My role
I hold a joint lecturer/research fellow position in the School of Agricultural Sciences at Murdoch University.
I am involved in delivering lectures, practicals and workshops to second- and third-year crop and pasture science students.
I am currently involved in a conservation agriculture project based in Bangladesh funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), and a climate-smart agriculture project investigating various innovative soil technologies led by the University of Adelaide.
I am also involved in a pilot-scale bauxite mud remediation project funded by South 32.
My background
I hold a PhD in agriculture, with a focus on potassium nutrition in wheat.
After my PhD, I continued my research in various fields of soil science and plant nutrition.
Projects
- Change in Soil and Water Dynamics and Supporting Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Bangladesh (ACIAR) (current)
- Innovative Soil Technologies to Foster Resilience and Climate Smart Crop Production in Australia (Climate-Smart Agriculture Program, DAFF) (current)
- Remediation of Bauxite Residue – a Pilot Study (South 32) (current)
- Developing Genetic Tools to Facilitate Breeder Use and Deployment of High Value Acid Soils Tolerant Chickpea Germplasm (GRDC) (current)
- Remediation of Infertile Sandy Soils Using FOGO-Derived Compost and Clay Amendments (CSIRO Innovation Connections) (completed)
- Identifying Low pH-Tolerance in Wild Cicer for Adaptation to Acid Soils (GRDC) (completed)
Key expertise
Sustainable waste management, soil acidity, soil fertility, crop nutrition
Qualifications
PhD in Agricultural Science, Murdoch University, WA
B.Sc (Hons) in Environmental Science, Murdoch University, WA
B.Tech in Horticulture, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, India