Dr Sasha Jenkins
Project Lead
Dr Sasha Jenkins has over twenty years of research, teaching and project management experience in the application of microbial biotechnology for sustainable agricultural waste management. Her research focuses on the optimisation of low-cost waste treatment technologies for the recapture of bioenergy, nutrients and water and development of novel fertilisers and feeds from the recovered resources.
Emerita Professor Lynette Abbott
Extension advisory and project management
Emerita Professor Lynette K. Abbott is a leading soil biologist at The University of Western Australia whose research has advanced understanding of soil microbial ecology, mycorrhizal fungi, and sustainable agricultural systems. she has five decades of research, development and extension experience.
Trialling and demonstrating benefits of new pasture composition for improved soil health (Western Australia)
Professor
Hackett Professor of Agriculture Chair and Director The UWA Institute of Agriculture
Professor
Professor of soil fertility and environmental chemistry at the University of Western Australia
Sr. Scientist
Herbicide scientist at DPIRD and senior adjunct research fellow at the University of Western Australia and
Sr. Principal Scientist
Senior principal research scientist specialising in pasture and forage science at DPIRD
Research Associate
Post-doc at UWA School of Agriculture and Environment in environmental science and waste management
Trialling and demonstrating innovative pasture species diversification for climate resilience in medium and low rainfall areas (South Australia)
Associate Professor
Chief Investigator on multi-disciplinary projects related to farming systems productivity through improving crop, soil and microbial interactions.
Research Fellow
Senior research fellow in sustainable agriculture, biological and ecological strategies at School of Agriculture, Food & Wine University of Adelaide
Research Officer
Post-doc at University of Adelaide, Waite Campus in novel annual pasture legume species and sustainable management practices
Trialling soil amendments leading to improvement in pasture establishment and persistence (Victoria).
Associate Professor
Agronomist focusing on water-use efficiency and crop interactions with drought and heat, for improving crop productivity
Lecturer & Sr. Scientist
Specialising in biological methods for resilient agricultural soils using Multi-species pastures, Cover Cropping & amendments
Sr. Research Manager
Sr. research manager at Birchip Cropping Group Inc. (BCG) is a not-for-profit agricultural research and extension Victoria
Professor
Lead Soil-Plant Interactions Group at the Centre for AgriBioscience (AgriBio) on the University’s Melbourne Campus
Optimization and utilization of biowaste-derived organomineral fertilizer and compost-related products (Western Australia)
Lecturer and Research Fellow
A microbial generalist working on microbial-processes in plant health, anaerobic digestion performance and commercial composting systems.
Lead Cropping tech
Agricultural technology specialist in crop and livestock at AxisTech
Research Associate
Post-doc at UWA School of Agriculture and Environment in environmental science and waste management
Managing director AxisTech
Managing director AxisTech, creating electronics, software, and data solutions for agriculture
Demonstrating and trialling innovative technology for effluent management for nutrient use efficiency and reduced greenhouse gas emissions (Western Australia & Victoria)
Sr. Lecturer & scientist
Microbial biotechnologist in sustainable agriculture waste management, focusing on optimizing low-cost waste treatment technologies
Sr. Scientific officer
Sr. scientific officer specialises in Physico-chemical, edaphic and microbial activity measurement
Research Associate
Post-Doc in organic waste conversion, resource recovery, and emissions reduction in agricultural systems.
Fermer
Tim Crimp
Tim Crimp, local dairy farmer and chair of the program’s Sustainable Agriculture Project Reference Group
Sr. Research Scientist
Senior Research Scientist, Agriculture Victoria Research, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
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Innovative processing of layer manure for reduction of nitrogen losses and GHG emissions and enhanced pasture productivity (Queensland)
Research Center Director
Director, Centre for Recycling of Organic Waste and Nutrients (CROWN), The University of Queensland
Associate Professor
Specialises in the ecology and control of priority weeds in rangeland environment and native pasture species for improved pasture systems
PhD candidte
Investigating the mechanistic processes governing phosphorus and carbon sequestration within soil organic matter
Sr. Research Assistant
Senior research assistant in School of Agriculture and Food Sustainability, the University of Queensland
Applying indicator tools to demonstrate soil health has been improved under innovative pasture management practices (across Australia)
Professor
An internationally recognised expert in the field of soil and plant microbiology and functional ecology.
Research Fellow
ARC Discovery fellow in plant microbiomes, environmental pathogens, and soil health
Associate Professor
Soil scientist whose research focuses on soil nutrient cycling and plant-soil interaction
Sr. Lecturer
Soil microbiologist whose research focuses on soil informatics and microbiome data mining.
Demonstration that new climate-smart technologies and practices are effective, economical and environmentally sound (Western Australia)
Associate Professor
Agribusiness strategic management and production/financial analysis of agribusiness firms
Emerita Professor
Leading soil scientist in biological fertility and sustainable agriculture systems
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Ensure that the adoption of climate-smart technologies and practices build resilience to climate change and soil health (Scolexia)
Manager / Consultant
Janine Price
Environment and regulation specialist at Scolexia pvt ltd
Scientist / Consultant
Kevin Wilinson
Consultant at Frontier Ag & environment
Ngaparrtji Ngaparrtji Two-way Science program (UWA) in collaboration with Department of Education (DoE) and Department of Water Environment and Regulation (DWER) in Western Australia
Sr. Lecturer
Microbial biotechnologist in sustainable agriculture waste management, focusing on optimizing low-cost waste treatment technologies
Associate Professor
Environmental geographer interested people and ecosystems interaction, focusing on how local knowledge and resource use support livelihoods, ecosystem services, and environmental management
Emerita Professor
Leading soil scientist in biological fertility and sustainable agriculture systems