Professor Dabing Zhang
The late Professor Dabing Zhang was a Chief Investigator with the ARC Training Centre for Future Crops Development from conception of the Centre in 2020, through to 2023 when he tragically passed away.
As one of the ARC Industrial Transformation Training Centre for Future Crops Development’s Chief Investigators, Dabing brought with him years of experience in working with biotechnology and crops. His research spanned from enhancing crop yield through understanding cereal flowering, and to developing new methods/standards for detecting genetically modified organisms in the field and in the market. Dabing was a highly prolific author of scientific articles and was an ISI Highly Cited Researcher, being in the top 0.1% of plant and animal scientists cited globally. At the Training Centre, Dabing guided our students, research fellows and worked with fellow academics. He was engaging, inspiring and passionate about research that would improve crop yield.
Dabing was also the Head of the Joint Lab on Plant Science and Breeding between The University of Adelaide and Shanghai Jiao University
SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE GENETIC & FIELD TECHNOLOGIES FOR FUTURE CROPS
The ARC Training Centre for Accelerated Future Crops Development is funded by the Australian Research Council under its Industrial Transformation Training Hubs Program to run from 2022 to 2027.
It is a collaboration of universities, government research agencies and the Australian grains sector’s key stakeholders in training, R&D, social engagement, responsible innovation, breeding, marketing and delivery.
It also has international partners in gene-editing, SynBio, crop breeding, and, other partnerships for co-developing deep technologies to transform the agriculture industry and global food security.