We had the pleasure of hosting the annual GW Leeper Lecture public lecture 2023 – “From soil to supper: the micro- and nano-plastic journey”
Associate Professor Suzie Reichman, a well-known soil scientist, led a discussion about micro- and nano-plastics in our agricultural systems and food.
She investigated how micro- and nano-plastics are entering our soil and food supply, the impacts these plastic particles have on agroecosystems and human health and considered how concerned we need to be. The session concluded by looking at what we can do to address this growing issue, as both scientists and community members.
| Year | Lecture Number | Speaker title | Speaker name | Speaker Institution | Lecture title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 33 | ||||
| 2023 | 32 | Suzie Reichman | Associate Professor | The University of Melbourne | From soil to supper: the micro- and nano-plastic journey |
| 2022 | 31 | Vanessa Wong | Associate Professor | Monash University | Why are wet soils in wetlands so different |
| 2021 | 30 | Mark Taylor | Professor and Chief Environmental Scientist | Environmental Protection Authority, Victoria | Urban agriculture and anthropogenic trace metal contaminants: from the backyards of Melbourne to Broken Hill |
| 2020 | 29 | Caixian Tang | Professor | La Trobe University | The role of pH in soil organic matter dynamics |
| 2019 | 28 | Mike Grundy | Chief Research Scientist | CSIRO, Agriculture & Food | A national soils outlook |
| 2018 | 27 | G. Philip Robertson | Michigan State University | Sustainable cellulosic biofuels: A soils-centric perspective | |
| 2017 | 26 | Professor Tony O’Donnell | Pro Vice Chancellor, Executive Dean of Science | University of Western Australia | We do things differently in the West |
| 2016 | 25 | Annie McNeil | Associate Professor | The University of Adelaide | The art of soil science communication |
| 2015 | 24 | Neal Menzies | Professor of Soil and Environmental Science | The University of Queensland | The challenge of predicting metal transfer through the soil-plant-animal continuum |
| 2014 | 23 | Heike Knicker | Professor | Soils in fire-prone ecosystems – Where does all the charcoal go? | |
| 2013 | 22 | Professor Paul Bertsch | Chief | CSIRO, Land and Water | Big challenges surrounding the tiny: Fate bioavailability and toxicity of engineered nanomaterials in soil and terrestrial ecosystems |
| 2012 | 21 | John Crawford | Professor | Univesity of Sydney. | Soil and sustainable food |
| 2011 | 20 | Neil McKenzie | Chief | CSIRO, Land and Water | Soil knowledge and water resource planning and management |
| 2010 | 19 | Iain Young | Professor | University of New England | The biophysics of life on Earth |
| 2009 | 18 | Robert Fitzpatrick | Chief Research Scientist | CSIRO, Adelaide | Soil science and the role of pedotechnology in solving forensic, water quality, polluted soils, mineral exploration and engineering problems |
| 2008 | 17 | Pichu Rengasamy | Senior Research Fellow | The University of Adelaide | Innovative strategies to tackle multiple soil constraints to agricultural productivity |
| 2007 | 16 | Lynette Abbott | Vice-Dean/Winthrop Professor | The University of Western Australia | Organic agriculture: a model for understanding soil fertility |
| 2006 | 15 | Tom Denmead | Fellow | CSIRO, Land and Water | Agriculture and greenhouse |
| 2005 | 14 | ||||
| 2004 | 13 | Johan Bouma | Emeritus Professor | Wageningen University and Research Center | The Netherlands. Learning from the past when facing the future of soil science |
| 2003 | 12 | Robert White | Professor | The University of Melbourne | What has soil got to do with water? |
| 2002 | 11 | John Williams | Chief | CSIRO, Land and Water | Farming without harming – a challenge for soil science |
| 2001 | 10 | Bob Gilkes | Professor Soil Science and Plant Nutrition | The University of Western Australia | The problems of old age: managing soils on our ancient continent |
| 2000 | 9 | Alex McBratney | Professor Soil Science | The University of Sydney | The classification of soil |
| 1999 | 8 | Peter Attiwill | Associate Professor and Reader | The University of Melbourne | Forest soils: cycles sustainability and sequestration |
| 1998 | 7 | Jim Barrow | Post-Retirement Fellow | CSIRO, Forests and Forest Products | The four laws of soil chemistry |
| 1997 | 6 | Sally Smith | Professor Soil Science | The University of Adelaide | Mycorrhizas at the soil-plant interface |
| 1996 | 5 | Calvin Rose | Emeritus Professor | Griffith University | Soil erosion and conservation: concepts and results from ACIAR project experience |
| 1995 | 4 | John Passioura | Chief Research Scientist | CSIRO, Plant Industry | Roots, soil and water |
| 1994 | 3 | Nick Uren | Associate Professor and Reader in Soil Science | La Trobe University | Soil science – a sense of history |
| 1993 | 2 | Albert Rovira | Director | CRC for Soil and Land Management | Sustainable farming – fact or fiction? |
| 1992 | 1 | Malcolm Sumner | Regent’s Professor | The University of Georgia | Global soil |
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