Person
Kirkegaard, John Allen (1962 - )
FAA
- Born
- 14 December 1962
Killarney, Queensland, Australia - Occupation
- Agricultural scientist
Summary
John Kirkegaard is a highly regarded agricultural scientist who has made major contributions towards improving agricultural productivity. He has invented novel crop management programs which can be integrated readily into existing farming systems, and which greatly increase the effectiveness with which crops use water and nutrients. In 2016 Kirkegaard was appointed Chief Research Scientist with CSIRO Agriculture.
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Chronology
- 1983
- Education - Bachelor of Agricultural Science (BAgSc), University of Queensland
- 1989
- Career position - Research Officer (part-time), Department of Agriculture, University of Queensland
- 1990
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Queensland
- 1990 - 2016
- Career position - Research Scientist, CSIRO Division of Plant Industry
- 1997
- Career position - GRDC Senior Fellow, John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom
- 1999 -
- Career position - Adjunct Professor, Charles Sturt University
- 2000 - 2011
- Career position - Group Leader, Innovations in Sustainable Agriculture Sub-Program, CSIRO Agriculture
- 2008
- Award - Newton-Turner Award, CSIRO
- 2009
- Award - Seed of Light Award, Grains Research and Development Corporation
- 2009 - 2014
- Career position - Stream Leader, Frontiers in Farm Productivity, CSIRO National Sustainable Agriculture Flagship
- 2012 -
- Career position - Member, Editorial Board, European journal of agronomy
- 2012 -
- Career position - Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia
- 2012
- Career position - Visiting Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2013
- Award - CSIRO Medal for Impact from Science (National Water Use Efficiency Team)
- 2014
- Award - Eureka Prize for Sustainable Agriculture (National Water Use Efficiency Team), Australian Museum
- 2016 -
- Career position - Chief Research Scientist, CSIRO Agriculture
- 2017
- Award - Farrer Memorial Medal, Farrer Memorial Trust
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Published resources
Resources
- Staff profile: Dr John Kirkegaard, farming systems agronomist, with Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, CSIRO, 2019, https://people.csiro.au/K/J/John-Kirkegaard. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 22 January 2019, Last modified: 14 March 2019