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Biography
Dr Mark Farrell leads research into carbon and nitrogen cycling in soils and the wider environment, with national and international impact. Having over 15 years of experience in a range of agricultural and natural systems, he works from the mechanistic to system scale. Funded by numerous national and local stakeholders (including GRDC, CRDC, DCCEEW, Forestry Corporation NSW, and SAGIT), Mark’s work seeks to find management solutions underpinned by sound mechanistic understanding to improve productivity whilst limiting and reducing impact on the soil and wider environment. He uses a range of analytical techniques including both stable- and radio-isotopes, nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometry and rapid optical (mid/near-infrared spectroscopy) techniques to quantify source, fate, and quality of carbon and nitrogen through agricultural and environmental systems. He collaborates widely with agronomists, ecologists, and modellers to achieve impact beyond discipline-specific advances.
Mark’s current research includes national projects to quantify soil carbon stocks and its drivers of change, improved process understanding of soil nitrogen dynamics and integration of this new knowledge into agricultural system models, and identifying opportunities to improve soil health and resilience through the targeted adoption of mixed-species cover crops in dryland systems.
Current Roles
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Team Leader
Biogeochemistry -
Project Leader
Soil organic carbon monitoring (SOC-M) (DCCEEW) -
Project Leader - CSIRO
Predicting nitrogen cycling and losses in Australian cropping systems (GRDC) -
Team member
Microbiomes for one system health (MOSH FSP)
Academic Qualifications
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2009
PhD
The University of Wales, Bangor -
2004
BSc (Hons) Environmental Science
The University of Wales, Bangor
Achievements and Awards
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2021-present
Fellow
British Society of Soil Science -
2017-2019
Thomas Davies Research Award
Australian Academy of Sciences -
2014-2017
Julius Career Award
CSIRO -
2014-2014
Young Scientist
CSIRO Land & Water
Other highlights
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2017-2019
Chair - 7th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2023-present
Chair - Biological Sciences Panel, CSIRO Julius Career Awards
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2021-present
Deputy Editor - Soil Chemistry, European Journal of Soil Science
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2015-present
Associate Editor, Soil Research
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2019-2022
Panel member - CSIRO Julius Career Awards committee
Attachments
ORCID 0000-0003-4562-2738
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