Join us for the next event in Te Whare Wānaka o Aoraki Lincoln University’s Excellence Series, where we showcase outstanding scholarship and real-world research shaping a more sustainable and equitable future for Aotearoa New Zealand. This series brings together leading thinkers whose work challenges assumptions, sparks debate, and encourages us to re-imagine the systems that shape our lives, communities, and landscapes.
In this talk, Professor Hong Di will provide an overview of some of the technologies that his team have developed to mitigate agricultural greenhouse gas emissions and reduce nitrate and phosphate contamination of waterways. He will describe the research work to develop these technologies, the underlying principles, and their application and efficacies.
Be part of this important and timely seminar as we explore practical, science-led solutions to some of the most pressing environmental challenges facing grazed pasture systems. Join the conversation as we consider how innovation and research can reduce agricultural emissions, improve water quality, and support the long-term sustainability of farming in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Thursday 28th May 2026
4.00pm-5.30pm
Inaka, Waimarie Lincoln University
Timings
4.00 pm - Networking
4.15 pm - Welcome & introduction from LU Vice-Chancellor (virtual livestream begins)
4.20 pm - Presentation from Speaker
4.50 pm - Summary
5.00 pm - Networking and questions over drinks and nibbles
5.30pm - Event Ends
About Our Speaker
Professor Hong Di
My major research areas include: nitrous oxide emissions and nitrate leaching and relationships with soil microbial communities in agroecosystems; nitrification inhibitors; wastewater treatment and management; and nutrient management. I am Head of the Centre for Soil and Environmental Research, Principal Investigator for major national and international collaborative research programmes funded by the Global Research Alliance, Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI), and industries, to develop mitigation technologies for greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient losses to waterways. My research has significantly improved knowledge and understanding of the role of ammonia oxidising bacteria and archaea in nitrogen cycling, and their relationships with nitrate leaching and nitrous oxide emissions, and made significant advances in developing mitigation options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and nutrient losses to waterways. I was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit (ONZM) in the Queen's Birthday Honours, for services to agricultural research, elected Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ), Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Agricultural and Horticultural Science (FNZIAHS), and Fellow of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science (FNZSSS), recipient of the Norman Taylor Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding contributions to soil science from NZSSS, and recipient, with Professor Keith Cameron, of the Pickering Medal for the development of Cleartech.
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