Dr Craig Lobsey Editor

Dr Craig Lobsey is Lecturer in Mechatronic Engineering at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia. He is Chair of the International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS) Working Group on Proximal Soil Sensing (WG-PSS). Dr Lobsey leads a research team within the University’s Centre for Sustainable Agricultural Systems with a focus on sensor technology to improve our understanding and optimisation of agricultural systems. He currently leads the ‘New sensors for measuring soil nutrients’ Project in the Soil Performance Metrics Program of the Soil CRC, Australia’s largest collaborative soil research initiative with over 40 partners. He has published widely in the area of proximal sensors, including guest editing a special issue of the journal Sensors on ‘Proximal Soil Sensing’. Dr Asim Biswas is an Associate Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph, Canada. Dr Biswas is the Vice-Chair of the IUSS WG-PSS and is an Associate Editor of seven journals, including the Soil Science Society of America Journal, the Canadian Journal of Soil Science, Vadose Zone Journal, Scientific Reports, Frontiers in Soils, Frontiers in Water, and Sensors. The winner of several early career researcher awards, Dr Biswas is internationally known for his research on data-driven sustainable soil management. Dr Alain Tabbgh received his PhD degree from ‘Université Pierre et Marie Curie’ in Paris in 1971 and his ‘thèse d’état’ in 1977 for his research work in geophysical prospecting for archaeology. Since 1972 he is teacher-researcher in this university where he was elected professor of applied geophysics in 1988. He has been director of the ‘Centre de Recherches Géophysiques de Garchy’ of the CNRS and director of the UMR7619 ‘Sisyphe’ (UPMC/CNRS/EPHE/ENSMP). Barry Allred is a Research Agricultural Engineer with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Soil Drainage Research Unit in Columbus, Ohio. He developed the concept and served as principal editor for the first book devoted to the topic of applying near-surface geophysical methods to agriculture (Handbook of Agricultural Geophysics - CRC Press). He has been active in the Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society; serving as President, Vice-President Committees, Editor-in-Chief of the FastTIMES news magazine, a virtual symposium lead coordinator, organizing two of the society’s conference workshops, and chairing several SAGEEP technical sessions.