Dr. John Leys 约翰·莱斯博士

男，澳大利亚国立大学研究员，2019年11月受聘环境与测绘学院客座教授，开展合作研究。

John Leys is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Fenner School of the Environment, Australian National University, Australia. He has a PhD from Griffith University in wind erosion processes, has published 70 papers and book chapters and holds the positions of:

• Chairman of the Australian Wind Erosion Expert Panel

• Associate Editor for the Journal of Aeolian Research

John started his career with the New South Wales public sector with the Soil Conservation Service of New South Wales in 1981. Since then he has worked with various natural resource management agencies with the aim of improving agricultural land management practices that reduce soil erosion and dust storms. He was awarded the New South Wales Science and Engineering award for innovation in the public-sector science and engineering for his work on Community DustWatch. John founded DustWatch in 2002 with the aim monitoring and reporting the causes of wind erosion and dust levels across eastern Australia. DustWatch is a collaborative project that works with universities, CSIRO, natural resource management agencies and the community to increase to knowledge on the causes and control of wind erosion.