Thomas Lines

Research Interests

Agricultural Biotechnology Biotechnology Chemical Engineering Oenology and Viticulture Phycology Wine Chemistry and Wine Sensory Science

Dr Thomas Lines

Grant-Funded Researcher (B)

School of Agriculture, Food and Wine

College of Science

Dr Thomas Lines is an agricultural researcher with qualifications in biotechnology, chemical engineering, and plant/ algal physiology. He has a passion for conducting high quality, applied research that can be of immediate benefit to agricultural industries, such as developing sustainable practices and improving soil health and crop resilience. His research interests and expertise include horticulture, viticulture, soil ecology, AgTech, carbon farming/economics, molecular biology, technology, biochemical engineering, evolution, climate change, ecology, and microbiology. Through his current position as Research Fellow in the School of Agriculture, Food and Wine, his research focuses on the complex interactions between under-vine cover crops, soil health and perennial horticulture crops. This work has been extended by the funding body, Wine Australia, and has also led to a number of other cover crop related projects, including a recently awarded Hort Innovation funded project (five years) on semi-arid region cover cropping in Almond Orchards.Dr Lines has a passion for problem solving and science communication, which has aided in developing technical and soft skills that include bioinformatics (Qiime2: NextGen Sequencing analysis), data analysis (R), grant writing, conducting presentations and workshops, outreach, collaborating with industry, and stakeholder engagement.

Date Institution name Country Title
Monash University Australia PhD
Adelaide University Australia Bachelor of Chemical Engineering
Adelaide University Australia Bachelor of Biotechnology

Year Citation
2024 Lines, T., Penfold, C., Marks, J., Kesser, M., Pagay, V., & Cavagnaro, T. (2024). Run for cover-the 'right' species of under-vine cover crops do not influence yield in an Australian vineyard. OENO ONE, 58(4), 12 pages.
DOI WoS4
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 Scopus5 WoS5
2022 Marks, J. N. J., Lines, T. E. P., Penfold, C., & Cavagnaro, T. R. (2022). Cover crops and carbon stocks: How under-vine management influences SOC inputs and turnover in two vineyards.. The Science of the total environment, 831, 11 pages.
DOI Scopus20 WoS21 Europe PMC6
2022 Marshall, D. J., Malerba, M., Lines, T., Sezmis, A. L., Hasan, C. M., Lenski, R. E., & McDonald, M. J. (2022). Long-term experimental evolution decouples size and production costs in Escherichia coli. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 119(21), 1-8.
DOI Scopus26 WoS23 Europe PMC24
2020 Posselt, M., McIntyre, H., Ngcanga, M., Lines, T., & Procter, N. (2020). The mental health status of asylum seekers in middle- to high-income countries: a synthesis of current global evidence.. British medical bulletin, 134(1), 4-20.
DOI Scopus33 WoS33 Europe PMC21
2020 Lines, T., Orr, P., & Beardall, J. (2020). Elevated co₂ has differential effects on five species of microalgae from a sub‐tropical freshwater lake: possible implications for phytoplankton species composition. Journal of Phycology, 57(1), 324-334.
DOI Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC1
2018 Lines, T., & Beardall, J. (2018). Carbon acquisition characteristics of six microalgal species isolated from a subtropical reservoir: potential implications for species succession. Journal of Phycology, 54(5), 599-607.
DOI Scopus14 WoS11 Europe PMC7
2017 Ji, M., Greening, C., Vanwonterghem, I., Carere, C. R., Bay, S. K., Steen, J. A., . . . Ferrari, B. C. (2017). Atmospheric trace gases support primary production in Antarctic desert surface soil. Nature, 552(7685), 400-403.
DOI Scopus254 WoS239 Europe PMC197

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2020 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Cover Crops, Carbon Dynamics and the Ecological Intensification of Vineyards – A View From Under the Vine Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Joseph Marks

Date Role Research Topic Location Program Supervision Type Student Load Student Name
2022 - 2022 Principal Supervisor ‘Under-vine ground cover does not significantly affect canopy arthropod diversity in small field trial’ The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Jonathan Ward
2021 - ongoing Principal Supervisor Viticulture and soil ecology The University of Adelaide - Honours Full Time Benjamin Hayward

Date Topic Location Name
2021 - 2021 Temperature effects of cover crops in vineyards The University of Adelaide FIPS 2021 students
2020 - 2021 Foundations in Plant Science The University of Adelaide Hien Minh Vu, Zachary Rogers, Jonathan Ward, Michael Lyons, Elka Parsons

Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country
2020 - ongoing Limestone Coast Grape and Wine Council Research Scientific research Australia

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