Prof. Neal Menzies
Dean of Agriculture, University of Queensland
Neal Menzies has a passion for agriculture and the environment, and has used his role as a teacher and research leader to bring others into this highly rewarding field.
While his research spans a range of environmental chemistry issues, he considers himself primarily a soil scientist, and sees soil science as a central discipline in the solution of many problems.
Horticulture needs an educated workforce, but as a sector it lags behind the Australian workforce in general, and tertiary education programs across Australia are attracting fewer students.
This paper considers the capacity of Australian Universities to teach horticulture, and the standing of the discipline as a research field.
