Soil Biology and Genomics

Soil Profile

All terrestrial life on earth depends upon soil, making it one of our most important resources.


We make use of a range of technologies in our research program and aim to generate research outcomes that enable us to build a holistic picture of how soil organisms influence the ecology, growth and diversity of plants and animals.

The outcomes from our research will be used to improve future strategies for ecosystem management, increased plant production, carbon sequestration, and remediation of contaminated soils.


Our mission is to innovate, integrate and extend knowledge of soil biodiversity and its linkages with ecosystem services in order to gain a holistic view of belowground responses to environmental and global change.



Soil Biology and Genomics Theme Scientists

Position Name Keywords
Theme Leader Prof Jeff PowellMicrobial ecology, community assembly, ecological informatics
Professor Prof Elise Pendall Soil science, biogeochemistry, ecosystem ecology, stable isotope ecology
Director Prof Ian Anderson Microbial ecology, molecular ecology, mycorrhizal fungi, plant microbe interactions
Professor Prof Brajesh Singh Microbial ecology, functional microbial ecology, global processes
Senior Lecturer Dr Yolima Carrillo Rhizosphere mediation, impacts of drought, drought tolerance, microbial metabolism
Senior Lecturer Dr Catriona Macdonald Microbial ecology, plant-soil interactions, nutrient cycling
Theme Research Coordinator A/Prof Uffe Nielsen Soil biodiversity, global change, ecosystem processes
A/Professor A/Prof Alexie Papanicolaou Bioinformatics, molecular biology, computer science, genome bioinformatics, biosecurity, climate adaptation, evolutionary biology
Senior Lecturer Dr Jonathan Plett Signalling, effectors, protein characterisation
Research Support Program Fellow Dr Juntao Wang Bushfire Research: Soil Biodiversity
  
Lecturer Dr Eleonora Egidi