Emeritus ProfessorDavid Cahill
Emeritus Professor
Faculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment
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- Emeritus ProfessorFaculty of Science Engineering and Built Environment/Office of the Executive Dean Science, Engineering and Built Environment
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Interactions of plants with microorganisms, especially fungi and oomycetes
Mechanisms of plant disease resistance
Interactions of native plants with Phytophthora cinnamomi
Plant productivity in natural and agricultural systems
Use of nanoparticles in plant science
Knowledge Areas
Plant Biology
Plant Pathology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Agricultural Nanotechnology
Mechanisms of plant disease resistance
Interactions of native plants with Phytophthora cinnamomi
Plant productivity in natural and agricultural systems
Use of nanoparticles in plant science
Knowledge Areas
Plant Biology
Plant Pathology
Agricultural Biotechnology
Agricultural Nanotechnology
GRANTS
- GRANTSmart foliage: imparting intelligence to synthetic leaves1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Zhao S,
- Cahill D,
- Li Q,
- Bruggen BVD
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2026People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies16 Jul 2021 - 15 Jul 2027People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTProtecting ecological diversity in the Otway Ranges from Phytophthora cinnamomi1 Jul 2021 - 30 Jun 2024People funded by this grant:
- Cahill D,
- Rookes J
- GRANTARC Research Hub in New Safe and Reliable Energy Storage and Conversion Technologies3 Jul 2020 - 31 Dec 2025People funded by this grant:
- Chen YI,
- Gentle I,
- Qiao S,
- Bell J,
- Guo Z
- GRANTInvestigating chestnut rot in Castanea spp and its control in orchards of southeast Australia.15 May 2018 - 30 Jun 2021People funded by this grant:
- David Cahill
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSeasol seaweed extract activation of plant defence through resistance priming1 Nov 2017 - 1 Nov 2018People funded by this grant:
- David Cahill
- CONTRACT RESEARCHEvaluation of Phytophthora cinnamomi at the Eumeralla Mountain Bike Park, Anglesea, Victoria12 Jun 2017 - 20 Jun 2017People funded by this grant:
- Rookes J,
- Cahill D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSeasol activation of plant defence in Arabidopsis - pilot study1 Jul 2016 - 31 Dec 2016People funded by this grant:
- David Cahill
- CONTRACT RESEARCHScreen Tea Tree Oil (TTO) as fungicide, testing 3 'products'18 Aug 2015 - 19 Aug 2015People funded by this grant:
- David Cahill
- CONTRACT RESEARCHSampling and analysis of the presence of Phytophthora cinnamomi at Cape Sir William Grant Wind Farm1 Apr 2015 - 30 Jun 2015People funded by this grant:
- Rookes J,
- Cahill D
- GRANTNanoassembling agrochemicals - a new paradigm in delivery for enviro-friendly crop treatment18 Jun 2014 - 20 Oct 2017People funded by this grant:
- Boyd B,
- Graham B,
- Dong Y,
- Hay P,
- Cahill D
- GRANTKatherine Birrer CSIRO Scholarship - Low wax Australian cotton - reducing the scouring requirements of cotton fabric1 Apr 2014 - 31 Mar 2017People funded by this grant:
- Cahill D,
- Birrer K
- GRANTBio-nanotechnology applications to improve plant productivity and ecosystems services.17 Nov 2013 - 19 Nov 2013People funded by this grant:
- Toop T,
- Parratt A,
- Cahill D
- CONTRACT RESEARCHPiclorum Range Finding Experiment22 Oct 2013 - 28 Feb 2014People funded by this grant:
- Rookes J,
- Cahill D