The following staff are available to supervise honours and masters research in the Agricultural Greenhouse Gas research group.
Professor Deli Chen
Deli is the leader of the Soil and the Environment Research Group. His research focuses on soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, greenhouse gas mitigation, smart fertiliser development, process-based modelling, decision support systems, agricultural ‘big data’, sustainability indices, and livestock waste management, collectively achieving sustainable food production and environmental quality.
Project topics:
- Measuring, modelling and mitigating GHG emissions from land sources
- Developing new methodology and materials (lignite and black coal) to mitigate NH3 loss from intensive agroecosystems
- Identifying and quantifying pathways of N losses and improving efficiencies with EEFS
- Agroecosystem modelling and decision support systems for optimal irrigation and fertiliser management
- Evidenced-based environmental footprint and sustainability (green) index for Australian and global agricultural products.
A/Prof Shu Kee (Raymond) Lam
Raymond’s research focuses on understanding soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, enhancing fertiliser nitrogen use efficiency, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. He integrates big data analytics, including meta-analysis and machine-learning modelling, with experimental findings from laboratory and field trials to improve soil management, agricultural practices, and environmental stewardship.
Project topics:
- Advancing agroecosystem modelling of nitrogen losses with machine learning
- Enhanced-efficiency fertilisers and their impacts on nitrogen losses in sugarcane and vegetable systems
- Meta-analysis of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies in agricultural systems
- Integrating top-down and bottom-up approaches for nitrogen assessment
- Carbon dynamics of peatland degradation and restoration
Dr Mei Bai
Mei’s research focuses on applying micrometeorological techniques coupled with open-path spectrometers to measure gas fluxes (CO2, CH4, NH3, N2O) in agriculture and industry at large scales. The field measurement data feeds in national GHG inventory and helps test management practices aiming to reduce GHG impacts on environment and human health.
Project topics:
- Using open-path FTIR techniques to measure gas fluxes of NH3, N2O and CH4 from sugarcane and vegetable farms
- Quantifying real-time CH4, NH3 and N2O fluxes from grazing dairy cows
- Reducing CH4 emission in sewage water treatment plant
- Investigating the relationship between gas fluxes of NH3, N2O, and CH4 and environmental factors at a sewage water treatment plant