Contaminants in Agricultural Soils

Dr Ravi Naidu is Professor in the College of Engineering Science and Environment and Founding Director of the Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER) at the University of Newcastle, Australia. He is also Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director and Chief Scientist of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (crcCARE). Professor Naidu is also Chair of the UN FAO International Network on Soil Pollution (INSOP) and Chair of the CleanUp Conference Series. Amongst other honours he received the 2022 Mahatma Gandhi Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award and Medal and the 2023 European Geosciences Union Alina Kabata-Pendias Medal. His election as a Fellow of Australian Academy of Science Technology and Engineering, New Zealand Academy of Science and Indian Academy of Agricultural Science reflects his outstanding scientific contribution. With over 850 journal publications, he is a Web of Science Globally Highly-Cited Researcher in soil contamination and remediation research.

• Part 1 Types of contaminants in agricultural soils1.Petroleum hydrocarbon waste product contaminants in agricultural soils: Mentore Vaccari, University of Brescia, Italy;2.Heavy metal contaminants in agricultural soils: Ganga Hettiarachichi, Kansas State University, USA;3.Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as contaminants in agricultural soils: Linda Lee, Purdue University, USA;4.Pesticide residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Vera Felix da Graca Silva, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;5.Antibiotic residues as contaminants in agricultural soils: Nikola Rakonjac, Wageningen University, The Netherlands;6.Wastewater as a contamination risk for agricultural soils: Guy Levy, Volcani Institute – Agricultural Research Organisation, Israel;Part 2 Remediation techniques7.Advances in analytical techniques for detecting contaminants in soils: Liang Wang, University of Newcastle, Australia;8.Advances in risk assessment of contaminated agricultural soils: Ayanka Wijayawardena, University of Newcastle, Australia;9.Bioremediation: advances in using soil organic amendments to control contaminants in agricultural soils: Gerhard Soja, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria;10.Bioremediation: advances in bioremediation additives to control contaminants in agricultural soils: Bhaba Biswas, University of Newcastle, Australia;11.Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant phyto-stabilisation/immobilisation using vegetative cover: Paula Alvarenga, University of Lisbon, Portugal;12.Phytoremediation: advances in soil contaminant phyto-extraction by accumulator and hyper-accumulator plants: David Leung, Unversity of Canterbury, New Zealand;13.Managing contaminants in farmed soils: case studies from China: Fang Wang, Institute of Soil Science – Chinese Academy of Sciences, China;