Professor Paul Gauthier
Professorial Research Fellow in Protected Cropping
Centre for Horticultural Science
+61 7 344 32761
Biography
Paul PG Gauthier joined QAAFI as Professor Protected Cropping from July 2022. Dr Gauthier is one of the world's leading experts in vertical farming and protected cropping, with many years of experience in academia and in industry, managing research teams. Most recently he has been leading the R&D New Product and System Innovation Group at Bower Farming in the USA, delivering new products including the first strawberry grown at scale indoors. Prior to that, his research at Princeton University focused on the understanding of the sustainability of vertical farms both economically and environmentally. Dr Gauthier obtained his PHD in plant physiology from the University of Paris Sud in France and studied the environmental control of plant carbon balance at the leaf plant and ecosystem levels at ANU. For many years, he's advised start-ups and universities on the development and opportunities vertical farming provides. At QAAFI, Dr Gauthier intends to shape the future of farming in Queensland, as well as accelerating development of technologies and knowledge for the protected cropping industry.
Publications
Journal Articles
Kaiser, Elias, Kusuma, Paul, Vialet-Chabrand, Silvere, Folta, Kevin, Liu, Ying, Poorter, Hendrik, Woning, Nik, Shrestha, Samikshya, Ciarreta, Aitor, van Brenk, Jordan, Karpe, Margarethe, Ji, Yongran, David, Stephan, Zepeda, Cristina, Zhu, Xin-Guang, Huntenburg, Katharina, Verdonk, Julian C., Woltering, Ernst, Gauthier, Paul P. G., Courbier, Sarah, Taylor, Gail and Marcelis, Leo F. M. (2024). Vertical farming goes dynamic: optimizing resource use efficiency, product quality, and energy costs. Frontiers in Science, 2. doi: 10.3389/fsci.2024.1411259
Ely, Kim S., Rogers, Alistair, Agarwal, Deborah A., Ainsworth, Elizabeth A., Albert, Loren P., Ali, Ashehad, Anderson, Jeremiah, Aspinwall, Michael J., Bellasio, Chandra, Bernacchi, Carl, Bonnage, Steve, Buckley, Thomas N., Bunce, James, Burnett, Angela C., Busch, Florian A., Cavanagh, Amanda, Cernusak, Lucas A., Crystal-Ornelas, Robert, Damerow, Joan, Davidson, Kenneth J., De Kauwe, Martin G., Dietze, Michael C., Domingues, Tomas F., Dusenge, Mirindi Eric, Ellsworth, David S., Evans, John R., Gauthier, Paul P.G., Gimenez, Bruno O., Gordon, Elizabeth P. ... Yang, Dedi (2021). A reporting format for leaf-level gas exchange data and metadata. Ecological Informatics, 61 101232, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101232
Dunne, J. P., Horowitz, L. W., Adcroft, A. J., Ginoux, P., Held, I. M., John, J. G., Krasting, J. P., Malyshev, S., Naik, V., Paulot, F., Shevliakova, E., Stock, C. A., Zadeh, N., Balaji, V., Blanton, C., Dunne, K. A., Dupuis, C., Durachta, J., Dussin, R., Gauthier, P. P. G., Griffies, S. M., Guo, H., Hallberg, R. W., Harrison, M., He, J., Hurlin, W., McHugh, C., Menzel, R., Milly, P. C.D. ... Zhao, M. (2020). The GFDL Earth System Model Version 4.1 (GFDL-ESM 4.1): Overall Coupled Model Description and Simulation Characteristics. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 12 (11) e2019MS002015, 1-56. doi: 10.1029/2019MS002015
Gauthier, Paul P. G., Saenz, Natalie, Griffin, Kevin L., Way, Danielle and Tcherkez, Guillaume (2020). Is the Kok effect a respiratory phenomenon? Metabolic insight using 13C labeling in Helianthus annuus leaves. New Phytologist, 228 (4), 1243-1255. doi: 10.1111/nph.16756
Asseng, Senthold, Guarin, Jose R., Raman, Mahadev, Monje, Oscar, Kiss, Gregory, Despommier, Dickson D., Meggers, Forrest M. and Gauthier, Paul P.G. (2020). Wheat yield potential in controlled-environment vertical farms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117 (32), 19131-19135. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2002655117
Gersony, Jess T., Hochberg, Uri, Rockwell, Fulton E., Park, Maria, Gauthier, Paul P.G. and Holbrook, N. Michele (2020). Leaf carbon export and nonstructural carbohydrates in relation to diurnal water dynamics in mature oak trees. Plant Physiology, 183 (4), 1612-1621. doi: 10.1104/pp.20.00426
Held, I. M., Guo, H., Adcroft, A., Dunne, J. P., Horowitz, L. W., Krasting, J., Shevliakova, E., Winton, M., Zhao, M., Bushuk, M., Wittenberg, A. T., Wyman, B., Xiang, B., Zhang, R., Anderson, W., Balaji, V., Donner, L., Dunne, K., Durachta, J., Gauthier, P. P. G., Ginoux, P., Golaz, J. C., Griffies, S. M., Hallberg, R., Harris, L., Harrison, M., Hurlin, W., John, J., Lin, P. ... Zadeh, N. (2019). Structure and Performance of GFDL's CM4.0 Climate Model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 11 (11), 3691-3727. doi: 10.1029/2019MS001829
Gerlein-Safdi, Cynthia, Gauthier, Paul P. G. and Caylor, Kelly K. (2018). Dew-induced transpiration suppression impacts the water and isotope balances of Colocasia leaves. Oecologia, 187 (4), 1041-1051. doi: 10.1007/s00442-018-4199-y
Chaney, Nathaniel W., Van Huijgevoort, Marjolein H.J., Shevliakova, Elena, Malyshev, Sergey, Milly, Paul C.D., Gauthier, Paul P. G. and Sulman, Benjamin N. (2018). Harnessing big data to rethink land heterogeneity in Earth system models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 22 (6), 3311-3330. doi: 10.5194/hess-22-3311-2018
Gauthier, Paul P. G., Battle, Mark O., Griffin, Kevin L. and Bender, Michael L. (2018). Measurement of Gross Photosynthesis, Respiration in the Light, and Mesophyll Conductance Using H2 18O Labeling. Plant Physiology, 177 (1), 62-74. doi: 10.1104/pp.16.00741
Bahar, Nur H. A., Gauthier, Paul P. G., O'Sullivan, Odhran S., Brereton, Thomas, Evans, John R. and Atkin, Owen K. (2018). Phosphorus deficiency alters scaling relationships between leaf gas exchange and associated traits in a wide range of contrasting Eucalyptus species. Functional Plant Biology, 45 (8), 813-826. doi: 10.1071/FP17134
Tcherkez, Guillaume, Gauthier, Paul, Buckley, Thomas N., Busch, Florian A., Barbour, Margaret M., Bruhn, Dan, Heskel, Mary A., Gong, Xiao Ying, Crous, Kristine Y., Griffin, Kevin, Way, Danielle, Turnbull, Matthew, Adams, Mark A., Atkin, Owen K., Farquhar, Graham D. and Cornic, Gabriel (2017). Leaf day respiration: low CO2 flux but high significance for metabolism and carbon balance. New Phytologist, 216 (4), 986-1001. doi: 10.1111/nph.14816
Gerlein‐Safdi, Cynthia, Gauthier, Paul P. G., Sinkler, Craig James and Caylor, Kelly Krispin (2017). Leaf water 18O and 2H maps show directional enrichment discrepancy in Colocasia esculenta. Plant, Cell & Environment, 40 (10), 2095-2108. doi: 10.1111/pce.13002
Tcherkez, Guillaume, Gauthier, Paul, Buckley, Thomas N., Busch, Florian A., Barbour, Margaret M., Bruhn, Dan, Heskel, Mary A., Gong, Xiao Ying, Crous, Kristine, Griffin, Kevin L., Way, Danielle A., Turnbull, Matthew H., Adams, Mark A., Atkin, Owen K., Bender, Michael, Farquhar, Graham D. and Cornic, Gabriel (2017). Tracking the origins of the Kok effect, 70 years after its discovery. New Phytologist, 214 (2), 506-510. doi: 10.1111/nph.14527
Taylor, Benton N., Patterson, Angelica E., Ajayi, Moyosore, Arkebauer, Rachel, Bao, Karen, Bray, Natalie, Elliott, Robert M., Gauthier, Paul P. G., Gersony, Jessica, Gibson, Rebecca, Guerin, Marceau, Lavenhar, Sara, Leland, Caroline, Lemordant, L., Liao, Wenying, Melillo, Jerry, Oliver, Ruth, Prager, Case M., Schuster, William, Schwartz, Naomi B., Shen, Christa, Terlizzi, Katherine Pavlis and Griffin, Kevin L. (2017). Growth and physiology of a dominant understory shrub, Hamamelis virginiana, following canopy disturbance in a temperate hardwood forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 47 (2), 193-202. doi: 10.1139/cjfr-2016-0208
Atkin, Owen K., Bloomfield, Keith J., Reich, Peter B., Tjoelker, Mark G., Asner, Gregory P., Bonal, Damien, Bönisch, Gerhard, Bradford, Matt G., Cernusak, Lucas A., Cosio, Eric G., Creek, Danielle, Crous, Kristine Y., Domingues, Tomas F., Dukes, Jeffrey S., Egerton, John J. G., Evans, John R., Farquhar, Graham D., Fyllas, Nikolaos M., Gauthier, Paul P. G., Gloor, Emanuel, Gimeno, Teresa E., Griffin, Kevin L., Guerrieri, Rossella, Heskel, Mary A., Huntingford, Chris, Ishida, Françoise Yoko, Kattge, Jens, Lambers, Hans, Liddell, Michael J. ... Zaragoza-Castells, Joana (2015). Global variability in leaf respiration in relation to climate, plant functional types and leaf traits. New Phytologist, 206 (2), 614-636. doi: 10.1111/nph.13253
Gauthier, Paul P.G., Crous, Kristine Y., Ayub, Gohar, Duan, Honglang, Weerasinghe, Lasantha K., Ellsworth, David S., Tjoelker, Mark G., Evans, John R., Tissue, David T. and Atkin, Owen K. (2014). Drought increases heat tolerance of leaf respiration in Eucalyptus globulus saplings grown under both ambient and elevated atmospheric [CO2] and temperature. Journal of Experimental Botany, 65 (22), 6471-6485. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eru367
Boex-Fontvieille, Edouard R. A., Gauthier, Paul P. G., Gilard, Françoise, Hodges, Michael and Tcherkez, Guillaume G. B. (2013). A new anaplerotic respiratory pathway involving lysine biosynthesis in isocitrate dehydrogenase-deficient Arabidopsis mutants. New Phytologist, 199 (3), 673-682. doi: 10.1111/nph.12319
Gauthier, Paul P.G., Lamothe, Marlene, Mahé, Aline, Molero, Gemma, Nogués, Salvador, Hodges, Michael and Tcherkez, Guillaume (2013). Metabolic origin of δ15N values in nitrogenous compounds from Brassica napus L. leaves. Plant, Cell and Environment, 36 (1), 128-137. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2012.02561.x
Zutta, Brian R., Rundel, Phillip W., Saatchi, Sassan, Casana, Jorge D., Gauthier, Paul, Soto, Aldo, Velazco, Yessenia and Buermann, Wolfgang (2012). Predicting Polylepis distribution: Vulnerable and increasingly important Andean woodlands Prediciendo la distribución de Polylepis: bosques Andinos vulnerables y cada vez más importantes. Revista Peruana de Biologia, 19 (2), 205-212.
Gauthier, Paul P.G., Bligny, Richard, Gout, Elizabeth, Mahé, Aline, Nogués, Salvador, Hodges, Michael and Tcherkez, Guillaume G.B. (2010). In folio isotopic tracing demonstrates that nitrogen assimilation into glutamate is mostly independent from current CO2 assimilation in illuminated leaves of Brassica napus. New Phytologist, 185 (4), 988-999. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2009.03130.x
Tcherkez, Guillaume, Mahé, Aline, Gauthier, Paul, Mauve, Caroline, Gout, Elizabeth, Bligny, Richard, Cornic, Gabriel and Hodges, Michael (2009). In folio respiratory fluxomics revealed by 13C isotopic labeling and H/D isotope effects highlight the noncyclic nature of the tricarboxylic acid "cycle" in illuminated leaves. Plant Physiology, 151 (2), 620-630. doi: 10.1104/pp.109.142976