John Patrick
Faculty of Science
Newcastle University
Australia
Biography
On balance, opportunities to secure career achievements have not negatively impacted in excess of those constraints experienced by those researchers operating in an academic setting of an Australian tertiary institution. My career has focused on developing an international research profile, providing an intellectually stimulating research environment for RHD students and postdoctoral fellows, delivering undergraduate courses in ways that optimise understanding, critical thinking and technical skills together with accepting administrative duties for the public good. Assessment of my research profile can be measured against continuous funding from ARC across thirty three years, a total publication output of peer reviewed 106 research papers, 18 reviews and 20 book chapters (total citations >2,900 leading to a h-index of 31) as well as 30 invited oral presentations at international conferences. Success in training capable researchers is reflected by the relatively high proportion of past RHD students and postdoctoral fellows securing academic/research positions (see Expertise section). Claims of strong positive learning outcomes from delivery of undergraduates courses are supported by student evaluation survey scores exceeding 80 percentile values. Reasonable contributions have been made to the public good of the scientific community within and outside The University of Newcastle.
Research Interest
Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Plant Physiology
Publications
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Patrick JW. Phloem unloading: sieve element unloading and post-sieve element transport. Annual review of plant biology. 1997 Jun;48(1):191-222.
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Zhou Y, Qu H, Dibley KE, Offler CE, Patrick JW. A suite of sucrose transporters expressed in coats of developing legume seeds includes novel pHâ€independent facilitators. The Plant Journal. 2007 Feb 1;49(4):750-64.
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Offler CE, McCurdy DW, Patrick JW, Talbot MJ. Transfer cells: cells specialized for a special purpose. Annual review of plant biology. 2003 Jun;54(1):431-54.
