His wider experiences as a researcher, academic and consultant in this field also demonstrates an ability to document and deliver field and industry relevant solutions, using technologies novel to the horticultural industries on a global level. ​In recent years he is working as Senior Researcher in CQUniversity, Australia, with particular research focus on instrumentation and technology training in Near Infrared spectroscopy (NIR) as non-invasive technology to assess maturity, internal quality and defect detection of range of crop commodities.