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Professor Mark Sutherland

Name :	Professor Mark Sutherland
Position :	Professor (Molecular Plant Science) & Director (Centre for Systems Biology)
Section :	Faculty of Sciences Biological and Physical Sciences
Office :	D201
Location :	Toowoomba Campus
Phone :	+61 7 4631 2360
Extension :	2360
E-mail :
Qualifications :	BAgSc(Hons) Sydney PhD Macquarie


Professional Memberships
• Australasian Plant Pathology Society • American Phytopathological Society • Australian Society of Plant Scientists • Wheat Breeding Society of Australia. • Member of the Grains Research and Development Corporation’s Northern Panel. • Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Physiological & Molecular Plant Pathology.

Research Interests
• Biology of root diseases in wheat and barley • Cereal product quality • Development of molecular tools for selecting improved crop varieties • Molecular interactions of crop plants with fungal pathogens • Resistance of barley towards foliar pathogens Further details of this research can be found at the CSBi website: www.usq.edu.au/csbi.

Currently Teaching Courses/Programs
I teach Plant Physiology and Cell Biology to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Teaching Experience
Tertiary : 28 years