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Personal profile
Biography
My research explores the spatial and temporal interactions between soils, sediments and water at a range of scales. I am interested in the role of soil-surface water-shallow groundwater processes ranging from the micron scale to the landscape scale in landscape function. I seek to understand how these biogeochemical processes occur in a range of environments. This has allowed me to work closely with industry, government organisations (local, state and federal) and catchment management authorities to develop and apply findings from my research to improve land and water management strategies.
Specific areas include:
- Assessing the effects of land degradation processes like increasing salinity, sodicity and acidity
- Remediation of degraded environments
- Soil organic carbon dynamics
- Assessing acid sulfate soil environments
- Understanding the interactions between the hydrology, geomorphology, and soil and water biogeochemistry
- Determining the effects of waste application on agricultural land
- Developing new techniques for rapidly mapping soil and shallow groundwater properties in coastal floodplain environments
- Examining how climate change and climate variability influences the above processes
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Geochemistry
- Land management
- Land use
- Soil Sciences
- Soil Sciences, Conservation
- Water Quality
- Waterway management
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Integrated Sustainable Mangrove-Carbon-Aquaculture Systems (SMACA)
Thompson, B. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Wong, V. (Partner Investigator (PI))
Knowledge Partnership Platform (KONEKSI)
21/04/25 → 20/04/27
Project: Research
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Acceleration of Carbon Locking in minerals
Wong, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
15/06/22 → 30/06/27
Project: Research
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Australian National Soil Information System - Soil Data Management Project
Wong, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
CSIRO - Land and Water (Australian Capital Territory)
1/03/23 → 30/06/23
Project: Research
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Harnessing open source technology to measure soil health and conserve ecosystems, from the ground up.
Wong, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI)) & Richards, L. (Chief Investigator (CI))
10/06/21 → 31/05/23
Project: Research
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Harnessing open source technology to measure soil health and manage ecosystems, from the ground up
Wong, V. (Primary Chief Investigator (PCI))
3/08/20 → 28/05/21
Project: Research
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Effect of lignin in cellulose nanofibers on biodegradation and seed germination
Stocker, C. W., Wong, V. N. L., Patti, A. F. & Garnier, G., 22 Jan 2024, In: Chemical and Biological Technologies in Agriculture. 11, 1, 11 p., 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus) -
Millukmungee 1: Stone artefacts and occupation at the junction of the Buchan and Snowy Rivers, GunaiKurnai Country, East Gippsland (Victoria, Australia)
David, B., Mialanes, J., Mullett, R., Fresløv, J., Gunaikurnai Land and Waters Aboriginal Corporation, Delannoy, J. J., Petchey, F., Rogers, A. J., McDowell, M. C., Skelly, R. J., Wong, V., Crouch, J., Green, H. & Ash, J., 4 Aug 2024, In: Australian Archaeology. 90, 2, p. 182-213 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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State and trend of surface soil organic carbon stocks and associated nutrients in Tongatapu, Kingdom of Tonga
Stockmann, U., Farrell, M., Carter, T., Krawitz, S., Wong, V. N. L., Minoneti, V., Finau, D., Sharma, A., Barringer, J., Manu, V. T., Karunaratne, S. & Macdonald, B. C. T., 26 Sept 2024, In: Soil Research. 62, 7, 8 p., SR23071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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A new approach to mapping littoral cells within a tide-dominated embayment
Reef, R. E., Perry, P. V. & Wong, V. N. L., Jul 2023, In: Marine Geology. 461, 8 p., 107068.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
3 Citations (Scopus) -
Effects of liming on oxic and anoxic N2O and CO2 production in different horizons of boreal acid sulfate soil and non-acid soil under controlled conditions
Xu, C., Wong, V. N. L., Tuovinen, A. & Simojoki, A., 20 Jan 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 857, Part 3, 13 p., 159505.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access8 Citations (Scopus)
Activities
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Federal President - Soil Science Australia
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)
2021 → 2022Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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Land Degradation & Development (Journal)
Wong, V. (Editor in chief)
2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
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Federal Vice President - Soil Science Australia
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)
Jan 2019 → 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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EMCR Forum Executive
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)
2018 → 2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body
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International Union of Soil Science: Acid Sulfate Soil Working Group
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)
2018 → …Activity: External Academic Engagement › Professional association or peak discipline body