Ravi Naidu

Professor Ravi Naidu is a global leader in contamination studies, studying agricultural and industrial impacts on the environment. His research has led to the implementation of policy directives for governments and new technology to manage and remediate polluted groundwater and soil, both in Australia and abroad. Ravi is also the Managing Director of the Cooperative Research Centre for Contamination, Assessment and Remediation of the Environment (CRC CARE), an independent organisation that performs research, develops technologies and provides policy guidance for assessing, cleaning up and preventing contamination of soil, water and air. At the University of Newcastle, Ravi leads the Global Centre for Environmental Remediation (GCER), where he continues to implement his vision to safeguard the environment for future generations. When at CSIRO, Ravi’s team developed modified mineral that they named phoslock which has been commercialised now- and with CRC CARE his latest product in matCARE. In addition, Ravi’s team has been working on modified halloysite- and in particular environmental applications of the modified products.