DoctorAlieta Eyles

Dr Alieta Eyles is a senior research fellow with a broad range of interests including growing systems of Traditional Chinese Herbs, pollination of tree crops, post-harvest physiology of fresh fruit and vegetables, whole-tree physiology (photosynthetic processes, carbohydrate dynamics), resistance mechanisms and chemical ecology (secondary metabolites) of pathogen/pest-plant interactions and tissue culture of potato.

Alieta’s work has been published in high calibre journals (author/co-author of 68 peer-reviewed journal articles; h-index = 33; > 3498 citations, Google scholar).

Since starting her postdoctoral studies in 2003, Alieta has completed national and international postdoctoral fellowships as follows;


Univeristy of Tasmania – GA3 application in sweet cherries

University of Tasmania – Traditional Chinese Herbs Research Hub
University of Tasmania – Mechanical pollination in sweet cherries
University of Tasmania – ARC Training Centre for Innovative Horticultural Products - investigated the physiology and biochemistry of
fresh fruits and vegetables with the aim of developing new capabilities and technologies for horticultural products with improved quality
and shelf life
University of Tasmania – Enhanced resistance to common scab in potato by somaclonal cell selection
The Ohio State University, USA – Chemical ecology of plant-pathogen interactions in pine, oak and ash
University of Melbourne – Ecophysiology of pine in response to insect attack (CRC for Forestry)
University of Tasmania – Ecophysiology of eucalypts in response to biotic and abiotic stress (CRC for Forestry)
University of Tasmania –Physiology of apple tree in response to biochar amendment

Alieta has co-supervised a total of 8 PhD students to completion and now is currently co-supervising a further 10 PhD projects.