Henry is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Waite Campus, University of Adelaide. His work is focused on development of soil amendments that can effectively ameliorate soil constraints particularly subsurface acidity, clay dispersion, hardsetting and low carbon retention, to improve soil productivity in a changing climate. He is passionate about application of nano and polymer chemistry techniques in development of soil amendments, and also utilising advanced synchrotron technologies to understand how the amendments interact with soil processes. 

Previously during his PhD at Southern Cross University, he conducted research to valorise a wide range of organic wastes (biosolids, digestate, chicken manure, pig manure, paunch, fur, saw dust and rice straw) into functional soil amendments using hydrothermal carbonisation and pyrolysis techniques. Furthermore, he studied the toxic impact of the amendments on plants growth and soil biological properties. His research was in collaboration with industry partners; Soil CRC, NCMC “The Casino Food Coop” and NSW DPI, and aimed at providing solutions for sustainable disposal of wet biowastes whilst increasing soil performance.  

Henry is a recipient of the 78th UNEP/UNESCO/BMU fellowship for Soil and Land Resources for Sustainable Development, 2019 (German), KOICA fellowship for Agriculture and Food security, 2015 (South Korea) and Ausaid fellowship for Soil and Water Conservation, 2014 (Australia).