The University of Western Australia

Professor Erik Veneklaas

Professor
School of Plant Biology

Contact details

Address

School of Plant Biology
The University of Western Australia (M084)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia

Phone

6488 3584

Fax

6488 1108

Email

erik.veneklaas@uwa.edu.au

Location

Room 2104, Agriculture Central Wing Building, Crawley campus

Qualifications

PhD Utrecht

Biography

1990PhD: Faculty of Biology, Utrecht University (Utrecht, the Netherlands)
1985Doctorandus: Faculty of Biology, Utrecht University (Utrecht, the Netherlands)

Key research

Water balance of species-rich woodlands and different species’ roles in it

Ecohydrology: interactions between vegetation, soil and climate

Water relations of native plant species

Photosynthesis of sclerophylls

Phosphorus economy of plants: adaptations for efficient P acquisition and P use

Relationships of leaf traits and plant functional types with environmental conditions and community properties

Ecological restoration, rehabilitation and engineering

Tree health in natural and altered ecosystems

Adaptation of crops to abiotic stress

Publications

Peer-reviewed journal papers and book chapters only:

Roth-Nebelsick, A., Hassiotou, F. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2009). Stomatal crypts have small effects on transpiration; a numerical model analysis. Plant Physiology 151: 2018–2027.
Abdolzadeh, A., Wang, X., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (2010). Effects of phosphorus supply on growth, phosphate concentration and cluster-root formation in three Lupinus species. Annals of Botany 105: 365 - 374.
Grigg, A.M, Lambers, H. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2010). Changes in water relations for Acacia ancistrocarpa on natural and mine-rehabilitation sites in response to an experimental wetting pulse in the Great Sandy Desert. Plant and Soil 326:75-96.
Hassiotou, F., Evans J.R., Ludwig, M. & Veneklaas, E.J (2009). Stomatal crypts may facilitate diffusion of CO2 to adaxial mesophyll cells in thick sclerophylls. Plant, Cell and Environment 32:1596–1611.
Fisher, J.L., Loneragan, W.A., Dixon, K.W., Delaney, J. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2009). Altered vegetation structure and composition linked to fire frequency and plant invasion in a biodiverse woodland. Biological Conservation 142:2270–2281.
Hassiotou, F., Ludwig, M., Renton, M.-S., Veneklaas, E.J. & Evans J.R. (2009). Influence of leaf dry mass per area, CO2 and irradiance on mesophyll conductance in sclerophylls. Journal of Experimental Botany 60:2303–2314.
Mitchell, P.J., Burgess, S.S.O., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (2009). Partitioning of evapotranspiration in a semi-arid eucalypt woodland in south-western Australia. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149:25-37.
Fisher, J.L., Loneragan, W.A., Dixon, K.W. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2009). Soil seed bank compositional change constrains biodiversity in an invaded species-rich woodland. Biological Conservation 142:256–269.
Mitchell, P.J., Veneklaas, E.J., Lambers, H. & Burgess, S.S.O. (2008). Using multiple trait associations to define hydraulic functional types in plant communities of south-western Australia. Oecologia 158:385–397.
Abdolzadeh, A., Shima, K., Veneklaas, E.J. & Chiba, K. (2008). Drought adaptation confers short-term but not long-term salt tolerance in cocksfoot, Dactylis glomerata. International Journal of Botany 4:283-289.
Mitchell, P.J., Veneklaas, E.J. , Lambers, H. & Burgess, S.S.O. (2008). Leaf water relations during summer water deficit: differential responses in turgor maintenance and variation in leaf structure among different plant communities in south-western Australia. Plant Cell and Environment 31:1791-1802.
Grigg, A.M, Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (2008). Water relations and mineral nutrition of Triodia grasses on desert dunes and interdunes. Australian Journal of Botany 56:408-421.
Pearse, S.J., Veneklaas, E.J., Cawthray, G.R., Bolland, M.D.A. & Lambers, H. (2008). Rhizosphere processes do not explain variation in P acquisition from sparingly soluble forms among Lupinus albus accessions. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 59:616–623.
Grigg, A.M, Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (2008). Water relations and mineral nutrition of closely related woody plant species on desert dunes and interdunes. Australian Journal of Botany 56:27 - 43.
Szota, C., Veneklaas, E.J., Koch, J.M. & Lambers, H. (2007). Root architecture of jarrah (Eucalyptus marginata) trees in relation to post-mining deep ripping in Western Australia. Restoration Ecology 15(s4):S65–S73.
Denton, M.D, Veneklaas, E.J., Freimoser, F.M. & Lambers, H. (2007). Banksia species (Proteaceae) from severely phosphorus-impoverished soils exhibit extreme efficiency in the use and re-mobilisation of phosphorus. Plant Cell and Environment 30:1557–1565.
Denton, M.D, Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (2007). Does phenotypic plasticity in carboxylate exudation differ among rare and widespread Banksia species (Proteaceae)? New Phytologist 173:592–599.
Pearse, S.J., Veneklaas, E.J., Cawthray, G.R., Bolland, M.D.A. & Lambers, H. (2007). Carboxylate composition of root exudates does not relate consistently to a crop species’ ability to use phosphorus from aluminium, iron or calcium phosphate sources. New Phytologist 173:181-190.
Pearse, S.J., Veneklaas, E.J., Cawthray, G.R., Bolland, M.D.A. & Lambers, H. (2006). Carboxylate release of wheat, canola and 11 grain legume species as affected by phosphorus status. Plant and Soil 288:127-139.
Lambers, H., Shane, M., Cramer, M., Pearse, S. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2006). Root structure and functioning for efficient acquisition of phosphorus: matching morphological and physiological traits. Annals of Botany 98:693-713.
Langensiepen, M., Burgess, S., Lambers, H., Mitchell, P. & Veneklaas, E. (2006). A model for simulating transpiration of Eucalyptus salmonophloia trees. Physiologia Plantarum 127:465-472.
Carter, J.L, Veneklaas, E.J., Colmer, T.D., Eastham, J. & Hatton, T.J. (2006). Contrasting water relations of three coastal wetland tree species with different exposure to salinity. Physiologia Plantarum 127:360-373.
Fisher, J.L., Veneklaas, E.J., Lambers, H. & Loneragan, W.A. (2006). Enhanced soil and leaf nutrient status of a Western Australian Banksia woodland community invaded by Ehrharta calycina and Pelargonium capitatum. Plant & Soil 284:253-264.
Wouterlood, M., Lambers, H. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2006). Rhizosphere carboxylate concentrations of chickpea are affected by soil bulk density. Plant Biology 8:198-203.
Heliyanto, B., Krauss, S.L., Lambers, H. Cawthray, G.R. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2006). Increased ecological amplitude through heterosis following wide outcrossing in Banksia ilicifolia R. Br. (Proteaceae). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19:1327-1338.
Nuruzzaman, M., Lambers, H., Bolland, M.D.A. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2006). Distribution of carboxylates and acid phosphatases and depletion of different phosphorus fractions in the rhizosphere of wheat and three grain legumes. Plant & Soil 281:109-120.
Pearse, S.J., Veneklaas, E.J., Cawthray, G.R., Bolland, M.D.A. & Lambers, H. (2006). Triticum aestivum shows a greater biomass response to a supply of aluminium phosphate than Lupinus albus, despite releasing fewer carboxylates into the rhizosphere. New Phytologist 169:515–524.
Carter, J.L., Colmer, T.D. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2006). Variable tolerance of wetland tree species to combined salinity and waterlogging is related to regulation of ion uptake and production of organic solutes. New Phytologist 169:123-134.
Nuruzzaman, M., Lambers, H., Bolland, M.D.A. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2005). Phosphorus uptake by grain legumes and subsequently grown wheat at different levels of residual phosphorus fertiliser. Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56:1041-1047.
Veneklaas, E.J. & den Ouden, F. (2005). Dynamics of non-structural carbohydrates in two Ficus species after transfer to deep shade. Environmental and Experimental Botany 54:148-154.
Nuruzzaman, M., Lambers, H., Bolland, M.D.A. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2005). Phosphorus benefits of different legume crops to subsequent wheat grown in different soils of Western Australia. Plant & Soil 271:175–187.
Heliyanto, B., Veneklaas, E.J., Lambers, H. & Krauss, S.L. (2005). Preferential outcrossing in Banksia ilicifolia R. Br. (Proteaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 53:163-170.
Veneklaas, E.J., Fajardo, A., Obregon, S. & Lozano, J. (2005). Gallery forest types and their environmental correlates in a Colombian savanna landscape. Ecography 28:236-252.
Wouterlood, M., Lambers, H. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2005). Plant phosphorus status has a limited influence on the concentration of phosphorus-mobilising carboxylates in the rhizosphere of chickpea. Functional Plant Biology 32:153-159.
Wouterlood, M., Cawthray, G.R., Turner, S., Lambers, H. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2004). Rhizosphere carboxylate concentrations of chickpea are affected by genotype and soil type. Plant & Soil 261:1-10.
Wright I.J, Groom P.K., Lamont B.B., Poot P., Prior L.D., Reich P.B., Schulze E.-D., Veneklaas E.J. & Westoby M. (2004). Leaf trait relationships in Australian plant species. Functional Plant Biology 31:551-558.
Wright I.J., Reich P.B., Westoby M., Ackerly D.D., Baruch Z., Bongers F., Cavender-Bares J., Chapin F.S., Cornelissen J.H.C., Diemer M., Flexas J., Garnier E., Groom P.K., Gulias J., Hikosaka K., Lamont B.B., Lee T., Lee W., Lusk C., Midgley J.J., Navas M-L., Niinemets Ü., Oleksyn J., Osada N., Poorter H., Poot P., Prior L., Pyankov V.I., Roumet C., Thomas S.C., Tjoelker M.G., Veneklaas E.J. & Villar R. (2004). The world-wide leaf economics spectrum. Nature 428:821-827.
Wouterlood, M., Cawthray, G.R., Scanlon, T.T., Lambers, H. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2004). Carboxylate concentrations in the rhizosphere of lateral roots of chickpea (Cicer arietinum) increase during plant development, but are not correlated with phosphorus status of soil or plants. New Phytologist 162:745-753.
Veneklaas, E.J. & Poot, P. (2003). Seasonal patterns in water use and leaf turnover of different plant functional types in a species-rich woodland, south-western Australia. Plant & Soil 257:295-304.
Veneklaas, E.J., Stevens, J., Cawthray, G.R., Turner, S., Grigg, A.M. & Lambers, H. (2003). Chickpea and white lupin rhizosphere carboxylates vary with soil properties and enhance phosphorus uptake. Plant & Soil 248:187-197.
Lambers, H., Cramer, M.D., Shane, M.W., Wouterlood, M., Poot, P. & Veneklaas, E.J. (2002). Structure and functioning of cluster roots and plant responses to phosphate deficiency. Plant & Soil 248:ix-xix.
Lambers, H., Juniper, D. Cawthray, G.R., Veneklaas, E.J. & Martínez-Ferri, E. (2002). The pattern of carboxylate exudation in Banksia grandis (Proteaceae) is affected by the form of phosphate added to the soil. Plant & Soil 238:111-122.
Veneklaas, E.J., Santos Silva, M.P.R.M., den Ouden, F. (2002). Determinants of growth rate in Ficus benjamina L. compared to related faster-growing woody and herbaceous species. Scientia Horticulturae 93:75-84.
De Vos, M., Shane, M.W., Cawthray, G.R., Veneklaas, E.J. and Lambers, H. (2001). Internal phosphorus concentration modifies the initiation, growth and functioning of cluster roots in Hakea prostrata R. Br. In: Horst, W.J. et al., Plant Nutrition. Food security and sustainability of agro-ecosystems through basic and applied research. Pp 578-579.
Hafkenscheid, R.L.L.J., Veneklaas, E.J. & Bruynzeel, L.A. (2000). Photosynthetic, isotopic and stomatal characteristics of principal tree species in montane forest of contrasting stature in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. In: Hafkenscheid, R.L.L.J. (PhD thesis), Hydrology and biogeochemistry of tropical montane rainforest of contrasting stature in the Blue Mountains of Jamaica. Pp 125-142. (to be submitted to a journal).
Fujisaka, S., Escobar, G., Veneklaas, E.J. (2000). Weedy fields and forests: interactions between land use and the composition of plant communities in the Peruvian Amazon. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment. 78:175-186.
Beaulieu, N., Puig, J., Fujisaka, S. & Veneklaas, E.J. (1999). The use of JERS-1 images in CIAT’s benchmark sites in Puerto Lopez, Colombia and Pucallpa, Peru. In: JERS-1 Science Programs ’99 PI reports. Global Forest Monitoring and SAR Interferometry. Earth Observation Center, NASDA, Japan. Pp. 7-12.
Villar, R., Veneklaas, E.J., Jordano, P. & Lambers, H. (1998). Relative growth rate and biomass allocation in 20 Aegilops (Poaceae) species. New Phytologist 140:425-437.
Fujisaka, S., Castilla, C., Escobar, G., Rodriques, V., Veneklaas, E J., Thomas, R. & Fisher, M. (1998). The effects of forest conversion to annual crops and pastures: estimates of carbon emissions and plant species loss in a Brazilian Amazon colony. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment 69:17-26.
Veneklaas, E.J. & Poorter, L. (1998). Growth and carbon partitioning of tropical tree seedlings in contrasting light environments. In: Lambers, H., Poorter, H. & Van Vuuren, M.M.I. (eds), Inherent Variation in Plant Growth; Physiological Mechanisms and Ecological Consequences. Pp. 337-361. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden.
Bruynzeel, L.A & Veneklaas, E.J. (1998). Climatic conditions and tropical montane forest productivity: the fog has not lifted yet. Ecology 79:3-9.
Fujisaka, S., Escobar, G. & Veneklaas, E.J. (1998). Plant community diversity relative to human land uses in an Amazon forest colony. Biodiversity and Conservation 7:41-57.
Van den Boogaard, R., Alewijnse, D., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (1997). Growth and water-use efficiency of ten Triticum aestivum cultivars at different water availability in relation to allocation of biomass. Plant, Cell and Environment 20:200-210.
Veneklaas, E.J. (1996). Water and nutrient fluxes in two montane rain forest canopies, Cordillera Central, Colombia. Pp. 463-474 in: Van der Hammen, T. & Dos Santos, J. (eds), Studies on Tropical Andean Ecosystems, Vol. 4. Cramer, Berlin.
Van den Boogaard, R., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (1996). The association of biomass allocation with growth and water use efficiency of two Triticum aestivum cultivars. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology 23:751-761.
Van den Boogaard, R., Veneklaas, E.J., Peacock, J.M. & Lambers, H. (1996). Yield and water use of wheat (Triticum aestivum) in a Mediterranean environment: cultivar differences and sowing density effects. Plant and Soil 181:251-262.
Van den Boogaard, R., Goubitz, S., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (1996). Carbon and nitrogen economy of four Triticum aestivum cultivars differing in relative growth rate and water use efficiency. Plant, Cell and Environment 19:998-1004.
Van den Boogaard, R., De Boer, M., Veneklaas, E.J. & Lambers, H. (1996). Relative growth rate, biomass allocation pattern and water use efficiency of three wheat cultivars during early ontogeny as dependent on water availability. Physiologia Plantarum 98:493-504.
Lambers, H., Van den Boogaard, R, Veneklaas, E.J & Villar, R. (1995). Effects of global environmental change on carbon partitioning in vegetative plants of Triticum aestivum and closely related Aegilops species. Global Change Biology 1:397-406.
Van den Boogaard, R., Kostadinova, S., Veneklaas, E. & Lambers, H. (1995). Association of water use efficiency and nitrogen use efficiency with photosynthetic characteristics of two wheat cultivars. Journal of Experimental Botany 46:1429-1438.
Veneklaas, E.J. & Van den Boogaard, H.A.G.M. (1994). Leaf age-structure effects on plant water use and photosynthesis of two wheat cultivars. New Phytologist 128:331-337.
Veneklaas, E.J. & Peacock, J.M. (1994). Growth, biomass allocation and water use efficiency of two wheat cultivars in a Mediterranean environment; a pot experiment under field conditions. Plant and Soil 162:241-247.
Veneklaas, E.J. (1991). Litterfall and nutrient fluxes in two montane tropical rain forests, Colombia. Journal of Tropical Ecology 7:319-336.
Veneklaas, E.J. (1990). Rainfall interception and aboveground nutrient fluxes in two Colombian montane rain forests. Dissertation, Utrecht University.
Veneklaas, E.J., Zagt, R.J., van Leerdam, A., van Ek, R., Broekhoven, A.J. & van Genderen, M. (1990). Hydrological proper­ties of the epiphyte mass of a montane tropical rain forest, Colombia. Vegetatio 89:183-192.
Veneklaas, E.J. (1990). Nutrient fluxes in bulk precipitation and throughfall in two montane tropical rain forests, Colombia. Journal of Ecology 78:974-992.
Van Leerdam, A., Zagt, R,J., & Veneklaas, E.J. (1990). The distribution of epiphyte growth-forms in the canopy of a Colombi­an cloud-forest. Vegetatio 87:59-71.
Veneklaas, E.J. & R. van Ek (1990). Rainfall interception in two tropical montane rain forests, Colombia. Hydrological Proces­ses 4:311-326.
Popma, J., F. Bongers, M. Martinez R. and E. Veneklaas (1988). Pioneer species distribution in treefall gaps in neotropical rain forest; a gap definition and its consequences. Journal of Tropical Ecology 4: 77‑88.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Roles and responsibilities:
Undergraduate teaching of plant ecology and plant physiology
Postgraduate training
Program Leader, Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Forest and Woodland Health
Library liaison for School of Plant Biology

Expertise:
Physiological ecology
Tropical ecology
Forest and woodland ecology
Role of vegetation in hydrology

Future research

Sustainable management of ecosystems for agricultural production, land rehabilitation, etc.
Conservation of natural ecosystems
Adaptation to global change

Funding received

1993-1996. Veneklaas & Lambers. Productivity and plasticity of woody tropical indoor plants. STW (Dutch Technology Foundation). $250,000.
1999-2000. Veneklaas & Lambers: Is rarity of species in the Banksia genus associated with highly specialised nutrient acquisition mechanisms? Australian Flora Foundation. $6,000.
1999-2002. Lambers, Jasper & Veneklaas: The ecophysiology of restoration of arid-zone mine sites. ARC-SPIRT scheme. Industry partners: Kings Park and Botanic Gardens, Straits Resources Ltd. $135,000.
1999-2000. Lambers & Veneklaas: Exploiting chickpea’s potential to unlock phosphorus from P-fixing soils. Grain Research Committee. $23,000.
2001. Veneklaas: The importance of root exudates for the nutrition and distribution of Western Australia’s Banksia species. Small Grant, UWA/ARC. $5,000.
2001. Veneklaas. Establishing the cause of sudden autumn death in Banksia species. UWA Faculty of Agriculture Bequest Fund. $7,000.
2001. Lambers, Dixon, Veneklaas. Establishing the cause of sudden autumn death in Banksia species. Kings Park and Botanic Garden grant. $9,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Veneklaas, Bolland: Increased benefits of phosphorus fertiliser through the use of grain legume species. Grains Research and Development Corporation. $120,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Veneklaas & Koch: An ecophysiological analysis of key factors determining jarrah forest rehabilitation success. Australian Research Council. $69,000.
2001-2004. Lambers, Bolland, Bowden & Veneklaas. An ecophysiological analysis of the response to phosphate fertiliser of different lupin species, canola and wheat on phosphate-fixing soil. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Department of Agriculture, WA, and CSBP fertilizers. $240,000.
2002. Veneklaas. Identifying the cause of sudden autumn death of Banksias. UWA small research grant. $5,000.
2003. Veneklaas. Starting grant, Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, UWA. $25,000.
2002-2005. Veneklaas, Lambers, Mcgrath & Dixon. Wandoo crown decline - an ecophysiological diagnosis. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: CALM, WA, and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, WA. $215,000.
2006-2010. Lambers, Krauss, Koch & Veneklaas. A molecular ecophysiological assessment of the importance of using local provenance seed in plant biodiversity restoration. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority, Alcoa World Alumina Australia, Worsley Alumina, Greening Australia. $631,000.
2007. Veneklaas & Mills. Peer Reflection of First Year Biology. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, The University of Western Australia. $4,000.
2007-2011. Lambers, Hinz, Veneklaas, Hancock, Kepic, Wealleans, Kendrick, Porporato. Ecohydrological feedbacks between vegetation and soil in natural and engineered landforms in arid Australia. $1,678,000 (Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant $1,028,000; Minerals and Energy Research Institute WA $200,000; Newcrest Telfer Gold Mine $450,000).
2007-2010. Hinz, Veneklaas. Store-and-release covers for mine waste – the role of vegetation. $250,000 (ACMER/UQ).
2008-2010. Colmer, Veneklaas, Shepherd, Barrett. Ecophysiology of stem succulent halophytes subject to changes in salinity and water availability: distinguishing natural dynamics from potential mine-related impacts. Australian Research Council, Linkage Grant. Industry partners: Fortescue Metals Group and Department of Environment and Conservation. $313,000.
2008-2013. Hardy, Veneklaas et al. Centre of Excellence for Climate Change and Woodland and Forest Health. Funding scheme for Centres of Excellence in Science and Innovation, Western Australia. $2,300,000.
2009-2012. Lambers, Veneklaas, Dixon. Does plant phosphorus economy determine ecological status in biodiverse Australian communities? $315,000 (Australian Research Council, Discovery Grant).

Industrial relevance

Several projects collaborate with industry partners for strategic research into ecological processes

Languages

Fluent in English, Spanish and Dutch

Memberships

British Ecological Society
Association for Tropical Biology
Australian Society of Plant Scientists
Ecological Society of Australia

Honours and awards

Excellence in supervision of postgraduate research students, 2006. Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, the University of Western Australia. Also highly commended for the same award at university level.

Previous positions

1996-1998: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT, Cali, Colombia). Senior Research Fellow (tropical ecology)
1990-1995: Utrecht University, Department of Plant Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Utrecht, the Netherlands). Postdoctoral Fellow (ecophysiology).

Teaching

UNDERGRADUATE UNITS:
EVT2250 - Introduction to Ecology (coordinator)
PLNT3301 - Plant Physiological Ecology

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS:

Current students (PhD):
Kim Brooksbank
Eleftheria Dalmaris
Michalie Foley
Raphael Bailly
Donna Bradbury
Willis Gwenzi
Marcal Gusmao
Eleanor Bradbury
Gunawan Wibisono
Louis Moir Barnetson
Honghua He
Juan Garibello (MSc)

Past students (PhD, year of completion)
Jennifer Carter (2004)
Madeleine Wouterlood (2005)
Mohammad Nuruzzaman (2005)
Bambang Heliyanto (2006)
Stuart Pearse (2006)
Judy Fisher (2008)
Alasdair Grigg (2009)
Chris Szota (2009)
Nicole Mann (2009)
Patrick Mitchell (2009)
Foteini Hassiotou (2009)

Postgraduate student supervision:
of student research projects:
Undergraduates: average of three per year
Postgraduates: currently ten

Useful links

Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health: http://www.foresthealth.com.au/

Research profile

Research profile and publications