BAppSc (Hons), Dip Ed, PhD, Director
Prof Gordon Rogers is Managing Director of Applied Horticultural Research and Adjunct Professor of Horticulture at the University of Sydney.
Dr Rogers has 30 years’ experience in research, development and extension in Australia and internationally, with expertise in soil health, sustainable production systems, protected cropping, greenhouse gas emissions and climate change physiology, phytonutrients in vegetable and fruit crops, and food production systems in developing countries. Dr Rogers has managed or led more than 90 major research projects. Many of these have been Horticulture Innovation Australia (formerly HAL)-funded research projects for the Australian horticulture industry, but also Australian Dept. of Agriculture and Water, NSW EPA, the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) and the Australian Research Council projects.
Dr Rogers has a PhD in plant physiology. He was co-convener of the international symposium on Horticulture in Developing Countries & World Food Production at the 29th International Horticultural Congress, Brisbane, August 2014 and has been awarded two International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS) Medals.