Rate My Professor John Grant

Dr. John Grant is a Lecturer in the School of Environment, Science and Engineering within the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Southern Cross University. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the University of Tasmania and a PhD in Science from Southern Cross University in 2013. With over thirty years of experience in soil-related research, soil interpretation, and land and soil mapping, he holds accreditation as a Certified Professional Soil Scientist at Stage 3 from Soil Science Australia. Since 2004, Grant has been lecturing at Southern Cross University, where he delivers a range of soil and ecosystem units, including 'Soil Processes,' and supervises PhD and Masters students. As a member of the university's Catchments, Coasts and Communities research cluster, his work aligns with several UN Sustainable Development Goals, as documented in Scopus.

Grant's research interests encompass nutrient cycling and land rehabilitation in agroforestry systems across the Pacific region, carbon sequestration in soils, soil nutritional interactions linked to Bell Miner Associated Dieback in forests, environmental and carbon sequestration benefits of dung beetles and biochar, and the relationships between soil parameters, land rehabilitation, and plantation productivity. His publications include 'Increasing the efficiency of water electrolysis with the application of pulsing electric fields' (2025, co-authored with N.A. Burton) and 'Subtropical eucalypt plantations in eastern Australia' (2010, with J.D. Nichols, K. Glencross, and others). He contributes to his research cited over 400 times according to ResearchGate. Beyond academia, Grant is active in community organizations such as Landcare and SoilCare, coaches Southern Cross University soil judging competition teams to national success, and engages in public outreach on topics like oxygen availability in lunar regolith.