Dr. Andrew Bowerman

Biography

Andrew Bowerman joined the Australian National University as a Postdoctoral Fellow in 2016, where he contributed to the International Wheat Yield Partnership project focusing on energy use efficiency. Throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience in project management, field trial design, quantitative genetics, proteomics, and statistics, while further developing skills in molecular biology and biochemistry. Bowerman is a Chief Investigator in a GRDC funded initiative investigating heat tolerance, photosynthesis, and respiration in wheat, collaborating with researchers from ANU, the University of Sydney, the University of New England, and the University of Western Australia. He completed his PhD at ANU, under the supervision of Professor Barry Pogson, specializing in wheat grain starch biochemistry. His work involved examining the starch phosphate ester content and its impact on starch processing qualities, grain germination, and early growth. Prior to his research career, Bowerman worked as a technical officer at CSIRO in the cereal quality area, where he engaged in projects related to gluten polymer quality and carotenoid characterization using genetic engineering techniques. His major research interests include plant energetics, carbohydrate biochemistry, grain yield and quality, while expanding into abiotic stress responses, especially related to temperature and drought.

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