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The School of Biological Sciences

Professor Astley Hastings

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Professor Astley Hastings
Professor Astley Hastings
Professor Astley Hastings

BSc, MSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng.

Personal Chair

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Email Address
astley.hastings@abdn.ac.uk
Office Address

G43 23 St Machar Drive Aberdeen AB24 3UU UK

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

1968-1971       Graduate Apprenticeship with English Electric/Lanchester Polytechnic. Gained a BSc in Mechanical engineering. CEng in 1974.

1971-1972       Postgraduate research (wet steam turbines) at Lanchester Polytechnic.

1972-1973       Schlumberger, Field engineer, Burgos and St Carlos, Spain

1974-1975       Schlumberger, Lead engineer, Siracusa,Crotone & Pescara, Italy.

1975-1977       Schlumberger, Training Center Manager, Livingstone, Scotland

1977-1980       Schlumberger, District Manager Qatar, Doha, Qatar.

1980-1981       Schlumberger, Product Development Engineer, Paris, France.

1981-1985       Schlumberger, South American Interpretation Manager. Caracas, Venezuela.

1986-1989       Schlumberger, Principle Scientist, Schlumberger DRC, Ridgefield, Ct, USA.

1989-1993       Schlumberger, Marketing Director United Kingdom. Aberdeen.

1993-1995       Schlumberger, Marketing Manager Europe & FSU. Hannover, Germany

1995-1998       Schlumberger, Corporate New Technology Manager, Paris, France.

1999-2003       Schlumberger, Evaluation Services Manager - North Africa, Algeria

2003-2004       Schlumberger, Operations Manager-N Africa. Hassi-Messaoud, Algeria.

2004-2005       MSc. Environmental Science – 51cg.

2004-2008       PhD in Systems Biology –51cg

2008-2014        Research Fellow –51cg

2014-2017        Senior Research Fellow –51cg

2017-present    Reader –51cg

Memberships and Affiliations

Internal Memberships

Line Manager.

Co-Champion of CCUS and Nature Based Solutions Theme. 

External Memberships

Member of the Academic Assessment Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Memeber of the Advanced Apprenticeship Committe of IMechE

Program committee Memeber for the EUROPEC meeting a collaboration of the EAGE and SPE.

Paper selection Committee for Offshore Europe SPE technical meeting.

Reviewer for Biomass and Bioenergy, GCB, GCB-B, AgForMEt, AGEE, JPT, JCPT, SPE-FE, Sustainable agriculture, Bioenergy Research, European Journal of Forest Research, Environmental Science and Technology, Soil and Tillage research.

Project Reviewer for Ireland EPA, DECC-UK, Croatian Science Foundation, FAO, University of Hong Kong.

Yachtmaster

Research

Research Overview

Currently a reader in environmental science in the Institute of Biological and Environmental Science at the 51cg conducting research into the GHG emissions and environmental  impact and its mitigation from land use, low carbon energy and transport infrastructure and also on greenhouse gas removal using afforestation and bioenergy carbon capture and storage. Decomissioning and reuse of offshore energy assets and the impact on the environment.

Current Research

UKERC  - 4 – Theme 3.

NERC-ADVENT – Impact of low carbon electricity generation on ecosystem services and natural Capital.

NERC-ADVANCES – Landscapes decisions. - Impact of temporal and spatial scale on land use simulations

NERC-FAB-GGR – GHG removal using BECCS and afforestation.

EU-GRACE - Developing Miscanthus and Hemp as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the bio-economy

EU-EcoWinery - Building a tool to calculate GHG emissions from Wine production

NDC - Estimating GHG emissions from Decomissioning

NDC - Decomissioning bundles

DDC - Curtin - The environmental impact of decomissioning subsea structures with residual NORM and Hg on the marine environment.

EU-VERIFY - Building a methodology to quantify European GHG emissions

 

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Collaborations

Jatropha growth and soil carbon modelling with Prof. Meenu Saraf University of Gujarat, India.

Miscanthus biomass growth and use Aberystwyth - Hoenheim, Zagreb - Piacenza - INTA - Braunscheig

GGR with  Exeter, UEA, CRU, Leeds and Aston.

Low carbon infrastructure impact on the environment - UEA - UCL - Imperial - Leeds - Lancaster - CEH - Southampton - Davis - Sydney.

Decomissioning - Curtin

GHG emissions quantification - The EU GHG group.

Funding and Grants

UKERC  - 4 – Theme 3.

NERC-ADVENT – Impact of low carbon electricity generation on ecosystem services and natural Capital.

NERC-ADVANCES – Landscapes decisions. - Impact of temporal and spatial scale on land use simulations

NERC-FAB-GGR – GHG removal using BECCS and afforestation.

EU-GRACE - Developing Miscanthus and Hemp as a Bioenergy Feedstock for the bio-economy

EU-EcoWinery - Building a tool to calculate GHG emissions from Wine production

NDC - Estimating GHG emissions from Decomissioning

NDC - Decomissioning bundles

DDC - Curtin - The environmental impact of decomissioning subsea structures with residual NORM and Hg on the marine environment.

EU-VERIFY - Building a methodology to quantify European GHG emissions

 

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Course co-ordinator Marine EIA masters course

Lecture on GHG emissions and mitigation

Environmental modelling

Publications

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  • Advances in biorenewables-resource-waste systems and modelling

    Guo, M., Wu, C., Chapman, S., Yu, X., Vinestock, T., Hastings, A., Smith, P., Shah, N.
    Carbon Capture Science & Technology, vol. 9, 100142
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  • A first estimate of blue carbon associated with oil & gas industry marine infrastructure

    Davies, A., Hastings, A.
    Environmental Science: Advances, vol. 2023, no. 12, pp. 1708-1726
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  • Tensions and Trade-offs in the Energy-Environment Nexus: section in UKERC Review of Energy Policy 2023

    Halliday, C., Shepherd, A., Watson, S., Lovett, A., Hastings, A.
    UK Energy Research Centre Review of Energy Policy 2023. UKERC, pp. 26-28, 3 pages
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  • Modelling the impact of forest management and CO2-fertilisation on growth and demography in a Sitka spruce plantation

    Argles, A. P., Robertson, E., Harper, A. B., Morison, J. I., Xenakis, G., Hastings, A., Mccalmont, J., Moore, J. R., Bateman, I. J., Gannon, K., Betts, R. A., Bathgate, S., Thomas, J., Heard, M., Cox, P. M.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 13, no. 1, 13487
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  • Considerations for future quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modelling for heavy metals: A case study of mercury

    von Hellfeld, R., Gade, C., Vargesson, N., Hastings, A.
    Toxicology, vol. 499, 153661
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  • Repurposing an Offshore Oil and Gas Platform for Green Hydrogen Production: A North Sea Case Study

    Wilcox, L., Wiranegara, N., Martinez-Felipe, A., Hastings, A.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • Lifetime greenhouse gas emissions from offshore hydrogen production

    Davies, A. J., Hastings, A.
    Energy Reports, vol. 10, pp. 1538-1554
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  • A Spatially Explicit Evaluation of the Economic Performance of a Perennial Energy Crop on the Marginal Land of the Loess Plateau and China

    Liu, Y., Hastings, A., Chen, S., Faaij, A.
    Energies, vol. 16, no. 14, 5282
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  • An approach to assess potential environmental mercury release, food web bioaccumulation, and human dietary methylmercury uptake from decommissioning offshore oil and gas infrastructure

    von Hellfeld, R., Gade, C. A., Koppel, D. J., Walters, W., Kho, F., Hastings, A.
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 452, 131298
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  • Building the Policy Ecosystem in Europe for Cultivation and Use of Perennial Biomass Crops

    Clifton-Brown, J., Hastings, A., von Cossel, M., Murphy-Bokern, D., McCalmont, J., Whitaker, J., Alexopoulou, E., Amaducci, S., Andronic, L., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Bhatia, R., Breuer, L., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Donnison, I., Elbersen, B., Ferrarini, A., Ford, J., Gattinger, A., Golicz, K., Greef, J., Ingram, J., Jensen, E., Kuhn, U., Lewandowski, I., Magenau, E., Mos, M., Meyer, H., Kasperczyk, N., Petrick, M., Pogrzeba, M., Pude, R., Robson, P., Retzler, C., Rowe, R. L., Sandu, A., Schmitt, A., Schmitt, A., Schwarz, K. U., Scordia, D., Scurlock, J., Shepherd, A., Thornton, J., Trindade, L. M., Vetter, S., Wagner, M., Yamada, T., Kiesel, A.
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  • Energy production from municipal solid waste in low to middle income countries: a case study of how to build a circular economy in Abuja, Nigeria

    Dickson, E. M., Hastings, A., Smith, J.
    Frontiers in Sustainability, vol. 4, 1173474
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  • Greenhouse gas emissions from decommissioning manmade structures in the marine environment: current trends and implications for the future

    Davies, A., Hastings, A.
    Journal of Marine Science and Engineering , vol. 11, no. 6, 1133
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  • Perennial biomass cropping and use: shaping the policy ecosystem in European countries

    Clifton-Brown, J. C., Hastings, A., von Cossel, M., Murphy-Bokern, D., McCalmont, J., Whittaker, J., Alexopoulou, E., Amaducci, S., Andronic, L., Ashman, C., Awty-Carroll, D., Breuer, L., Cosentino, S., Cracroft-Eley, W., Donnison, I., Elbersen, B., Ferrarini, A., Ford, J., Greef, J. M., Ingram, J., Lewandowski, I., Magenau, E., Mos, M., Petrick, M., Pogrzeba, M., Robson, P., Rowe, R. L., Sandu, A., Schwarz, K., Scordia, D., Scurlock, J., Shepherd, A., Thornton, J., Trindade, L. M., Vetter, S., Wagner, M., Wu, P., Yamada, T., Kiesel, A.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 5, 13038
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  • A review of planting principles to identify the right place for the right tree for ‘net zero plus’ woodlands: Applying a place-based natural capital framework for Sustainable, Efficient and Equitable (SEE) decisions

    Bateman, I., Anderson, K., Argles, A., Belcher, C., Betts, R., Binner, A. R., Brazier, R., Cho, F., Day, B., Durán Rojas, M. C., Eisenbarth, S., Gannon, K., Gatis, N., Groom, B., Hails, R., Harper, A., Hastings, A., Heard, M., Hill, T. C., Inman, A., Lee, C., Luscombe, D., Mackenzie, A. R., Mancini, M., Morison, J., Morris, A., Snowdon, P., Tyler, C. R., Vanguelova, E., Wilkinson, M., Williamson, D., Xenakis, G., Collins, R., Harwood, A., Quine, C.
    People and Nature, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 271-301
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  • Novel Miscanthus hybrids: Modelling productivity on marginal land in Europe using dynamics of canopy development determined by light interception

    Shepherd, A., Awty-Carroll, D., Kam, J., Ashman, C., Magenau, E., Martani, E., Kontek, M., Ferrarini, A., Amaducci, S., Davey, C., Jurišić, V., Petrie, G., Al Hassan, M., Lamy, I., Lewandowski, I., de Maupeou, E., McCalmont, J., Trindade, L. M., van der Cruijsen, K., van der Pluijm, P., Rowe, R., Lovett, A., Donnison, I. S., Kiesel, A., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Hastings, A.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 444-461
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  • Uncertain effectiveness of Miscanthus bioenergy expansion for climate change mitigation explored using land surface, agronomic and integrated assessment models

    Littleton, E., Shepherd, A., Harper, A., Hastings, A., Vaughan, N. E., Doelman, J., van Vuuren, D. P., Lenton, T. M.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 303-318
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  • Method for assessing the potential of miscanthus on marginal lands for high temperature heat demand: The case studies of France and Belgium

    Colla, M., Tonelli, D., Hastings, A., Coppitters, D., Blondeau, J., Jeanmart, H.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 365-381
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  • Threshold values for the protection of marine ecosystems from NORM in subsea oil and gas infrastructure

    Koppel, D. J., Cresswell, T., Macintosh, A., von Hellfeld, R., Hastings, A., Higgins, S.
    Journal of environmental radioactivity, vol. 258, 107093
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  • Soil organic carbon significantly increases when perennial biomass plantations are reverted back to annual arable crops

    Martani, E., Ferrarini, A., Hastings, A., Amaducci, S.
    Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 2, 447
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  • Decarbonising UK transport: Implications for electricity generation, land use and policy.

    Hastings, A., Nelson, J., Logan, K., Milne, J., Chapman, J.
    Transportation Research Interdisciplinary Perspectives, vol. 17, 100736
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  • The development of a new crop growth model SwitchFor for yield mapping of switchgrass

    Liu, Y., Hastings, A., Chen, S., Faaij, A.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 14, no. 12, pp. 1281-1302
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  • Expanding the Miscanthus market in the UK: Growers in profile and experience, benefits and drawbacks of the bioenergy crop

    von Hellfeld, R., Hastings, A., Kam, J., Rowe, R., Clifton-Brown, J. C., Donnison, I. S., Shepherd, A.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1205-1218
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  • Use of Winery and Animal Waste as Fertilizers to Achieve Climate Neutrality in Non-Irrigated Viticulture

    Litskas, V., Ledo, A., Lawrence, P., Chrysargyris, A., Giannopoulos, G., Heathcote, R., Hastings, A., Tzortzakis, N., Stavrinides, M.
    Agronomy, vol. 12, no. 10, 2375
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  • Current understanding of the ecological risk of mercury from subsea oil and gas infrastructure to marine ecosystems

    Kho, F., Koppel, D. J., von Hellfeld, R., Hastings, A., Gissi, F., Cresswell, T., Higgins, S.
    Journal of Hazardous Materials, vol. 438, 129348
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  • Quantifying the land-based opportunity carbon costs of onshore wind farms

    Albanito, F., Roberts, S., Shepherd, A., Hastings, A.
    Journal of Cleaner Production, vol. 363, 132480
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