The University of Western Australia and Prof Tim Colmer, in particular, represents my most significant international collaboration. This partnership began in August 2005, and since then we have coauthored over 45 papers. I have visited UWA every year in October or November, sometimes more than once. UWA is highly attractive for its world-class growth facilities, including CERs, phytotrons, glasshouses, and a CT room. Together with Professor Colmer, I have access to extensive collections of rice and wheat cultivars, as well as their wild relatives. Western Australia also offers a unique natural aquatic flora in its wetlands and the shallow waters of the Indian Ocean. I have been an adjunct at UWA since 2007 and have visited Professor Colmer's lab almost annually.
However, since 2022, with Professor Colmer's appointment as Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor at UWA, I have begun collaborating with other labs within the university including Erik Veneklaas, Sergey Shabala and Kosala Ranathunge.
