Ravi Naidu

Ravi Naidu
Born (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954 (age 70)
NationalityAustralian
Alma materMassey University
Awards
  • Glinka World Soil Prize 2023
  • Mahatma Gandhi Leadership award 2022
Scientific career
FieldsEnvironmental Risk and Remediation
Website

Ravi Naidu (born 26 May 1954, Nadi, Fiji) is an Australian scientist, working in soil contamination and sustainable soil management. In 2023, he was awarded the Glinka World Soil Prize...[1]

He is a Laureate Professor and Director of the Global Centre for Environmental Remediation in the University of Newcastle, Australia. Apart from his academic role, he holds leadership position in the Cooperative Research Centre for the Contamination Assessment and Remediation of the Environment.

According to his publicly available biography, it appears that Ravi takes a risk-based approach to environmental remediation, in which he helped bring industry, academia and government stakeholders together to work collaboratively.[2]

He was awarded the European Geosciences Union's Kabata-Pendias Medal in 2023,[3] and the Mahatma Gandhi Leadership in 2022[4]

  1. ^ FAO-GSP. "Professor Ravi Naidu wins the Glinka World Soil Prize 2023".
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ravendra Naidu". European Geosciences Union (EGU). Retrieved 2024-07-25.
  4. ^ UON. "University of Newcastle scientist Professor Ravi Naidu receives prestigious global award for ground-breaking environmental research".