Doctor Oula Ghannoum

Doctor Oula Ghannoum

SENIOR LECTURER,
Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney, Hawkesbury
  • BSc University of New South Wales

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment

Contact

Email:O.Ghannoum@uws.edu.au
Extension:1581
Mobile:0414971453
Location:L3.G.05
Hawkesbury
Website:

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Ghannoum, O., Evans, J. and von Caemmerer, S. (2011), 'Nitrogen and Water Use Efficiency of C4 Plants', C4 Photosynthesis and Related CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms, Springer 9789048194063.
  • Ghannoum, O., Searson, M. and Conroy, J. (2006), 'Nutrient and water demands of plants under global climate change', Agroecosystems in a Changing Climate, CRC Press 9780849320880.

Journal Articles

  • Smith, R., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon', Functional Plant Biology, 12.
  • Xu, C., Salih, A., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural characteristics are less important than leaf chemical properties in determining the response of leaf mass per area and photosynthesis of Eucalyptus saligna to industrial-age changes in [CO2] and temperature', Journal of Experimental Botany, 13.
  • Smith, R., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O. and Tissue, D. (2012), 'Leaf structural responses to pre-industrial, current and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature affect leaf function in Eucalyptus sideroxylon', Functional Plant Biology, 12.
  • Uswattha Liyanage Pinto, H., Tissue, D. and Ghannoum, O. (2011), 'Panicum milioides (C3-C4) does not have improved water or nitrogen economies relative to C3 and C4 congeners exposed to industrial-age climate change', Journal of Experimental Botany, 12.
  • Phillips, N., Phillips, N., Attard, R., Ghannoum, O., Lewis, J., Lewis, J., Logan, B. and Tissue, D. (2011), 'Impact of variable [CO2] and temperature on water transport structure-function relationships in Eucalyptus', Tree Physiology, 8.
  • Ghannoum, O. and Way, D. (2011), 'On the role of ecological adaptation and geographic distribution in the response of trees to climate change'', Tree Physiology, 4.
  • Logan, B., Hricko, C., Lewis, J., Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Smith, R., Conroy, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Examination of pre-industrial and future [CO2] reveals the temperature-dependent CO2 sensitivity of light energy partitioning at PSII in eucalypts.', Functional Plant Biology, 9.
  • Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Sears, M., Logan, B., Lewis, J., Conroy, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Photosynthetic responses of two eucalypts to industrial-age changes in atmospheric [CO2] and temperature.', Plant, Cell and Environment, 11.
  • Ghannoum, O., Phillips, N., Conroy, J., Smith, R., Attard, R., Woodfield, R., Logan, B., Lewis, J. and Tissue, D. (2010), 'Exposure to pre-industrial, current and future atmospheric [CO2] and temperature differentially affects growth and photosynthesis in Eucalyptus.', Global Change Biology, 17.
  • Cousins, A., Ghannoum, O., Von Caemmerer, S. and Badger, M. (2010), 'Simultaneous determination of Rubisco carboxylase and oxygenase kinetic parameters in Triticum aestivum and Zea mays using membrane inlet mass spectrometry.', Palnt Cell & Environment, 9.
  • Edwards, E., Osborne, C., Stromberg, C., Smith, S., Bond, W., Christin, P., Cousins, A. and Ghannoum, O. (2010), 'the Origins of C4 Grasslands:Integrating Evolutionary and Ecosystem Science', Science, 5.
  • Ghannoum, O. (2009), 'C4 photosynthesis and water stress', Annals of Botany, 10.
  • Ghannoum, O., Paul, M., Ward, J., Beale, M., Corol, D. and Conroy, J. (2008), 'The sensitivity of photosynthesis to phosphorus deficiency differs between C3 and C4 tropical grasses', Functional Plant Biology, 9.
  • Dwyer, S., Ghannoum, O., Nicotra, A. and Von Caemmerer, S. (2007), 'High temperature acclimation of C4 photosynthesis is linked to changes in photosynthetic biochemistry', Plant, Cell and Environment, 14.
  • Ghannoum, O. and Conroy, J. (2007), 'Phosphorus deficiency inhibits growth in parallel with photosynthesis in a C3 (Panicum laxum) but not two C4 (P. coloratum and Cenchrus ciliaris) grasses', Functional Plant Biology, 10.
  • Ghannoum, O., Evans, J., Chow, W., Andrews, T., Conroy, J. and Von Caemmerer, S. (2005), 'Faster Rubisco is the key to superior nitrogen-use efficiency in NADP-Malic enzyme relative to NAD-Malic enzyme C4 grasses 1', Plant Physiology, 13.
  • Pellny, T., Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J., Schluepmann, H., Smeekens, S. and Andralojc +3, J. (2004), 'Genetic modification of photosynthesis with E. coli genes for trehalose synthesis', Plant Biotechnology Journal, 12.
  • Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J., Driscoll, S., Paul, M., Foyer, C. and Lawlor, D. (2003), 'Nonstomatal limitations are responsible for drought-induced photosynthetic inhibition in four C4 grasses', New Phytologist, 10.
  • Siebke, K., Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J., Badger, M. and Von Caemmerer, S. (2003), 'Photosynthetic oxygen exchange in C4 grasses: the role of oxygen as electron acceptor', Plant, Cell and Environment, 10.
  • Ghannoum, O., Von Caemmerer, S. and Conroy, J. (2002), 'The effect of drought on plant water use efficiency of nine NAD-ME and nine NADP-ME Australian C4 grasses', Functional Plant Biology, 12.
  • Seneweera, S., Conroy, J., Ishimaru, K., Ghannoum, O., Okada, M. and Lieffering, M. (2002), 'Changes in source-sink relations during development influence photosynthetic acclimation of rice to free air CO2 enrichment (FACE)', Functional Plant Biology, 9.
  • Siebke, K., Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J. and Von Caemmerer, S. (2002), 'Elevated CO2 increases the leaf temperature of two glasshouse-grown C4 grasses', Functional Plant Biology, 9.
  • Ghannoum, O., Von Caemmerer, S. and Conroy, J. (2001), 'Carbon and water economy of Australian NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 11.
  • Seneweera, S., Ghannoum, O. and Conroy, J. (2001), 'Root and shoot factors contribute to the effect of drought on photosynthesis and growth of the C4 grass Panicum coloratum at elevated CO2 partial pressures', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 10.
  • Von Caemmerer, S., Ghannoum, O., Conroy, J., Clark, H. and Newton, P. (2001), 'Photosynthetic responses of temperate species to free air CO2 enrichment (FACE) in a grazed New Zealand pasture', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 12.
  • Ghannoum, O., Von Caemmerer, S. and Conroy, J. (2001), 'Plant water use efficiency of 17 Australian NAD-ME and NADP-ME C4 grasses at ambient and elevated CO2 partial pressure', Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 11.
  • Ziska, L., Ghannoum, O., Baker, J., Conroy, J., Bunce, J., Kobayashi, K. and Okada, M. (2001), 'A global perspective of ground level, 'ambient' carbon dioxide for assessing the response of plants to atmospheric CO2', Global Change Biology, 8.

Research

Current Projects

Title:Molecular Engineering of Setaria, an emerging model for interrogating C4 photosynthesis
Years:2011-11-09 - 2013-07-31
ID:P00020498
UWS Researchers:Robert Sharwood and Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Rubisco for all climates: unlocking the enzyme's structure-function relations for more efficient photosynthesis [via ANU]
Years:2012-02-06 - 2015-02-05
ID:P00020696
UWS Researchers:Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)

Previous Projects

Title:Proteomics of the bundle sheath and mesophyll thylakoid membrane in maize
Years:2004-08-24 - 2005-08-23
ID:P0010232
UWS Researchers:Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Using metabolomics to study the response of Australia's tropical grasses to phosphorus deficiency
Years:2005-03-03 - 2006-12-18
ID:P0014487
UWS Researchers:Oula Ghannoum and Jann Conroy
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Using transcriptomics to compare the effects of phosphorus deficiency on the model plants arabidopsis and maize
Years:2005-02-01 - 2006-01-31
ID:P0014455
UWS Researchers:Vincent Higgins and Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Impact of Environmental Stress on Terestrial Vegetation and Marine Algae
Years:2009-09-11 - 2012-09-10
ID:P00017326
UWS Researchers:David Tissue, Oula Ghannoum and Anya Salih
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Impact of climate change on nitrogen uptake by Eucalyptus seedlings
Years:2010-01-01 - 2011-03-30
ID:P00017588
UWS Researchers:Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering Ltd (ACRG)
Title:Using multispectral stereo imaging to determine the impacts of free air CO2 enrichment on a eucalypt woodland understory (EucFACE)
Years:2012-03-02 - 2013-03-01
ID:P00020542
UWS Researchers:Matthias Boer and Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:A Phytotron for Multitrophic Interaction Research on Plant Production Systems
Years:2009-09-22 - 2010-09-21
ID:P00017336
UWS Researchers:Markus Riegler, Oula Ghannoum and Bill Bellotti
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Dissecting the roles of pyrophosphate hydrolase (PPH) and poly (A) polymerase (PAP) in chloroplast RNA metabolism
Years:2010-11-02 - 2011-11-01
ID:P00019258
UWS Researchers:Robert Sharwood and Oula Ghannoum
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney

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