Ping Yun

Ping Yun is a Research Fellow at the School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia, specializing in plant stress physiology with a focus on salinity tolerance, ion transport, and reactive oxygen species homeostasis in crops.

Education

• PhD in Plant Physiology, University of Tasmania (awarded 28 April 2023)

Research Interests

Dr. Yun investigates molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance in wild rice (Oryza coarctata), oats (Avena sativa), wheat, and barley. Her work integrates electrophysiology, genome-wide analyses, and ROS signaling to understand ion transport during salinity and heavy metal stress. Key areas include chloride-dependent membrane hyperpolarization, glutathione S-transferase function, and photosynthetic adaptations under abiotic stress.

Publication Trends

Her 2024-2025 work reveals conserved salinity tolerance mechanisms in wild rice species and genotype-specific transporter responses in cereals. She connects fundamental ion transport studies to applied outcomes like climate-resilient crop development and food security implications of elevated CO2 on heavy metal uptake.

Grants and Collaboration

• Integrating NanoSIMS and MIFE technologies for creating climate resilient crops (2025-2026, Chief Investigator)
• 2025 EMCR Mobility Grants (Australian Academy of Science, 2025, Investigator)

Dr. Yun leads a collaborative research group at UWA focused on plant ionomics, actively mentoring HDR students and partnering with international researchers on stress physiology projects.