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Dr Jon McCalmont

Dr Jon McCalmont
Dr Jon McCalmont
Dr Jon McCalmont

BSc, PhD

Research Fellow

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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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  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • 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
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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