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Biography
Dr Enli Wang is a Chief Research Scientist and team leader at CSIRO in Canberra. He leads the Crop Modelling Team and also serves as project leader. Internationally, he leads the canola modelling team within the Agricultural Modelling Improvement and Intercomparison Program (AgMIP). He is also Chair of the APSIM Reference Panel, which is responsible for ensuring scientific quality and software engineering standards, and for overseeing, approving, and managing all APSIM development activities under the APSIM Initiative Innovation Agreement.
Dr Wang’s expertise spans plant ecophysiology, agrometeorology, and soil–plant systems modelling. His research has included physiologically based crop modelling (wheat, maize, canola, soybean), simulation of soil carbon and nutrient dynamics, and systems approaches to improve agroecosystem productivity and sustainability. His current work focuses on modelling crop physiological processes linked to genetics (wheat and barley) in APSIM, applying inverse modelling to estimate plant traits and soil functional properties, synergising genotype × environment × management (G×E×M) interactions, and developing strategies for sustainable agricultural intensification.
Professional Areas
Current Roles
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Team Leader
Crop Modelling -
Chair
APSIM Reference Panel -
Leader
AgMIP-Canola
Academic Qualifications
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1997
PhD (Dr. rer. nat)
Technical University of Munich -
1987
MSc
China Agricultural University -
1984
BSc
Nanjing Institute of Meteorology
Professional Experiences
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2018-Now
Chief Research Scientist
CSIRO Agriculture and Food -
2013-2018
Senior Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO Agriculture and Food -
2008-2013
Principal Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water -
2003-2008
Senior Research Scientist
CSIRO Land and Water -
1998-2002
Research Scientist / Senior Research Scientist
Queensland Department of Primary Industries -
1987-1992
Lecturer / Teaching Assistant
Beijing Agricultural University (Now China Agricultural University) -
1997-1998
Postdoctoral Fellow
Technical University of Munich -
1992-1997
PhD Student/Researcher
Technical University of Munich
Achievements and Awards
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2023-2025
Fellow
The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) -
2016-2021
Renowned Guest Professor
Nanjing Agricutlural University -
2016-2016
The CSIRO medal for impact from science – WIRADA
CSIRO -
2009-2011
Adjunct Professor
Charles Sturt University -
2003-2006
Guest Professor
Chinese Academy of Sciences -
2005-2008
Guest Professor
China Agricultural University -
2007-2010
Guest Professor
Nanjing University of Information Sciences and Technology -
2007-2007
CSIRO Partnership Excellence Award
CSIRO -
2002-2002
CSIRO/CSE Team Award
CSIRO -
1999-1999
GIL Research Prize for young scientists
German Association for Informatics in Agriculture, Forestry and the Food Industry (GIL), Germany
Other highlights
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2024-2024
Scientific Committee Member for the 18th Congress of the European Society for Agronomy, Renne, France
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2024-2024
Invited Speaker - AgMIP-Wheat International Workshop, Beijing, China
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2024-2024
Invited Speaker - Chinese Microbiology Society International Symposium, Wuhan, China
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2023-2023
Invited Keynote Speaker - Germany Society of Soil Science Meeting, Halle, Germany
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2019-2019
Invited keynote speaker - The 2nd International Symposium on Plant Breeding, Genomics and Biology, Taian, China
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2019-2019
Invited Speaker - AgMIP East Asia & Climate Smart Agriculture Symposium, Beijing, China
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2018-2018
Invited key note speaker - International Symposium “Terrestrial Ecosystems and Agricultural and Forest Meteorology Symposium”, 26-28 October, 2018, Nanjing, China.
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2018-2018
Invited keynote speaker - Workshop on “International Mega Programme-Lessons to Learn”, 25-26 June 2018, CAAS, Beijing, China
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2017-2017
Co-Leader - CSIRO-INRA exchagne program on modelling combined with phenotyping to enahce genotype-phenotype predictions
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2017-2017
Invited speaker - AgMIP-Wheat/EWG International Wheat Modeling Workshop, 8-11 May 2017, Rugao, Jiangsu, China
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2016-2016
Invited expert & speaker - Cropping systems modelling and agricultural systems assessment, 1-5 Dec 2016, Harbin, China
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2015-2015
Activity leader / presenter - 5th AgMIP Global Workshop, 25-28 February 2015, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA
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2014-2014
Invited adviser - Fonterra China Dairy Farm, New Zealand
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2014-2014
Invited consultant - Australian Capital Territory - Climate Change Council, ACT Government (2014).
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2014-2014
Invited speaker - Symposium and Workshop on Modeling Wheat under Changing Environment: Model Intercomparison and Improvement, 24-26 June 2014, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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2014-2014
Invited speaker - National Soil Carbon Program Annual General Meeting, 28 November, 2014, Melbourne
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2013-2013
Session Chair & Invited Speaker - AgMIP East Asia Regiional Workshop, 9-11 October 2013 Beijing, China
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2013-2013
Scientific Steering Committee Member - CropM International Symposium and Workshop: Modelling climate change impacts on crop production for food security, Oslo, Norway
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2013-2013
Session Chair - 4th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design, 19-22 August 2013, Lanzhou, China
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2012 -2012
Invited Speaker - ASA, CSSA and SSSA International Annual Meetins, Oct 21-24, Cincinnati, USA
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2012-2012
Invited participant - CSIRO Science, Innovation and Trade Group Mission visiting CAAS, CASM and CAU, celebrating the 40 years of Australia-China diplomatic relations and 35 years CSIRO-China collaboration, August 2012, Beijing
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2012-2012
Invited speaker - International Symposium on Managing Soils for Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, July 2012, Vienna
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2011-2011
Keynote speaker & session chair - International Symposium on Environmental Changes and Efficient use of Agricultural Resources, Oct 21-23 Shijiazhuang, China
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2009-2009
Invited referee - Review a Chinese national research project (973 project) led CAU - Sustainable and high productive agricultural systems and its environmental impacts under variable climate, March 2009, Beijing
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2011-2011
Invited adviser & referee (CAAS) - National 948 research project – Options and technologies to adapt agriculture to future climate change, May 2010, CAAS, Beijing
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2008-2008
Session chair & presenter - International Symposium on Crop Modelling and Decision support Systems (ISCMDS 2008), April, Nanjing
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2007-2007
keynote speaker & session chair - 4th International Symposium on Intelligent Information Technology in Agriculture (ISIITA), Oct 26-29, Beijing
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2007-2007
CSIRO scientist representative - Science meets Parliament
Grants
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2022-2026
Quantification, causes and consequences of soil organic carbon decline in Australian cropping systems (Jointly with University of Melbourne)
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2018-2023
National Phenology Initiative - Wheat and Barley: Flowering time modelling & predictions
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2020-2022
Modelling framework for Boorowa Agricultural Research Station (BARS)
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2017-2020
Digiscape Project: Inversely predicting functional soil properties by combining crop modelling with new field and remotely sensed data streams
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2016-2019
CSIRO-CAAS Project: Scientific benchmarks for sustainable agricultural intensification
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2012-2015
Department of Agriculture and GRDC Project: Potential soil carbon sequestration in Australian grain regions and its impact on soil productivity and greenhouse gas emissions
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2012-2015
CSIRO-CAS Project: Advancing crop yield while reducing the use of water and nitrogen
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2008-2011
BoM/WIRADA Project: Seasonal and long-term water forecasting and prediction
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2004-2008
WfHC Project: Economic and environmental value of climate forecasts
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2004-2008
GRDC Project: On-farm management options and catchment salinity response
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2005-2007
National Assessment Program (NAP) Project: Lower Murray Landscape Futures–Dryland component/Climate change impact
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2002-2006
Australian Pork Limited Project: Nutrient calculator for effluent applications
Community and Corporate Citizenship
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2015-Now
Leader of AgMIP-Canola, an international community of canola multimodel intercomparison & improvement
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2017-Now
APSIM Reference Panel Member, 2025 Chair
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2014-Now
Editorial Board Member – Journal of Integrative Agriculture, Elsevier
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2015-2019
Co-Editor-in-Chief - Field Crops Research, Elsevier
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2019-2023
Associate Editor - Field Crops Research, Elsevier
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2016-2021
Associate Investigator - ARC Centre of Excellence for Translational Photosynthesis, Australia
ORCID 0000-0002-6653-5791
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