About us

I am a lecturer in soil science at The University of Adelaide. My research interests lie in soil biogeochemistry and plant-soil interactions, Ecosystem function, and services. My main expertise is in employing stable isotopes integrated with microbiological techniques.

I examine the controls on plant carbon allocation belowground including rhizodeposition, root respiration, and mycorrhizal association. I also evaluate the consequences of plant carbon input on soil biogeochemistry and nutrient cycling across various plant-soil systems.

I have developed a novel 13CO2 labelling method for field conditions that enabled us to partition the total respiration into the decomposition of soil organic carbon (SOC) and rhizodeposition and to track the incorporation of rhizodeposition into the formation of different organic matter pools in grassland soil.

Dr. Bahareh Bicharanloo