23 February 1996 Inaugural Soil Science Fellowship to Lincoln Professor

Election to an inaugural Fellowship of the New Zealand Society of Soil Science is a new mark of distinction for Professor Kuan Goh of Christchurch (pictured) who holds a personal chair in soil science at Lincoln University.

The award is Professor Goh's third fellowship – he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand (FRSNZ) in 1994 and has been a Fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Chemistry (FNZIC) since 1976.

The new fellowship is the highest honour the Society of Soil Science can confer on a member in recognition of excellence.

The society said the award was a "fitting tribute from Professor Goh’s peers to his contribution to soil fertility and organic matter research and teaching in New Zealand and internationally".

A specialist in the areas of soil fertility and fertilisers, nutrient cycling and soil chemistry, Professor Goh has been on the staff of Lincoln's Department of Soil Science since 1971 and was appointed to a personal chair in 1991 in acknowledgement of his outstanding contribution to research, teaching and international scholarship.

Outside of university activities Professor Goh is an active Justice of the Peace and member of the JP Court Panel for the District Courts and he is a past Chairperson of the Christchurch Ethnic Council. He is the author of a popular New Zealand home garden guide, "An Introduction to Garden Soils, Fertilisers and Water", plus numerous academic papers.

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