Category: PhD Candidate

1. Lisa Mau

   Lisa Mau is a graduate researcher in the Jülich-University of Melbourne Postgraduate Academy (JUMPA) with UoM and the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany. Lisa’s PhD project brings together unicellular algae with wheat roots. Algal biomass contains nutrients, but unlike mineral fertilizer, in chemical forms that are not directly available to plants. She is using a mass-balance […]

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2. Allene Macabuhay

   Allene Macabuhay is a graduate researcher in the Jülich-University of Melbourne Postgraduate Academy (JUMPA) with UoM and the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany. Allene is investigating the phenotypic changes and biochemical mechanisms behind the plant root and beneficial soil bacterial interaction under heat stress. Advanced high-throughput shoot and root phenotyping platform will be utilized to closely […]

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3. Sibel Yildirim

   Sibel Yildirim is a graduate researcher in the Jülich-University of Melbourne Postgraduate Academy (JUMPA) with UoM and the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany. Sibel has always been interested in interdisciplinary and innovative scientific topics. During her PhD studies at The University of Melbourne, she aims to synthesise next generation nitrification inhibitors to increase nitrogen uptake in […]

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4. Martino Schillaci

   Martino Schillaci is a graduate researcher in the Jülich-University of Melbourne Postgraduate Academy (JUMPA) with UoM and the Forschungszentrum Jülich (FZJ) in Germany. Martino’s PhD project focuses on the interaction between cereals and soil beneficial bacteria, and how it affects plant metabolism in suboptimal growing conditions. He is studying plant phenotype, transcriptome and metabolome at […]

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