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Professor John Beardall

John Beardall Deputy Director, Centre for Biospectroscopy; Professor of Biology, School of Biological Sciences

PhD (London)
Room: 17/235
Phone: + 61 3 9905 5611
Fax: + 61 3 9905 5613
email: john.beardall@sci.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.biolsci.monash.edu.au/staff/beardall/index.html

Research Area

  • Effects of elevated CO2 and UV-B radiation on photosynthetic performance of microalgae
  • Interactions between photosynthesis and nutrient acquisition by algae
  • Biospectroscopy of algae and its applications in determining macromolecular composition and phylogenetic relationships.
  • Role of benthic microalgae in modulating nutrient fluxes between sediments and water column

Current Research Grants

  • New approaches to measuring the composition and nutrient status of single phytoplankton cells. ARC Discovery with Dr Bayden Wood. 2005-2007
  •  Effects of global climate change on marine phytoplankton: interactions between UV-B radiation and elevated CO2. ARC Discovery . 2005-2007
  • Effects of  environmental factors on ecophysiological performance in the toxic cyanobacterium Nodularia. ARC Linkage 2006-8
  • Infrared and Raman micro-spectroscopic analysis of food contamination and integrity.RIRDC with prof Don McNaughton. 2006-9