Advanced Research Fellow
- 51cg
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- Email Address
- matthias.kuhnert@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
since 2010 Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the 51cg (Scotland)
2007 - 2010 Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology of the Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany)
2003 - 2006 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (Germany)
2002 Visiting scholar at the Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Maryland (USA)
1994 - 1997 Biological Technician at the Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine in Goettingen (Germany)
- Research
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Research Overview
The research focus is environmental modelling, with the focus on greenhouse gas emissions and soil organic carbon. Especially, croplands and potential mitigation options for climate change were part of recent research. Here negative emissions (carbon sequestration to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere) are of major interest.
Alongside carbon sequestration strategies, carbon accounting including the measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of soil organic carbon changes is of special interest. MRV systems provide data for soil organic carbon changes, which are required for carbon certificate trading, legal obligations or subsidies. My actual work shows also a strong focus on developing applicable MRV systems, which are crucial to implement mitigation strategies.
As an environmental modeller, I use a wide range of different models. In my actual work and mainly use the biogeochemical models DAYCENT and ECOSSE. The actual focus of my modelling work is on European agriculture and rice systems.
Key words: MRV systems, Map Comparison, Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer, phenology, ecological modelling, soil erosion, water repellent soils, nitrogen Emissions, scale effects, extreme events, GHG emissions, soil organic carbon, SOC modelling, decomposition, croplands, agriculture, climate neutral, sustainable farming, organic farming
Research Areas
Accepting PhDs
I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.
Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.
Research Specialisms
- Soil Science
- Agriculture
Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is , published under the licence.
Current Research
ClieNFarms: https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/more-climate-neutral-and-climate-resilient-farms-across-europe
VERIFY: http://verify.lsce.ipsl.fr/
Past Research
CIRCASA:
U-GRASS: https://www.soilsecurity.org/u-grass/
MACSUR: http://macsur.eu/
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
SBS Master projects
Honours Essay Course (BI4517)
Part of the "Catchment Management Course" (EK5511) lecture series: Introduction to hydrological Modelling (this includes a lecture, a practical exercise and a tutorial)
Part of the "Ecology and Environmental Science" (BI1511) lecture series: Interconnectivity, Biogeochemistry 1 + 2, Climate Change and Mitigation
Supervision of 3 PhD students.
- Publications
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Assessing the impact of nature-based solutions on soil health in sub-Saharan Africa through farmer-centred methods
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 21, no. 4, 043004Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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From Research Outputs to Reporting Practice: Towards A Neuro-Symbolic Approach to Managing Emission Conversion Factors for Transparency of Carbon Accounting
DiTraRe Symposium on Digitalisation of Research 2025Contributions to Conferences: Posters- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Denitrification in biogeochemical models—challenges and advances in simulating N2 and N2O emission in agricultural systems
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 20, no. 12, 124061Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modelling the Impact of Drained and Undrained Conditions on GHG Emissions in Croplands: A Case Study in Lincolnshire, UK
Irrigation and Drainage, vol. 74, no. 4, pp. 1751-1765Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Embedding AI-Enabled Data Infrastructures for Sustainability in Agri-Food: Soft-Fruit and Brewery Use Case Perspectives
Sensors, vol. 24, no. 2024, 7327Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A comprehensive review of soil organic carbon estimates: Integrating remote sensing and machine learning technologies
Journal of Soils and Sediments, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 3556–3571Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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On the adjusted N2O emission factor in dry subhumid, semiarid, and arid regions
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 7, e17402Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Biological Carbon Sequestration Technologies
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI:
Global cropland nitrous oxide emissions in fallow period are comparable to growing-season emissions
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, e17165Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modeling Denitrification: Can We Report What We Don't Know?
AGU Advances, vol. 4, no. 6, e2023AV000990Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Towards a farmer-feasible soil health assessment that is globally applicable
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 345, 118582Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The consolidated European synthesis of CO2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2020
Earth System Science Data, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 4295-4370Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Soil organic carbon stocks potentially at risk of decline with organic farming expansion
Nature Climate Change, vol. 13, pp. 719-725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Environmental Issues: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sustainable Food Science: A Comprehensive Approach. Ferranti, P. (ed.). Elsevier, pp. 216-248, 33 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI:
The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2019
Earth System Science Data, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1197-1268Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modelling methane emissions and grain yields for a double-rice system in Southern China with DAYCENT and DNDC models
Geoderma, vol. 431, 116364Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Management-induced changes in soil organic carbon on global croplands
Biogeosciences, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 5125-5149Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Measuring and monitoring soil carbon sequestration
Understanding and fostering soil carbon sequestration. Rumpel, C. (ed.). Burleigh Dodds Science PublishingChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
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Agroecology – a Rapid Evidence Review: Report prepared for the Committee on Climate Change
51cg. 89 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Soil Carbon Sequestration and Biochar
Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies. Bui, M., Mac Dowell, N. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 194 - 243Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
Same soil, different climate: Crop model intercomparison on translocated lysimeters
Vadose zone journal, vol. 21, no. 4, 20202Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Developing WWF's preferred pathway to aligning UK agriculture and land use with net zero
World Wildlife Fund UK. 45 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
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The consolidated European synthesis of CH4and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2017
Earth System Science Data, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2307-2362Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The consolidated European synthesis of CO2emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2018
Earth System Science Data, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 2363-2406Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 4158-4168Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Measurement of N2O emissions over the whole year is necessary for estimating reliable emission factors
Environmental Pollution, vol. 259, 113864Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI:
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How to measure, report and verify soil carbon change to realize the potential of soil carbon sequestration for atmospheric greenhouse gas removal
Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 219-241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Crop growth and soil water fluxes at erosion-affected arable sites: Using weighing lysimeter data for model intercomparison
Vadose zone journal, vol. 19, no. 1, 20058Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Modelling greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potentials in fertilized paddy rice fields in Bangladesh
Geoderma, vol. 341, pp. 206-215Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Effects of input data aggregation on simulated crop yields in temperate and Mediterranean climates
European Journal of Agronomy, vol. 103, pp. 32-46Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Soil organic carbon sequestration and mitigation potential in a rice cropland in Bangladesh: a modelling approach
Field Crops Research, vol. 226, pp. 16-27Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Model Based Regional Estimates of Soil Organic Carbon Sequestration and Greenhouse Gas Mitigation Potentials from Rice Croplands in Bangladesh
Land, vol. 7, no. 3, 82Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Projecting soil under future climate and land use scenarios (Modelling)
Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling. Singh, B. K. (ed.). Academic Press, pp. 281-309, 29 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI:
Modelling spatial and inter-annual variations of nitrous oxide emissions from UK cropland and grasslands using DailyDayCent
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 250, pp. 1-11Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE]
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Simulating soil carbon sequestration from long term fertilizer and manure additions under continuous wheat using the DailyDayCent model
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, vol. 109, no. 3, pp. 291-302Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Global Hotspots of Conflict Risk between Food Security and Biodiversity Conservation
Land, vol. 6, no. 4, 67Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The implication of input data aggregation on up-scaling soil organic carbon changes
Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 96, pp. 361-377Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Impact analysis of climate data aggregation at different spatial scales on simulated net primary productivity for croplands
European Journal of Agronomy, vol. 88, pp. 41-52Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Impact of biodiversity of microbial communities on soil respiration
6th International Symposium on Soil Organic MatterContributions to Conferences: AbstractsImpact of input data aggregation on simulated NPP of wheat
EGU General Assembly 2017, EGU2017-16522-1Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE]
Evaluating the precision of eight spatial sampling schemes in estimating regional means of simulated yield for two crops
Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 80, pp. 100-112Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Impact of Spatial Soil and Climate Input Data Aggregation on Regional Yield Simulations
PloS ONE, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 1-23Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Effects of climate data aggregation on regional net primary production (NPP) modelling
8th International Congress on Environmental Modelling and SoftwareContributions to Conferences: AbstractsImpact of climate aggregation over different scales on regional NPP modelling
EGU General Assembly 2016Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsImpacts of soil and weather data aggregation in spatial modelling of net primary production of croplands
iCROPM 2016 International Crop Modelling Symposium "Crop Modelling for Agriculture and Food Security under Global ChangeContributions to Conferences: AbstractsMathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture for Different End Users
Synthesis and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage in agricultural and forest systems to guide mitigation and adaptation. Del Grosso, S., Parton, W., Ahuja, L. (eds.). American Society of Agronomy, pp. 197-227, 31 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
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Effect of weather data aggregation on regional crop simulation for different crops, production conditions, and response variables
Climate Research, vol. 65, pp. 141-157Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Mitigation potential for carbon sequestration on four British wheat sites
5th International Symposium on Soil Organic MatterContributions to Conferences: AbstractsVariability of effects of spatial climate data aggregation on regional yield simulation by crop models
Climate Research, vol. 65, pp. 53–69Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Impact of droughts on the carbon cycle in European vegetation: a probabilistic risk analysis using six vegetation models
Biogeosciences, vol. 11, no. 22, pp. 6357-6375Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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The challenge of modelling nitrogen management at the field scale: simulation and sensitivity analysis of N2O fluxes across nine experimental sites using DailyDayCent
Environmental Research Letters, vol. 9, no. 9, 095003Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Assessing the sensitivity of modelled estimates of N2O emissions and yield to input uncertainty at a UK cropland experimental site using the DailyDayCent model
Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, vol. 99, no. 1-3, pp. 119-133Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Capturing Cropland and Grassland Management Impacts on Soil Carbon in the UK LULUCF Inventory
Commissioned by UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. NERC/Centre for Ecology Hydrology. 90 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned Reports- [ONLINE]
Environmental change impacts on the C- and N-cycle of European forests: A model comparison study
Biogeosciences, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 1751-1773Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Attributing greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use and land use change to direct and indirect human and natural drivers: a modelling study to estimate their relative importance
European Geosciences UnionContributions to Journals: AbstractsSystems approaches in global change and biogeochemistry research
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 367, no. 1586, pp. 311-321Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Simulating N2O and NO emissions from European forest and grassland ecosystems using the process based model DailyDaycent
European Geosciences UnionContributions to Conferences: AbstractsSpatiotemporal variations of soil surface roughness from in-situ laser scanning
Catena, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 128-139Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Surface soil moisture quantification and validation based on hyperspectral data and field measurements
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing, vol. 2, no. 1, 023552Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Comparing raster map comparison algorithms for spatial modeling and analysis
Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, vol. 71, no. 8, pp. 975-984Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
