Current Projects

1.  Mucilage: a potential root trait facilitating plant access to soil resources under drying conditions

DFG [Details]

2.  Rhizosphere functions in plant water uptake: Mechanistic link between carbon and water fluxes in the plant-soil system 

DFG Part of “Rhizosphere Spatiotemporal Organisation – a Key to Rhizosphere Functions” (SPP 2089) [Details]

International Collaborations

1.  Evaluating the possibility of synthesizing slow-release urea by using bio-epoxy coating derived from sugarcane bagasse fiber

PhD project at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran, Iran [Details]

2. Investigation of the effect of a non-ionic surfactant on water and nutrients uptake by tomato plant

Master PhD project at the Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran, Iran [Details]