Dr John Triantafilis is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales.

He works in the area of Digital Soil Mapping (DSM) which involves the computer assisted generation of soil maps using statistical and mathematical methods which couple remote (e.g. gamma-ray spectrometry) and proximal sensing (e.g. electromagnetic [EM] induction) data to soil information and for the ultimate purpose of mapping the soil and regolith in 2- and 3-dimensions.

A Conference Travel application was granted by the CRDC and in order for Dr Triantafilis to attend the 24th Symposium on the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems between April 10-14 (2011) in Charleston, .