ProfessorBudiman Minasny

Budiman Minasny is a Professor in soil-landscape modelling at the University of Sydney and a Fellow of the Australia Academy of Science. He is the theme leader of Soil, Carbon, and Water at Sydney Institute of Agriculture. He is a soil scientist, previously awarded the QEII and the Future Fellowships from the Australian Research Council. He is recognised as a Highly Cited Researcher from 2019 to 2025 by the Web of Science. He has an undergraduate degree from Universitas Sumatera Utara in Indonesia and a MAgr and PhD degrees in soil science from the University of Sydney. He is passionate about the role of soil in managing climate change, food, water, energy security, and maintaining biodiversity. He has more than 200 international journal publications and is recognised as the leader in digital soil mapping and modelling. He is also a member of the Net Zero Institute, Sydney South East Asia Centre and China Studies Centre.