Overview
Background
Karine Chenu is a Professor at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), The University of Queensland, and Director of the ARC Research Hub for Engineering Plants to Replace Fossil Carbon. She is an internationally recognised expert in ecophysiology and crop modelling, with a strong focus on improving plant adaptation to climate change and enhancing their potential to produce sustainable bioproducts.
Her research integrates physiology, genetics, and modelling to advance crop design and breeding strategies. This includes uncovering the physiological and genetic basis of key adaptive traits, developing gene-to-phenotype modelling approaches, and exploring innovative combinations of genotypes, environments, and management practices to enhance productivity under changing climates.
Professor Chenu works closely with a wide network of plant breeders, geneticists, biochemists, modellers, and agronomists across national and international collaborations in both public and private sectors. She also represents UQ on the APSIM Initiative Reference Panel, contributing to the ongoing development of the globally adopted APSIM crop modelling platform.
Availability
- Professor Karine Chenu is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Masters (Coursework) of Science, Montpellier 2 University
- Doctor of Philosophy, Montpellier 2 University
Works
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2004
Conference Publication
Imposing rigorously identical water deficits to different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions: an automated system for high throughput analyses of plant responses to soil water deficit
Granier, C., Hamard, P., Dauzat, M., Chenu, K., Aguirrezabal, L., Thioux, J. J., Muller, B., Tardieu, F. and Simonneau, T. (2004). Imposing rigorously identical water deficits to different Arabidopsis thaliana accessions: an automated system for high throughput analyses of plant responses to soil water deficit. International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Leaf development in response to light in Arabidopsis thaliana: a quantitative approach using 3D virtual plants to compare genotypes
Chenu, K., Franck, N. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Leaf development in response to light in Arabidopsis thaliana: a quantitative approach using 3D virtual plants to compare genotypes. International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, 11-14 July 2004, Berlin, Germany.
2004
Conference Publication
Model of rosette development and expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to various temperature and incident radiation conditions
Christophe, A., Chenu, K. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Model of rosette development and expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to various temperature and incident radiation conditions. International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Leaf expansion and development in response to light intensity. Comparison of different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana
Chenu, K., Franck, N., Dauzat, J., Barczi, J. F., Rey, H. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Leaf expansion and development in response to light intensity. Comparison of different genotypes of Arabidopsis thaliana. Society for Experimental Botany Annual Main Meeting (SEB), Edingburgh, Scotland, 3-8 April 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Modelling the phenotypic variability of rosette architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in several ecotypes and mutants in response to incident radiation
Chenu, K., Franck, N., Dauzat, J. and Lecoeur, J. (2004). Modelling the phenotypic variability of rosette architecture of Arabidopsis thaliana in several ecotypes and mutants in response to incident radiation. 4th International Workshop on Functional-Structural Plant Models, Montpellier, France, 7-11 June 2004.
2004
Conference Publication
Genetic variability of leaf expansion responses to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana
Granier, C., Aguirrezabal, L., Chenu, K., Rolland, G., Bouchier, S., Simonneau, T. and Tardieu, F. (2004). Genetic variability of leaf expansion responses to water deficit in Arabidopsis thaliana. 15th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research, Berlin, Germany, 11-14 July 2004.
2003
Journal Article
Ureide accumulation in response to Mn nutrition by eight soybean genotypes with N-2 fixation tolerance to soil drying
Sinclair, T. R., Vadez, V. and Chenu, K. (2003). Ureide accumulation in response to Mn nutrition by eight soybean genotypes with N-2 fixation tolerance to soil drying. Crop Science, 43 (2), 592-597.
2003
Conference Publication
Modélisation 3D de la réponse de la rosette d’Arabidopsis thaliana à la température et à l’intensité lumineuse: Étude de Columbia et son mutant serrate
Franck, N., Chenu, K., Dauzat, J., Barczi, J. F., Rey, H. and Lecoeur, J. (2003). Modélisation 3D de la réponse de la rosette d’Arabidopsis thaliana à la température et à l’intensité lumineuse: Étude de Columbia et son mutant serrate. Ecogène seminar, Versailles, France, 27-28 November 2003.
2003
Conference Publication
Modeling shoot and root architecture and development as related to environmental constraints in Arabidopsis thaliana
Muller, B., Chenu, K., Franck, N., Freixes, S., Rey, H., Granier, C., Lecoeur, J. and Tardieu, F. (2003). Modeling shoot and root architecture and development as related to environmental constraints in Arabidopsis thaliana. Séminaire Ecogène, Versailles, France, 27-28 November 2003.
2002
Journal Article
Individual leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana: a stable thermal-time-based programme
Granier, Christine, Massonnet, Catherine, Turc, Olivier, Muller, Bertrand, Chenu, Karine and Tardieu, Francois (2002). Individual leaf development in Arabidopsis thaliana: a stable thermal-time-based programme. Annals of Botany, 89 (5), 595-604. doi: 10.1093/aob/mcf085
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
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- Available for supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Physiological traits and environmental characterisation to improve yield stability in barley
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Millicent Smith, Dr Alan Severini
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Doctor Philosophy
Root plasticity: A new avenue to breed for drought tolerant wheat varieties
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Vijaya Singh, Dr Raul Gimenez
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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating root-shoot dynamics to improve water-use efficiency of barley
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alex Wu, Dr Hannah Robinson, Dr Millicent Smith, Dr Dongxue Zhao, Professor Lee Hickey
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Doctor Philosophy
Multi-omics prediction to increase chickpea yield potential
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Kelly, Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Shanice Van Haeften, Dr Millicent Smith
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Doctor Philosophy
Drought tolerance in sorghum: the roots of the solution
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Daniel Rodriguez, Dr Dongxue Zhao
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Doctor Philosophy
Predicting better parents to accelerate genetic gain in wheat breeding
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey, Dr Eric Dinglasan, Professor Ben Hayes, Dr Alison Kelly
Completed supervision
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2026
Doctor Philosophy
Impact of post-flowering heat stress on yield components, grain protein and contribution of carbon assimilation in wheat
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Daniel Cozzolino
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Characterizing genotypic variation in wheat root architecture late in crop development to improve yield and yield stability under water stress
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Understanding the Genetic and Physiological Basis of Transpiration Efficiency in Australian Wheat
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alison Kelly
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
In-season phenotyping of crop growth via the integration of imaging, modelling, and machine learning
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Scott Chapman
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Investigating envirotyping methodology to evaluate contributions of stay-green traits to wheat yield in Australian environments
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Mark Cooper, Professor Ben Hayes, Honorary Professor Kai Voss-Fels, Professor Lee Hickey
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Breeding wheat for drought adaptation: Development of selection tools for root architectural traits
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Lee Hickey
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