Qualifications

			B.Agric. Sc. (Hons), Ph.D. (University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia)
	1976 - 1995		Principal Soil Conservationist, Queensland Department of Primary Industries. Conducting R&D on the use of vegetation for Soil Erosion and Sediment Control in farmland and civil construction.
	1995 - 2002		Principal Soil Conservationist, Leader of the Erosion Control, Land Stabilisation, Rehabilitation and Phytoremediation. Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines.

Vetiver Research and Application Awards

Three major Research Awards received from the World Bank, one in 1991 for the pioneering research on the salt tolerance of vetiver grass and one in 1993 for its tolerance to low soil pH and aluminium and manganese toxicities. In 1999 several awards were received from The Vetiver Network for contribution to VGT research and global dissemination. In January 2000 received the King of Thailand Vetiver Award for research on the application of VS in environmental protection and later elected to the Board of The Vetiver Network. First prize of the 2003 Healthy Waterways Awards from the Queensland Department of Environment (as consultant to the Esk Shire Council) for outstanding contributions to improving the health of South East Queensland's waterways and catchments.

Reports And Publications

Over 100 publications and reports in erosion processes, erosion and sediment control techniques, rehabilitation and reclamation methods, and erosion control material research and application.

Selected Recent Publications on Vetiver Research, Development and Applications

Ash, R and Paul Truong P. (2004). The use of vetiver grass for sewerage treatment. Proc. Sewage Management: “Risk Assessment and triple bottom line” Conf. Queensland EPA. April 5-7, Cairns, Australia. Truong, P. and Smeal (2003). Research, Development and Implementation of Vetiver System for Wastewater Treatment: GELITA Australia. Technical Bulletin No. 2003/3. Pacific Rim Vetiver Network. Office of the Royal Development Projects Board, Bangkok, Thailand. Metcalfe, O., Smith, R. and Truong, P. (2003). Hydraulic Characteristics of Vetiver Hedges in Deep Flows. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Percy, I., and Truong, P. (2003). Landfill Leachate Disposal with Irrigated Vetiver Grass. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Truong, P., Carlin, G., Cook, F. and Thomas. E. (2003). Vetiver Grass Hedges for Water Quality Improvement in Acid Sulfate Soils, Queensland, Australia. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Ash R. and Truong, P. (2003). The Use of Vetiver Grass Wetland for Sewage Treatment in Australia. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Wagner, S., Truong, P, Vieritz, A. and Smeal, C (2003). Response of Vetiver Grass to Extreme Nitrogen and Phosphorus Supply. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Smeal, C., Hackett, M. and Truong, P. (2003). Vetiver System for Industrial Wastewater Treatment in Queensland, Australia. Proc. Proc.Third International Vetiver Conference, Guangzhou, China, October 2003. Truong, P.N. and Hart, B. (2001). Vetiver system for wastewater management. International Freshwater Conference. Bonn December 2001, Germany. Truong, P.N. (2000). Vetiver Grass Technology. In Vetiveria, Ed. M. Maffei, Harwood Academic Publ. Amsterdam, Chapter 9. Truong, P.N. (2000). The Global Impact of Vetiver Grass Technology on the Environment. Proc. Second Intern. Vetiver Conf. Thailand, January 2000 . Truong, P.N., Mason, F., Waters, D. and Moody, P. (2000). Application of Vetiver Grass Technology in off-site pollution control. I. Trapping agrochemicals and nutrients in agricultural lands. Proc. Second Intern. Vetiver Conf. Thailand, January 2000 . Cull, R.H., Hunter, H., Hunter, M. and Truong, P.N. (2000). Application of Vetiver Grass Technology in off-site pollution control. II. Tolerance of vetiver grass towards high levels of herbicides under wetland conditions. Proc. Second Intern. Vetiver Conf. Thailand, January 2000 . Bevan, O. and Truong, P. N. (2000). The effectiveness of Vetiver Grass Technology in erosion and sediment control at a Bentonite mine in Queensland, Australia. Proc. Second Intern. Vetiver Conf. Thailand, January 2000 . Bracken, N. and Truong, P.N.. (2000). Application of Vetiver Grass Technology in the stabilisation of road infrastructure in the wet tropical region of Australia. Proc. Second Intern. Vetiver Conf. Thailand, January 2000. Truong, P.N. (1999). Vetiver Grass Technology for Mine Rehabilitation. Technical Bulletin No. 1999/2. Pacific Rim Vetiver Network. Office of the Royal Development Projects Board, Bangkok, Thailand. Truong P.N.(1999). An Overview on the Application of Vetiver Grass Technology in Highway Stabilisation and Mine Rehabilitation. Proc. Int.Vetiver Workshop, Nanchang, China, October 1999. Truong P.N.(1999). Vetiver Grass Technology for Flood and Stream Bank Erosion Control. Proc. Intern.Vetiver Workshop, Nanchang, China, October 1999. Truong, P.N. (1999). Vetiver Grass Technology for land stabilisation, erosion and sediment control in the Asia Pacific region. Proc. First Asia Pacific Conference on Ground and Water Bioengineering for Erosion Control and Slope Stabilisation. Manila, Philippines, April 1999. Truong, P.N. (1999). Vetiver Grass Technology for mine tailings rehabilitation. Proc. First Asia Pacific Conference on Ground and Water Bio-engineering for Erosion Control and Slope Stabilisation. Manila, Philippines, April 1999. Truong, P.N. (1999). Vetiver Grass Technology: Potential applications and benefits in the protection of farm and forestry lands, infrastructure and the environment in Viet Nam. Special paper presented at Vietnam Vetiver Network seminars in Hanoi, Vinh and Saigon, January 1999. Truong, P.N. (1998). Vetiver Grass Technology - A Tool against Environmental Degradation and Desertification in Iberia. Special paper presented at Lagos, during the visit to the European and Mediterranean Vetiver Network, September 1998. Truong, P.N. (1998). Vetiver Grass Technology as a Bio-engineering Tool for Infrastructure Protection. Proc. North Region Symposium. Qld Department of Main Roads, Cairns August, 1998. Truong, P.N. and Baker, D. (1998). Vetiver Grass System for Environmental Protection. Technical Bulletin N0. 1998/1. Pacific Rim Vetiver Network. Office of the Royal Development Projects Board, Bangkok, Thailand. Truong, P.N. (1998). Vetiver Grass Technology: Potential Applications and Benefits in the Protection of the Environment, Agricultural Lands and Infrastructure in Madagascar. Special paper prepared for a series of seminars presented in Madagascar in June 1998, sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Truong, P.N. (1998). Vetiver Grass Technology: Potential Applications and Benefits in the Protection of the Environment, Agricultural Lands and Infrastructure in Madagascar. Report to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). Consultancy Project No. 623-0510.

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