Professor Nanthi Bolan

Professor Nanthi Bolan, Leader of CRC CARE’s Prevention Technologies Program, was appointed Dean of Graduate Studies in July this year. Arriving at UniSA in March 2007, Nanthi was previously the Professor of Soil Science and Director of Postgraduate Studies at New Zealand’s Massey University. ‘I came to UniSA because it had a critical mass of scientists working in environmental research’, Nanthi says. ‘It was an opportunity for me to provide leadership and mentor early career scientists, which I enjoy.’ Despite his new position as Dean, Nanthi remains an active researcher in CRC CARE projects and at the Centre for Environmental Risk Assessment & Remediation Centre. Nanthi completed his PhD at the University of Western Australia in 1983, and has published more than 200 papers. He was awarded the M.L. Leamy Award by the New Zealand Soil Science Society in recognition of his contribution to the discipline and Massey Medal for Postgraduate supervision.

Member of Australian Soil Science Society (SA Branch Committee member)

Member of the New Zealand Soil Science Society

Member of the New Zealand Royal Society

Member of the American Society of Soil Science

Associate Editor - Journal of Environmental Quality

Editorial board member – Environmental Geochemistry and Health; and Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystem

Member of New Zealand Waster and Water Association

Member of New Zealand Institute of Agricultural Sciences

PhD Univ. Western Australia 1983

MSc(Ag) Tamil Nadu Agrl. Univ. 1976

BSc(Ag) Tamil Nadu Agrl. Univ. 1974

• Nanthi has gained national and international recognition for his fundamental and applied research work in nutrient cycling and fertilizer reactions in soils, surface charge-solute interactions, remediation of contaminated soils, and recycling of wastes and wastewater. Based on his research outputs, peer esteem factors and contribution to research environment he has obtained ‘A’ grade (World-Class research) in the Performance Based Research Fund (PBRF) ranking for the academics in NZ universities.

Nanthi has published/presented 451 (referred = 161; Non-referred = 290) journal papers and conference proceedings. Based on his excellent research work and outstanding publication record, he was appointed to the Editorial Board of the Journal of Nutrient Cycling in AgroEcosystem and Journal of Environmental Geology and Health (Springer Science), and as an Associate Editor of one of the prestigious journals in environmental sciences, Journal of Environmental Quality published by American Society of Agronomy. His full publication list is available at Full publication list - a selection of papers from 2008 are shown below.

Bolan, N.S., Ko, B.J., Anderson, C.W.N., Vogeler, I., Mahimairaja, S. and Naidu, R. (2008). Manipulating bioavailability to manage remediation of metal contaminated soils. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52. pp 657-678.

Bolan, N.S., Laurenson, S., Kunhikrishnan, A., Naidu, R., Mckay, J., and Keremane, G. (2008). Northern Adelaide Plains Recycling Scheme – champion in the management of recycled water for sustainable production and environmental protection. Irrigation Future Conference, Melbourne.

Bolan, N.S., Luo, J., and Laurenson, S. (2008). Integrated treatment of far, effluents in New Zealand’s dairy operations. OECD Conference on ‘Livestock Waste Treatment Systems of the Future: a Challenge to environmental quality, food safety and sustainability, Florence, SC, USA.

Bolan, N.S., Rowarth, J., Mora, M.L., Adriano, D.C. and Curtin, D. (2008). Biological transformation and bioavailability of nutrient elements in acid soils as affected by liming. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52169-9. pp 413-446.

Bolan, N.S., Saggar, S., McAuliffe, K., Hannon, B. (2008). Characterization of thatch accumulation in golf greens. NZ Turf Management Journal, 23, 33-35.

Fuentes, B., Mora, M.L., Bolan, N.S., Naidu, R. (2008). Assessment of Phosphorus Bioavailability from Organic Wastes in Soil. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52169-9. pp 363-411.

Luo J, Donnison A, Bolan N.S., Ledgard S, and Qiu W. (2008). Natural materials to retain nitrogen and faecal bacteria in winter stand-off pads on dairy farms. New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. [in press].

Luo J, Saggar S, Bhandral R, Bolan N.S., Ledgard S, and Sun W., (2008). Effects of irrigating farm dairy effluent on nitrous oxide emissions. Plant and Soil 0032-079X (Print) 1573-5036 (Online

Naidu, R. and Bolan, N.S. (2008). Contaminant Chemistry in Soils: key concepts and bioavailability. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52169-9. pp 9-38.

Naidu, R., Bolan, N.S., Megharaj, M., Juhasz, A.L., Gupta, S., Clothier, B. and Schulin, R. (2008). Chemical bioavailability in terrestrial environments. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52. pp 1-6.

Naidu, R., Pollard, S.J.T., Bolan, N.S., Owens, G. and Pruszinski, A.W. (2008). Bioavailability: the underlying basis for risk based land management. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52. pp 53-72.

Naidu, R., Semple, K.T., Megharaj, M., Juhasz, A.L., Bolan, N.S., Gupta, S., Clothier, B., Schulin, R. and Chaney, R. (2008). Bioavailability, Definition, Assessment and Implications for Risk Assessment. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52. pp 39-51.

Singh, J., Bolan, N.S., Saggar, S. and Zaman, M. (2008). The role of inhibitors in the bioavailablity and mitigation of nitrogen losses in grassland ecosystems. In: Chemical Bioavailability in Terrestrial Environment. (Eds. Naidu et al). Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. ISBN 978-0-444-52169-9. pp 329-362

Vogeler, I., Vachey, A., Deurer, M., and Bolan, N.S., (2008). Impact of plants on the microbial activity in soils with high and low levels of copper. European Journal of Soil Biology, 44, 92-100.