Dr David Herridge
Adjunct Professor - School of Environmental and Rural Science
Mobile: 0488682037
Email: david.herridge@une.edu.au
Biography
Professor Herridge has conducted research during the past 50 years on nitrogen-fixing legumes in farming systems, involving basic soil microbiology through to plant physiology, agronomy and soil chemistry. His current research interests are to develop tools for more efficient management of biologically- and industrially-fixed nitrogen in cropping systems, quantifying greenhouse gas emissions from and carbon footprints of fertiliser- and legume-N dependent production systems, and improving legume productivity through the use of biological inoculants, including rhizobia. He was Director of the Australian Legume Inoculants Research Unit during 1996–2009 and coordinated national projects for the Grains Research & Development Corporation (GRDC) on the development and commercialisation of beneficial microbes for agricultural crops in Australia (2009–11) and the nitrogen fixation (rhizobial inoculants) program (2012-17). Between 1983 and 2019 he led/participated in multi-institutional and multi-national research-for-development projects funded by the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) in Vietnam, Myanmar, Pakistan, Nepal, India, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. His most recent large project was an ACIAR-funded project in Myanmar that aimed to improve productivity of upland legume-based farming systems through improved varieties, crop nutrient management, rhizobial inoculants and farming practices designed to enhance water-use efficiency.
Professor Herridge has authored/co-authored 11 books/monographs/journal special issues, 99 refereed journal papers, more than 110 citable book chapters/conference papers and more than 120 technical bulletins, abstracts and extension articles. His research is widely cited (approx. 12,000 citations) and he has contributed as an invited/general speaker at 23 international symposia focussed on the management of N in agriculture.
Qualifications
BScAgr (University of Sydney); MScAgr (University of Sydney); PhD (University of Western Australia).
Publications
Memberships
Australian Society of Agronomy
Australian Society for Nitrogen Fixation
Agricultural Institute of Australia
