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Dr Jon McCalmont

Dr Jon McCalmont
Dr Jon McCalmont
Dr Jon McCalmont

BSc, PhD

Research Fellow

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Email Address
jon.mccalmont@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Biological Sciences


Biography

After a career in forestry I studied Conservation and Land Management for a BSc as a mature student at Aberystwyth University. Following this, I completed a PhD in 2014 studying the greenhouse gas impacts of land-use change from grassland agriculture to 2nd generation perennial biomass cropping (Miscanthus). I remained at Aberystwyth as a PDRA for a further 4 years, working across several EU wide collaborative projects based around the commercial roll-out of sustainable energy crops. My research interests primarily focus on the environmental impacts of land-use change and in 2018 I expanded my research experience into South-East Asia, with a PDRF position at Exeter University measuring the carbon impacts of tropical peat forest conversion to oil palm plantation in Malaysian Borneo. I am currently working within the Environmental Modelling Group at Aberdeen University as part of the Netzero+ project, administered by Exeter University, which considers the potential for expansion of UK woodland to remove atmospheric carbon and mitigate climate change. 

Qualifications

  • PhD Biology 
    2014 - Aberystwyth University 

    Understanding greenhouse gas exchange and carbon dynamics following land-use change from grassland to perennial energy crops

  • BSc Countryside Management 
    2011 - Aberystwyth University 

    BSc (1st Class Hons) in conservation and land management

Research

Research Specialisms

  • Atmospheric Physics
  • Environmental Biology
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Land Management

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

Publications

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  • Dactylis glomerata L. cultivation on mercury contaminated soil and its physiological response to granular sulphur aided phytostabilization

    Pogrzeba, M., Rusinowski, S., Krzyżak, J., Szada-Borzyszkowska, A., McCalmont, J. P., Zieleźnik-Rusinowska, P., Słaboń, N., Sas-Nowosielska, A.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 255, no. Part 2, 113271
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  • Soil Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) simulated hydrological impacts of land use change from temperate grassland to energy crops: a case study in western UK

    Holder, A. J., Rowe, R., McNamara, N. P., Donnison, I. S., McCalmont, J.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 1298-1317
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  • Measured and modelled effect of land‐use change from temperate grassland to Miscanthus on soil carbon stocks after 12 years

    Holder, A. J., Clifton-Brown, J., Rowe, R., Robson, P., Elias, D., Dondini, M., McNamara, N. P., Donnison, I. S., McCalmont, J. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1173-1186
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  • Soil N2 O emissions with different reduced tillage methods during the establishment of Miscanthus in temperate grassland

    Holder, A. J., McCalmont, J., Rowe, R., McNamara, N. P., Elias, D., Donnison, I. S.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 539-549
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  • How autochthonous microorganisms influence physiological status of Zea mays L. cultivated on heavy metal contaminated soils?

    Rusinowski, S., Szada-Borzyszkowska, A., Zieleźnik-Rusinowska, P., Małkowski, E., Krzyzak, J., Woźniak, G., Sitko, K., Szopiński, M., McCalmont, J., Kalaji, H. M., Pogrzeba, M.
    Environmental Science and Pollution Research , vol. 26, pp. 4746–4763
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  • Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

    Clifton-Brown, J., Harfouche, A., Casler, M. D., Jones, H. D., Macalpine, W. J., Murphy-Bokern, D., Smart, L. B., Adler, A., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Bastien, C., Bopper, S., Botnari, V., Brancourt-Hulmel, M., Chen, Z., Clark, L. V., Cosentino, S., Dalton, S., Davey, C., Dolstra, O., Donnison, I., Flavell, R., Greef, J., Hanley, S., Hastings, A., Hertzberg, M., Hsu, T., Huang, L., Iurato, A., Jensen, E., Jin, X., Jørgensen, U., Kiesel, A., Kim, D., Liu, J., McCalmont, J. P., McMahon, B. G., Mos, M., Robson, P., Sacks, E. J., Sandu, A., Scalici, G., Schwarz, K., Scordia, D., Shafiei, R., Shield, I., Slavov, G., Stanton, B. J., Swaminathan, K., Taylor, G., Torres, A. F., Trindade, L. M., Tschaplinski, T., Tuskan, J., Yamada, T., Yeon Yu, C., -Fs Zalesny, R., Zong, J., Lewandowski, I.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 118-151
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  • Biomass gasification of hybrid seed Miscanthus in Glasgow’s downdraft gasifier testbed system

    Kamble, P., Khan, Z., Farooq, M., McCalmont, J., Donnison, I., Watson, I.
    Energy Procedia, vol. 158, pp. 1174-1181
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  • Soil nitrous oxide flux following land-use reversion from Miscanthus and SRC willow to perennial ryegrass

    McCalmont, J., Rowe, R. L., Elias, D., Whitaker, J., McNamara, N. P., Donnison, I.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 914-929
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  • Evapotranspiration model comparison and an estimate of field scale Miscanthus canopy precipitation interception

    Holder, A. J., McCalmont, J., McNamara, N. P., Rowe, R. L., Donnison, I. S.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 5, pp. 353-366
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  • Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use

    Whitaker, J., Field, J. L., Bernacchi, C. J., Cerri, C. E. P., Ceulemans, R., Davies, C. A., Delucia, E. H., Donnison, I. S., McCalmont, J. P., Paustian, K., Rowe, R. L., Smith, P., Thornley, P., Mcnamara, N. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 150-164
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  • Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK

    Hastings, A. F. S. J., Mos, M., Yesufu, J. A., McCalmont, J., Schwarz, K., Shafiei, R., Ashman, C., Nunn, C., Schüle, H., Cosentino, S., Scalici, G., Scordia, D., Wagner, M., Clifton-Brown, J. C.
    Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 1058
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  • An Operational In Situ Soil Moisture & Soil Temperature Monitoring Network for West Wales, UK: The WSMN Network

    Petropoulos, G. P., McCalmont, J.
    Sensors, vol. 17, no. 7, 1481
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  • Establishment, growth and yield potential of the perennial grass Miscanthus x giganteus on degraded coal mine soils

    Jeżowski, S., Mos, M., Buckby, S., Cerazy, J., Owczarzak, W., Mocek, A., Kaczmarek, Z., McCalmont, J.
    Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, 726
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  • Relationships between soil parameters and physiological status of Miscanthus x giganteus cultivated on soil contaminated with trace elements under NPK fertilisation vs. microbial inoculation

    Pogrzeba, M., Rusinowski, S., Sitko, K., Krzyżak, J., Skalska, A., Małkowski, E., Ciszek, D., Werle, S., McCalmont, J., Mos, M., Kalaji, H.
    Environmental Pollution, vol. 225, pp. 163-174
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  • Environmental influences on the growing season duration and ripening of diverse Miscanthus germplasm grown in six countries

    Nunn, C., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Kalinina, O., Özgüven, M., Schüle, H., Tarakanov, I. G., Van Der Weijde, T., Anisimov, A. A., Iqbal, Y., Kiesel, A., Khokhlov, N. F., McCalmont, J. P., Meyer, H., Mos, M., Trindade, L. M., Lewandowski, I., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Mastrorilli, M. (ed.)
    Frontiers in plant science, vol. 8, pp. 1-14
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  • Partitioning of ecosystem respiration of CO2 released during land-use transition from temperate agricultural grassland to Miscanthus × giganteus

    McCalmont, J., McNamara, N., Donnison, I., Farrar, K., Clifton-Brown, J.
    GCB Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 4, pp. 710-724
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  • Environmental costs and benefits of growing Miscanthus for bioenergy in the UK

    McCalmont, J., Hastings, A., McNamara, N. P., Richter, G. M., Robson, P., Donnison, I. S., Clifton-Brown, J.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 489-507
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  • Development of Miscanthus as a Bioenergy Crop

    Clifton-Brown, J., McCalmont, J., Hastings, A.
    Biofuels and Bioenergy. Love, J., Bryant, J. A. (eds.). John Wiley & Sons Ltd., pp. 119-131, 13 pages
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  • The Impact of Biomass Feedstock Composition and Pre-treatments on Tar Formation during Biomass Gasification

    Corton, J., Paula, B., Khan, Z., McCalmont, J., Yu, X., Fletcher, G., Croxton, S., Sharp, J., Paul, M., Watson I., I., Donnison, I.
    Advances in Biofeedstocks and Biofuels: Biofeedstocks and Their Processing, I. Singh, L. K., Chaudhary, G. (eds.). Wiley
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  • An interyear comparison of CO2 flux and carbon budget at a commercial-scale land-use transition from semi-improved grassland to Miscanthus x giganteus

    McCalmont, J., McNamara, N., Donnison, I., Farrar, K., Clifton-Brown, J.
    GCB Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 229-245
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  • Progress in upscaling Miscanthus biomass production for the European bio-economy with seed-based hybrids 

    Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Mos, M., McCalmont, J. P., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Cerazy, J., Chiang, Y., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Scurlock, J., Donnison, I. S., Glover, C., Gołąb, I., Greef, J. M., Gwyn, J., Harding, G., Hayes, C., Helios, W., Hsu, T., Huang, L. S., Jeżowski, S., Kim, D., Kiesel, A., Kotecki, A., Krzyzak, J., Lewandowski, I., Lim, S. H., Liu, J., Loosely, M., Meyer, H., Murphy-Bokern, D., Nelson, W., Pogrzeba, M., Robinson, G., Robson, P., Rogers, C., Scalici, G., Schuele, H., Shafiei, R., Shevchuk, O., Schwarz, K., Squance, M., Swaller, T., Thornton, J., Truckses, T., Botnari, V., Vizir, I., Wagner, M., Warren, R., Webster, R., Yamada, T., Youell, S., Xi, Q., Zong, J., Flavell, R.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 6-17
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  • Heavy Metal Uptake by Novel Miscanthus Seed-Based Hybrids Cultivated in Heavy Metal Contaminated Soil

    Krzyzak, J., Pogrzeba, M., Rusinowski, S., Clifton-Brown, J. C., McCalmont, J., Kiesel, A., Mangold, A., Mos, M.
    Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 121-132
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  • Simulation of greenhouse gases following land-use change to bioenergy crops using the ECOSSE model: a comparison between site measurements and model predictions

    Dondini, M., Richards, M. I. A., Pogson, M., McCalmont, J., Drewer, J., Marshall, R., Morrison, R., Yamulki, S., Harris, Z. M., Alberti, G., Siebicke, L., Taylor, G., Perks, M., Finch, J., McNamara, N. P., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 925-940
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  • Appraising the capability of a land biosphere model as a tool in modelling land surface interactions: results from its validation at selected European ecosystems

    North, M. R., Petropoulos, G. P., McCalmont, J., Ireland, G.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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