. (2017). The benefits of sterility: characterizing multiovary mutants for hybrid seed production. Poster session presented at the meeting of Combined biosciences - ComBio. Australia. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| - | Berger, B., Tucker, M., Baumann, U., Kalashyan, E., Schwerdt, J., Chalmers, K., . . . Shaw, P. D. (n.d.). OzBarley: genotypic and expression data of the OzBarley elite panel. DOI |
| - | Berger, B., Tucker, M., Baumann, U., Kalashyan, E., Schwerdt, J., Chalmers, K., . . . Shaw, P. D. (n.d.). OzBarley: phenotypic data of OzBarley elite panel collected in greenhouse trials at Australian Plant Phenomics Network, University of Adelaide. DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2026 | Vu, H. M., Coram, T., Able, J., Walter, J., Coventry, S., & Tucker, M. R. (2026). Barley ( <i>Hordeum vulgare L</i> .) <i>HvDEP1</i> alleles and their effect on agronomic and physical grain traits. DOI |
| 2026 | Silva, J., Ferreira, M. J., Dupree, P., Tucker, M. R., Costa, M. M. R., & Coimbra, S. (2026). AGP-Ca <sup>2+</sup> binding is essential for pollen development and pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. DOI |
| 2025 | Banfi, C., Babolin, N., Astori, C., Mizzotti, C., Vega-Léon, R., Leo, G., . . . Colombo, L. (2025). ARABIDOPSIS Bsister and SEEDSTICK MADS-box transcription factors modulate maternal nutrient flow for seed development in Arabidopsis. DOI |
| Current |
| ARC Centre of Excellence. 2023-2030. Gilliham et al. Plants for Space. |
| ARC Linkage Project. 2022-2026. Tucker, Zhang, Bogard, Coram. Breeder-ready genetic tools for sustaining wheat yields under heat stress. |
| ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development. 2021-2026. Pogson, Byrt, Roy, Millar, Ankeny, Whitney, Leach, Schwessinger, Mathesius, Atkin, Furbank, Mortimer, Tucker, Plewa, Gilliham, Zhang. |
| SAGIT investment, UAD 03223. 2023-2025. Tucker, Schilling. Screening for genetic components of head-retention in barley |
| ARC Discovery Project. 2021-2024. Tucker, Colombo. Decoding tissue-specific components of cereal grain development. |
| GRDC investment. 2023-2025. Berger, Chalmers, Tucker. Expanding the capacity and capability of the OzBarley G2P Platform |
| ARC LIEF. 2023-2024. Roy et al., A multi-environment phenotyping site for biotech plants. |
| EU H2020-MSCARISE. 2021-2025. Gillmor, de Folter, Pupilli, Pessino, Ortiz, Siena, Delgado, Echenique, Zappacosta, Espinoza, Acuna, Leblanc, Autran, Michaud, Lejbowicz, Fréour, Caccamo, Tucker, Colombo, Miranda, Albertini, Grossniklaus, Baroux, Schöb. "MAD" - Mechanisms of Apomictic Development. |
| Previous |
| SAGIT investment, UA721. 2021-2022. Tucker, Porker, Schilling, Plett. Revealing the basis for head-loss in barley. |
| SAGIT investment, UA619. 2019-2021 Tucker, Porker, Arjomandi, Bulone. Revealing the basis for head-loss in barley. |
| YITPI grant. 2020-2021. Tucker, Porker. Determining the impact of environment and genotype on barley grain features for the malt and animal feed industries. |
| ARC Discovery Project. 2018-2021. Tucker and Laux, Activating the female germline during plant development, 2018-2021. |
| GRDC investment. 2015-2020. Mather, Thompson, Chalmers, Sutton, Tucker, Taylor, Khoo. Protecting Your Crop: Development of tools to accelerate Nematode resistance gene deployment. |
| ARC Future Fellowship. 2014-2018. Tucker, Defining pathways that establish and maintain reproductive cell identity in plant ovules and seeds. |
| EU H2020-MSCARISE. 2015-2020. Coimbra, Colombo, Spillane, Albertini, Tucker, Franks, Jones, Palanivelu, “SEXSEED” - Sexual Plant Reproduction – Seed formation. |
| DAAD - Universities Australia. 2016-2018. Tucker, Laux, Xu, Schwerdt, Genetic control of germline initiation in flowering plants. |
PLANT DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS: 103561, GENE EXPRESSION AND HUMAN & DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS, (GENETICS 3211)
PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY III: 4020_PLANT_SC_3515WT
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Mining novel genes to improve heat stress tolerance of barley during reproduction | Master of Philosophy | Master | Full Time | Miss Poonam Bala |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Genetic regulation of peduncle growth in barley (Hordeum vulgare) | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Chairunisa . |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Biosynthesis of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in duckweeds and beyond. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Xiao Yu Ng |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Unveiling Genetic Control of the Maternal-Filial Interface in Barley Grain Development | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Weiber Lo |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Mining novel genes to improve heat stress tolerance of barley during reproduction | - | Master | Full Time | Miss Poonam Bala |
| 2025 | Principal Supervisor | Genetic regulation of peduncle growth in barley (Hordeum vulgare) | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Chairunisa . |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Biosynthesis of long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in duckweeds and beyond. | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Xiao Yu Ng |
| 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Unveiling Genetic Control of the Maternal-Filial Interface in Barley Grain Development | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Weiber Lo |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Aerodynamics of barley head | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Muhammad Faizan |
| 2024 | Co-Supervisor | Aerodynamics of barley head | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Muhammad Faizan |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Dissecting the MADS-box interactome during barley ovule and seed development | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Ling Xu |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | MADS-box gene function and conservation in barley and arabidopsis | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Dominic James Lyford |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | MADS-box gene function and conservation in barley and arabidopsis | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Dominic James Lyford |
| 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Dissecting the MADS-box interactome during barley ovule and seed development | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Ling Xu |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Enhancing the nutritional quality of duckweed, a novel crop for Space and Closed Environmental Agriculture | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Ryan Andre Edwards |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Harnessing hormonal signalling pathways to improve plant architecture and growth response. | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jack Henry Kelly |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Investigating the genetic control of inflorescence development in wheat | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Guilherme Pedro Ventura Yoshicawa Simoes Silva |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Agronomic and quality impacts of alternative dwarfing genes in barley | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Hien Minh Vu |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Enhancing the nutritional quality of duckweed, a novel crop for Space and Closed Environmental Agriculture | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Ryan Andre Edwards |
| 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Investigating the genetic control of inflorescence development in wheat | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Guilherme Pedro Ventura Yoshicawa Simoes Silva |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Agronomic and quality impacts of alternative dwarfing genes in barley | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Hien Minh Vu |
| 2022 | Principal Supervisor | Harnessing hormonal signalling pathways to improve plant architecture and growth response. | - | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Jack Henry Kelly |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 - 2025 | Co-Supervisor | Auxin Herbicides Resistance in Broadleaf Weeds in Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Yuanlin Qi |
| 2021 - 2025 | Principal Supervisor | THE ROLE OF THE NAKED ENDOSPERM1 GENE IN BARLEY (Hordeum vulgare L.) GRAIN DEVELOPMENT | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mrs Juhiana Abdul Abbass Hantush Al-Jabiry |
| 2020 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Molecular and Phenotypic Effects of Synthetic Auxin Herbicide Tolerance in Pulses | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Simon Frederick Michelmore |
| 2018 - 2023 | Principal Supervisor | Female Germline Formation During Plant Development | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Dayton Christopher Bird |
| 2018 - 2022 | Co-Supervisor | Identification of barley mutants and characterisation of their mixed-linkage (1,3;1,4)-ß-glucan (MLG) | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Ghazwan Majid Fattoohi Karem |
| 2018 - 2024 | Principal Supervisor | Genome-Wide Analysis of Small-RNAs and Their Targets During Barley Inflorescence Development | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Reyhaneh Ebrahimi Khaksefidi |
| 2016 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | Role of Cellulose Synthase-Like (Csl) Genes in Barley Root Growth and Differentiation | Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with | Doctorate | Full Time | Dr Haoyu Lou |
| 2016 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Understanding Flower Development in Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) through Characterisation of Multiovary Mov Mutants and Their Potential Use in Hybrid Breeding | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Caterina Selva |
| 2016 - 2020 | Co-Supervisor | Genetic and Cytological Analysis of Host Root Responses to Cyst Nematode Infection in Wheat | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Ms Kara Ann Levin |
| 2016 - 2021 | Co-Supervisor | Analysis of MADS-box genes and heat stress in barley (Hordeum vulgare) reproductive development | Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Cindy Callens |
| 2015 - 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Molecular and Genetic Characterisation of Early Aleurone Development in Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Matthew Kevern Aubert |
| 2015 - 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Molecular and Genetic Cues Influencing Ovule Development in Barley (Hordeum vulgare) | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Laura Wilkinson |
| 2013 - 2018 | Co-Supervisor | Using Plantago ovata as a proxy to study plant cell wall polysaccharide biosynthesis | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Jana Le-Lam-Thuy Phan |
| 2012 - 2018 | Principal Supervisor | Characterisation of the Auxin Signalling Pathway in Vitis vinifera L. cv. Shiraz | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Miss Sarah Margaret Ann Moss |
| Date | Role | Committee | Institution | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 - ongoing | Representative | Australian Society of Plant Scientists | Australian Society of Plant Scientists | Australia |
| 2015 - ongoing | Representative | Institutional Biosafety Commitee | University of Adelaide | Australia |
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 - ongoing | Member | Australian Society of Plant Scientists | Australia |
| 2012 - ongoing | Member | International Association for Sexual Plant Reproduction Research | - |
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