Rate My Professor Manjree Agarwal

Dr. Manjree Agarwal earned her PhD as a Gold Medalist from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute. At Murdoch University, she progressed through roles including Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory Manager, Research Officer, Senior Lecturer in Biosecurity and Education from March to June 2022, and Adjunct Senior Lecturer from June to December 2022. She supervised over 15 PhD students in the School of Agricultural Sciences and School of Veterinary and Life Sciences, focusing on theses such as 'Response of stored grain insect pests and barley to ozone' by Xue Dong (2022), 'Hyperspectral imagery combined with machine learning to discriminate between resistant and susceptible wheat genotypes' by Brianna R. West (2022), 'Study on comparison of biochemistry between Trogoderma granarium and Trogoderma inclusum' by Thamer Al-Shuwaili (2020), and 'Exploration of interaction and correlation between NH3 fumigation and modified atmospheres on Rhyzopertha dominica' by Yifan Hao (2023). Currently, as Senior Research Scientist in Research and Innovation at ChemCentre, she maintains collaborations with Murdoch University.

Her research interests center on biosecurity, post-harvest management of stored grain pests, phosphine resistance, alternative fumigants like nitrogen-rich low-oxygen atmospheres and ozone, metabolomics, and volatile organic compounds. Key publications include 'Nitrogen as an Alternative to Phosphine' (2024), 'Metabolite Profiling of Annual Ryegrass Cultivars to Assess Disease Resistance and Susceptibility' (2024, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry), 'Predicting potential global distribution and risk regions for potato cyst nematodes (Globodera rostochiensis and Globodera pallida)' (2022, Scientific Reports), 'The Effect of Ozone Treatment on Metabolite Profile of Germinating Barley' (2022, Foods), 'Profiling Real-Time Aroma from Green Tea Infusion during Brewing' (2022, Foods), and 'Ozone Efficiency on Two Coleopteran Insect Pests and Its Effect on Quality and Germination of Barley' (2022, Insects). With over 1,000 citations, her work impacts grain protection and food security. She has received fellowships from the International Atomic Energy Agency.