2020/2021 Application Round Now Open
The 2020/2021 MelPoPP round is now open for applications. Deadline for applications is midnight CET on 31 January 2021. Click here for full information about how to apply.
Successful PhD candidates will have the opportunity to gain a joint PhD from the University of Melbourne and the University of Potsdam, spending time in Australia and in Germany being jointly supervised by research groups at the University of Melbourne’s School of BioSciences, the University of Potsdam’s Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, and at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology.
PhD candidates in the programme undertake projects that are jointly supervised by group leaders in Melbourne and in Potsdam. Click here to view the profiles of current PhD candidates in the MelPoPP program.
6 joint projects are available in the 2020/2021 application round. Click here for full information. Download the PDF for more information about each project, noting that applicants have the opportunity to nominate two projects of interest in their application.
Joint Projects 2019/2020: > PDF with detailed project information
| Project code | Project title | Supervisors |
| P1_BE+JH+JL+MS_1220 | Understanding how plants mobilize carbon to build trees |
Berit Ebert (UoM), Joshua Heazlewood (UoM), John Lunn (MPI-MP), Mark Stitt (MPI-MP) |
| P2_HV+UR+HMC+ZN_12 20 |
How are phytoplankton metabolism and composition affected by seawater chemistry? |
Heroen Verbruggen (UoM), Ute Roessner (UoM), Harry McClelland (UoM, Zoran Nikoloski (UP) |
| P3_JG+MH+JL_1220 | Role of sugar signalling in the control of seed size |
John Golz (UoM), Mike Haydon (UoM), John Lunn (MPI-MP) |
| P4_MP+DW+ML_1220 | Reclaiming the lost genetic diversity in barley |
Mohammad Pourkheirandish (UoM), Dirk Walther (MPI-MP/UP) Michael Lenhard (MPI-MP/UP) |
| P5_MW+ZN_1220 | How do plant roots sense and adapt to soil water? An experimental and modelling study using root cap cells |
Michelle Watt (UoM), Zoran Nikoloski (MPI-MP/UP) |
| P6_UR+JK+JH_1220 | How translational mechanisms contribute to low temperature acclimation in plants |
Ute Roessner (UoM), Joshua Heazlewood (UoM), Joachim Kopka (MPI-MP) |
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