Our Collaboration Team
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Dr Uday Nidumolu
Project Leader
MS, Cambridge; PhD Wageningen, NL
Principal Research Scientist,
Climate Smart Agriculture, CSIRO
Lead Author UN-WMO IPCC AR6 WGII
Climate risk management in commercial and small holder farming systems, over 25 years experience in India, UK, NL, France and Australia; over 100 publications
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Dr Richard Stirzaker
Strategic Irrigation (VIA)
PhD, University of Sydney
Principal Research Scientist, Irrigation, CSIRO
Internationally renowned for his invention the ‘Chameleon’ sensors to monitor irrigation water in small holder farmers – 39 yrs exp with 25 years exp with small holder irrigators in Africa; International WatSave award in 2004
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Dr Peter Hayman
Climate Risk Analysis
PhD, University of Sydney
Principal Scientist, Climate Applications, South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI)
Australasian representative on the UN-World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Expert Team; climate risk projects in southern India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and the Philippines
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Prof Basant Maheswari
Groundwater / Aquifer Management (MARVI)
Western Sydney University, Australia
Internationally acknowledged expert in ground water management with over 30 years experience- Managed Aquifer Recharge through Village-level Intervention (MARVI- World Bank funded); India, Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand; over 220 publications
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Dr Gupta Vadakattu
Soil Micro-Biology
PhD University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Principal Research Scientist,
Soil Biological Fertility/Soil Microbiology, CSIRO
Genetic diversity, functional capability and resilience of soil biota in agricultural soils and functional microbial diversity of aquifer systems – in relation to Water Use Efficiency (WUE); over 30 years experience; over 200 publications . Globally acknowledged expert on soil biology