Professor Jo Smith

Personal Chair

Email Address: jo.smith@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address: Room G45
23 St Machar Drive
School/Department: School of Biological Sciences

Biography

Educational Background and Qualifications

Institution	Period Attended	Qualification	Year Obtained
University College London	1983 - 1986	BSc (Hons) Chemistry	1986
University of Reading	1987 - 1991	PhD, Acidic dissolution of clay minerals	1991

Employment History

Post/Grade	Employer	Period of Employment	Main Duties
Senior Lecturer to Professor	51cg	2001 - present	Systems modelling; soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics
Band 5 - Senior Research Scientist	IACR Rothamsted	1998 - 2000	Simulation of soil organic matter and nitrogen dynamics
Band 6 - Postdoctoral research scientist	IACR Rothamsted	1991 - 1997	Simulation of soil organic matter and nitrogen dynamics
Research Scientist	British Petroleum	1990 - 1991	Computer simulation of zeolite materials
Research Assistant	University of Birmingham	1986 - 1987	Extraction and Characterisation of Humic Substances from Ancient Graves at Sutton Hoo

External Memberships

Associate Editor - Journal Environmental Quality

Research

Research Overview

Systems modelling
Soil organic matter and nutrient modelling
Decision support
Nitrogen fertilizer recommendation
Carbon sequestration
Greenhouse gas emissions

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.

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Biological and Environmental Sciences

Supervising
Accepting PhDs

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Research Specialisms

Agricultural Sciences
Environmental Management
International Agriculture
Mathematical Modelling
Soil Science

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.

Current Research

Systems modelling: Impact of use of organic wastes on resource flows in farming households (carbon, nitrogen, water, energy, labour, finances)

Modelling soil organic matter and nutrient dynamics in:

Highly organic soils (Scotland, Africa and South Asia)
Tropical and nutrient depleted soils (Sub-Saharan Africa and South East Asia)
High nutrient input soils (China and India)

Past Research

Projects completed in

estimation of carbon payback time associated with wind farm developments
anaerobic digestion
use of organic resources to improve soils
poverty alleviation in households in Sub-Saharan Africa

Knowledge Exchange

The Scottish Government Wind farm Carbon Calculator (now used in planning for wind farm developments)
Installation of demonstration biogas digesters in villages in Uganda and Ethiopia.
Determination of options for use of organic resources for poverty alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa (technical document and policy brief)
Engagement with villagers in South Asia on reducing waste of nitrogen in farming systems.

Collaborations

Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Mark Sutton (nitrogen use efficiency), Ute Skibe (measurement of greenhouse gas emissions), Julia Drewer (greenhouse gas emissions).
James Hutton Insitute - Lisa Avery (Bioslurry and pathogens); Jagadeesh Yeluripati (Zero Budget Natural Farming)
Rothamsted Research - Tom Misselbrook (N use in livestock systems).
University of Edinburgh - Jon Hillier (Cool Farm Tool); Alfie Gathorne-Hardy (Biodiversity and nitrogen use).
Scottish Rural College - Bob Rees (Field trials on nitrogen use efficiency).
Moredun Institute - Phillip Skuce (Health impacts of organic resource use)

AFGHANISTAN Kabul University - Safi Zikrullah (Nitrogen use in villages in Afghanistan)

BANGLADESH

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University - Md. Mizanur Rahman (N use in villages in Bangladesh)
University of Rajshahi - Md Toufiq Iqbal (N use in villages in Bangladesh)
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute - Umme Aminun Naher (N use in villages in Bangladesh)

CAMEROON

Catholic University Cameroon - Kenneth Yongabi (Anaerobic digestion for poverty alleviation)

CHINA

Nanjing Agricultural University - Genxing Pan (Use of crops residues to produce biochar)

ETHIOPIA

Addis Ababa University - Assefa Abegaz (Household energy and recycling of nutrients)
Hawassa University - Tewodros Tefera (Social impacts of organic resource use)
Southern Agricultural Research Institute – Getahun Yakob (Measurement of changes in soil properties with management of organic resources)
International Water Management Institute – Wolde Bori (Changes in ecosystem services in exclosure areas)

INDIA

Indian Agricultural Research Institute - Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay (Nitrogen use in villages in Haryana); Rabindra Nath Pradaria (Socio-economic survey of villages); Arti Bhatia (Measurement of nitrogen flows).
National Rice Research Institute - Himanshu Pathak (Nitrogen use in villages in Odisha)
KIIT University – Rabi Subudhi (Nitrogen use in villages in Odisha)
The Energy and Resources Institute – Arindam Datta (Use of crops residues to produce biochar)

PAKISTAN

University of Faisalabad - Abdul Wakeel (Nitrogen use in villages in Pakistan)

MALDIVES

National University of Maldives - Shazla Mohamed (Nitrogen use on agricultural islands in the Maldives)

NEPAL

Tribhuvan University - Khem Raj Dahal (Nitrogen use in villages in Nepal)

NIGERIA

International Food Policy Research Institute (Social impacts of different uses of organic wastes)

SRI LANKA

University of Peradeniya - Sarath Nissanka (Nitrogen use in villages in Sri Lanka)

UGANDA

Makerere University - Johnny Mugisha (Social impacts of anaerobic digestion)
Centre for Research in Energy & Conservation - Vianney Tumwesige (Impacts of biogas)

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Coordinator of BI4017 / BI4517 (Honours Essay)
Lecturer on BI25P4 - People plants and environment
Lecturer on BI1511 - Ecology and Environmental Science
Contributes to BI4016 (Honours projects)
Contributes to Masters Project Course
Marker on EV4802 (Environmental Risk Assessment
Marker on BI1009 (Written summaries)

Publications

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