Xueping Wu is a researcher and doctoral supervisor
at the Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning, Chinese
Academy of Agricultural Sciences. She is the backbone of the saline-alkali land
improvement and innovation team. She has presided over more than 30 national
projects and sub-projects, edited 18 monographs, and obtained 11 invention
patents and 28 utility model patents. She has been engaged in research on soil
improvement and efficient use of water and fertilizer for a long time. She won
the third prize in the Hebei Science and Technology Progress Award in 2013 and
the second prize in the Henan Science and Technology Progress Award in 2022.
Prof. Deli Chen is a Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor at the University of Melbourne. He is an internationally recognised soil scientist conducting research on agricultural nitrogen use and its impact on global food security, the environment and climate change. He is the Discipline Leader of the Soil and Environment Research, School of Agriculture, Food and Ecosystem Sciences, University of Melbourne. He is the Director of ARC Research Hub for Smart Fertilisers, a multidisciplinary program involving soil science, plant science, chemistry, chemical engineering, and industries (Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and Elders) that aims to produce a new generation of nitrogen fertilisers for transformational improvements in nitrogen use efficiency. He was the Director of the Australian-China Joint Research Centre, Healthy Soils for Sustainable Food Production and Environmental Quality. He is a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America, Soil Science Australia and a Fellow of the American Society of Agronomy.
