Current Members

Prof. Raphael
Viscarra Rossel
BSc Agr. Sci. (Hons),
PhD (Soil Science)

Dr. Lewis Walden
BSc Env. Sci. (Hons),
PhD (Environ. science)

Dr Andrea
Bravo-Escobar
MSc (Env. Science),
PhD (Restor. Ecology)

Dr Farid Sepanta
MSc Soil Sci.,
PhD (Chemistry)
Laboratory Manager

Mr Ace Janssen
BEng (Hons) (Mechatronic)

Mr Mingzhi Zhang
MEng. (Mechatronic)

Mr Caleb Van Rijn
BEng (Hons) (Mechatronic)

Mr Felix Varghese Jose
Student (Mechatronics)

PhD & MPhil Students

Ms. Yang
Teresa Hu
BSc Ecol. Evol. Bio.
MSc (Bioscie.)
“Next-gen” soil health indications

Mr. Nathan Wells
BSc Env. Agr. (Hons)
Landscape restoration & soil carbon sequestration

Ms. Sadichhya Adhikari
BA Biol. & F. Arts,
MSc (Biol.. Sci.)
Carbon sequestration & clay mineralogy

Mr. Tshering Tashi
BSc Ag. (Hons.),
MSc (Agr. Food Sec.) Iron oxides & soil organic carbon stabilisation

Mr Jigme Tenzin
BSc Anim. Sci.,
MSc (Agr. Food Sec.) Soil colour

Masters students

  • Sreekanth Ganugapenta (2025)
  • Venkata Kalichappidi (2025)
  • Tshering Yangden (2024)
  • Jigme Tenzin (2024)
  • Lorena Cortez Paez (2022)
  • Edwin Tsoek Man Yiu (2021)
  • Mohana Matangulu (2020)
  • Suman Gajurel (2020)
  • William Lisunu Anaalo (2020)

Honours students

  • Ashton Reid (2025)
  • Nathan Wells (2021)

Alumni & visiting researchers

  • Dr Mingxi Zhang
  • Dr Zefang Shen
  • Dr Juhwan Lee
  • Dr Yuanyuan Yang
  • Dr Vitor da Silveira Freitas
  • Dr Lu Xu
  • Dr Johanna Wetterlind

Collaborators