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Professor in Environmental Science/Director of the Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I define myself as a soil chemist, with specific expertise in the subject area of environmental geochemistry.
I have significant experience in the application of new environmental chemistry techniques (analytical and technology-based) to current science and technology problems. A key focus of my research is the use of plants to extract, degrade or immobilise contaminants in soil. My research has been dominated by attention to trace elements, but extends to organic contaminants. Underpinning my research is a quest to understand the flux of contaminants within the soil-plant-animal biogeochemical system.
Professor in Environmental Science/Director of the Fertiliser and Lime Research Centre - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I define myself as a soil chemist, with specific expertise in the subject area of environmental geochemistry.
I have significant experience in the application of new environmental chemistry techniques (analytical and technology-based) to current science and technology problems. A key focus of my research is the use of plants to extract, degrade or immobilise contaminants in soil. My research has been dominated by attention to trace elements, but extends to organic contaminants. Underpinning my research is a quest to understand the flux of contaminants within the soil-plant-animal biogeochemical system.
Professor in Environmental Management - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Professor of Life Cycle Management - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Sarah is Director of the New Zealand Life Cycle Management Centre (NZLCM Centre), and Associate Professor in Life Cycle Management at Massey University. Her research focuses on development and application of Life Cycle Assessment
(LCA) and related approaches such as carbon and water footprinting, and particularly on (a) methods for LCA and related techniques and (b) the relationship between LCA and decision-making. Currently Sarah is Chair of the Standards New Zealand International Review Group on LCA, New Zealand representative on the ISO 14046 Water Footprint Working Group, and a Committee member of the Life Cycle Association of New Zealand (LCANZ).
Professor in Environmental Management - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Research Development Advisor - Research Operations
Project Manager - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Professor in Geostatistics - School of Agriculture and Environment
Professor in Geostatistics - School of Fundamental Sciences
Professor in Geostatistics/SB Group Leader - School of Fundamental Sciences
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I'm Professor in Geostatistics, in the Statistics Group and in Volcanic Risk Solutions at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. My research is focussed on estimation of hazard from volcanoes and earthquakes, with interests in related problems from survival analysis and process control.
I moonlight as an Associate Editor for the Australian & New Zealand Journal of Statistics and for Statistics in Volcanology (https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/siv/), and am a member of the New Zealand Volcano Science Advisory Panel
Lecturer in Mathematics - School of Fundamental Sciences
Lecturer in Computational Geodynamics - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Professor in Physical Geography - School of Agriculture and Environment
Associate Dean Research - Dean Research
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Focused in fluvial geomorphology, my research and teaching concentrates on: (i) river channel dynamics and interaction with river habitat; (ii) flood histories and catchment response to environmental change; (iii) slope-channel coupling and catchment connectivity. Within this platform of research there is considerable breadth and diversity, including hazard assessment and impacts on stream ecology. I co-direct Massey's Innovative River Solutions Centre. I also actively engage in pedagogic research and the scholarship of teaching, and was awarded a Vice Chancellor's Teaching Excellence Award in 2015.
Senior Lecturer - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I have been employed as Massey academic since completing my PhD in 2008, and was recently promoted to Senior lecturer at the start of 2016. I am the leader for the undergraduate Geography teaching programme here at Massey, and the Laboratory Manager for our Palynology lab. My research interests focus on pollen analysis (palynology) and reconstructing past environments. I have 12 years’ experience working with pollen, and I now provide commercial pollen analysis services, including analysis of honey samples.
Senior Lecturer - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I completed my Master's degree (Diploma) in Geography, specialization in Geographical Information System (GIS) and Geomorphology, at the Faculty of Earth Science and Engineering at University of Miskolc, Hungary, in 2009. I earned my Doctor of Philosophy degree in Earth Sciences a Massey University, New Zealand, in 2014. I have completed my post-doc research on hyperspectral imaging at Massey University. Since 2017, I have been working as a Lecturer and then as a Senior Lecturer at Massey University on variety of research topics in Earth Science and Remote Sensing.
Associate Professor in Physical Volcanology - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Adjunct Professor of Fluvial Geomorphology - School of Agriculture and Environment
Technician - Soil and Earth Sciences - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Technician at the Institute of Agriculture and Environment, Soil and Earth Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North. As a technician, I am responsible and manager of the Earth Science Laboratories (e.g., microscopes, PSDA, EMP, FTIR, pycnometer, XRD, rock-cutting saws), teaching of undergraduate students during lab-classes, teaching of postgraduate students on specific instruments, support with their filed work and help during sample preparation and data interpretation.
Professor in Geology - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Karoly Nemeth works as a Professor in Geology at the School of Agriculture and Environment. He received his Ph.D. degree in Geology from the University of Otago, Dunedin (2001) and also received a PhD (2003) in Environmental Sciences from the University of West Hungary. Nemeth’s areas of expertise include sedimentology, volcanology, phreatomagmatism, and volcanic hazard studies. Recently he worked in geoheritage, geoconservation, geotourism and geoeducation researches that made him an international expert in these subjects. Nemeth’s research is centered on monogenetic volcanism and worked in New Zealand, USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, China, Libya, Saudi Arabia, SW Pacific, Japan and Korea.
Associate Professor Alan Palmer
Associate Professor in Earth Science - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Experienced in soil description and mapping, appropriate land use options and Quaternary geology. I specailise in mapping farms using standard and new techniques to improve both productive and environmental outcomes. This includes assessing potential and actual erosion and its mitigation. I am also experienced in Quaternary geology, especially loess and gravel sequences, volcanic landscapes and deposits. I specialise in analysis and identification of volcanic ash. I have also worked with Quaternary aquifer systems.
Associate Professor Jonathan Procter
Associate Professor in Earth Science - School of Agriculture and Environment
Associate Dean - Maori - College of Sciences
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Senior Lecturer - School of Agriculture and Environment
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An observer of Earth by means of the many sensors now orbiting the planet on satellites.
A map enthusiast with expertise in GIS and image processing.
Professor in Earth and Planetary Sciences - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Georg F. Zellmer received his PhD from the Open University (UK) in 1999, and subsequently worked as research fellow at the University of Bristol (UK), the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (USA), the University of Hawaii (USA), and Academia Sinica (ROC). At Massey University since 2013, Professor Zellmer investigates the timescales of magmatic processes, volatiles in subduction zones, and other fundamental aspects of igneous systems. At present, he devotes time to the development of a spinel-structured oxide hygrometer for a range of applications in the Earth and Planetary Sciences. Professor Zellmer is Acting Executive Editor of Journal of Petrology.
Senior Research Officer - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Dr Lucy Burkitt spent 10 years as a research scientist with the Dairy Centre at the Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture in Burnie in North West Tasmania, before joining Massey University. Lucy’s research interests are in soil and nutrient management, with a specific focus on water quality and phosphorus loss from intensive pasture systems and more recently, use of high frequency water quality sensors and nutrient loss and attenuation in hill country landscapes.
Research Officer - Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamic - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Professor of Environmental Biogeochemistry - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Marta is the co-director of the New Zealand Biochar Research Centre. She has been a member of the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soils (2013-2015) and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Biochar Initiative (2011-2015; vice-chair 2014; chair 2015). Marta studied Agricultural Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Lleida, Spain) and then received her MSc and PhD in Soil Science from the University of California, Davis. Previous to working at Massey University, she was a Senior Researcher - “Ramon y Cajal” (2003-2008) at NEIKER (Spain) and lecturer (1999-2003) at the Universidade de Santiago de Compostela (Spain).
Associate Professor David Horne
Associate Professor in Soil Science - School of Agriculture and Environment
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Dr Paramsothy (Jeya) Jeyakumar
Research Officer - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I describe myself as a soil scientist, with specific expertise in the subject area of environmental chemistry. My research objectives align with enhancing the primary sector production and productivity while maintaining soil and water quality, and food safety. My current research projects study heavy metals and essential micronutrients in agricultural products and their effects on the food chain. I developed a great deal of expertise in using metal speciation to assess the bioavailability of trace elements (TE) in soil, and their effects on plants and soil microbial activity.
Junior Research Officer - School of Agriculture and Environment
Residential Assistant - Student Experience Office
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Associate Professor Ranvir Singh
Associate Professor in Environmental Hydrology and Soil Science - School of Agriculture and Environment
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I define myself as an environmental hydrologist, with specific expertise in the subject area of catchment hydrology, water quality, irrigation and agricultural drainage systems, and water productivity and footprinting sciences. I specialize in integration of field observations, geographical information and hydrological models to study water use, attenuation of nutrient runoff and leaching from agricultural soils, and surface water and groundwater hydrology in rural and peri-urban landscapes
