BSc, MSc, PhD
Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment
Contact details for Associate Professor Hossein Ghadiri
Research Expertise
- Soil erosion by water
- Soil conservation
- Nutrient and chemical transport in overland flow
- Catchment and land management
- Catchment monitoring and assessment
- Landfill capping for waste management
Current Projects
- Phytocapping for sustainable waste containment systems and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and odour from waste disposal sites
- Dynamic erosion of soil in steady sheet flow
- The effect of flow impedance on deposition of Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts with or without a vetiver buffer strip
- Predicting vegetation buffer efficiency in reducing runoff transport of sediments and nutrients.
- The impact of grazing systems on soil properties and pasture production
- Groundwater contamination by nitrate and pesticide leaching in Vertisols
- Grazing land management in western Queensland
Teaching Areas
- Earth Science and GIS
- Chemistry, Physics and Pollution of Soils
- Land Degradation and Catchment Management
Research Team
| Name |
Position |
Project |
|---|---|---|
|
Ms Rawaa Abdoljabbar |
PhD Candidate |
Using DGT technique to investigate phosphorus concentration in sewage sludge amended soils and in groundwater |
|
Mr Tim Weaver |
PhD Candidate |
Leaching of nitrate in Vertosol of Western NSW and groundwater contamination |
|
Hapsara Mahardhika Associate Supervisor |
PhD Candidate |
Effectiveness of soil/spoil amendment in minimizing adverse impacts of runoff and erosion at coaf mine rehabilitation sites in Bowen Basin region, Central Queensland |
| Ashraf Khalifa Associate Supervisor |
PhD Candidate |
MINErosion 4: A user-friendly catchment/landscape erosion prediction model for post-mining sites in Central Queensland |
| Bahar Nader Al-Uzairy |
Honours Student |
Publications
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