19 December 1994 Royal Society Fellowship for Lincoln Soil Scientist

Lincoln University soil scientist Professor Kuan Goh has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.

Professor Goh is the first Lincoln soil scientist to be awarded an FRSNZ and the only current staff member to hold the honour. It comes in recognition of his internationally acclaimed research on the chemistry of soils and in particular his work on soil organic matter.

A staff member at Lincoln since 1971, Professor Goh was appointed to a Personal Chair in Soil Science in 1991. Earlier this year he received a Lincoln University Special Achievement Award for Excellence in Research.

He is a recognised consultant both nationally and internationally and has been involved in World Bank programmes overseas plus fertiliser and land use dispute litigation in New Zealand.

He has been a Visiting Lecturer at many overseas universities and has received many awards including a Fulbright Scholarship and an ANZAC Fellowship.

In addition to his scientific work, Professor Goh is actively involved in community affairs. He is a Justice of the Peace, Marriage Celebrant, and a Member of the JP Court Panel of the Christchurch District Courts.

He was the Foundation President of the NZ Federation of Ethnic Councils and is the past Chairperson of the Christchurch Ethnic Council.

Election to Fellowship of the Royal Society of New Zealand is an honour conferred for outstanding achievement and distinction in scientific research and advancement in New Zealand and worldwide. There are 204 fellows in total.

Ian Collins, Journalist, Lincoln University, Canterbury, New Zealand.