PhD
Chair in Environmental Science
University of South Australia
My PhD thesis at UWA examined the role of mycorrhizal fungi in the mobilisation and phytoavailability of phosphorus.
I then moved to Massey University, New Zealand, working initially as a research scientist and then as the Director of Postgraduate Studies and Professor of Soil Science.
In February 2007, I moved to the University of South Australia as Chair in Environmental Science, based at the Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment and Remediation. The Centre was established to provide innovative solutions and technologies for environmental contamination problems.
I have initiated a number of research projects that include recycled water for irrigation, phytostabilisation of lead, biosolid as a source and sink for heavy metals, environmental applications of coal combustion by-products, mycorrhizal mobilisation of heavy metals and dissolved organic carbon as a vehicle for metal transport.
