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The School of Biological Sciences

Professor Jo Smith

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Professor Jo Smith
Professor Jo Smith
Professor Jo Smith

Personal Chair

Accepting PhDs

51cg
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

InstitutionPeriod AttendedQualificationYear 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/GradeEmployerPeriod of EmploymentMain 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.

Please get in touch if you would like to discuss your research ideas further.

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

UK      

  • 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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  • Carbon dioxide and methane emissions from plants and peat soil in a Cyperus papyrus wetland in Uganda

    Farmer, J., Smith, J., Burton, H., Arn Teh, Y.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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  • Soil physical resilience to compaction as influenced by a legacy of different organic amendments in the field

    Utin, U. E., Geris, J., Smith, J., Loades, K. W., Boldrin, D., Hallett, P.
    European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 77, no. 3, e70362
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  • Low-cost and labour-efficient innovations in household recycling of organic wastes for soil improvement

    Smith, J., Smith, P., Wardle, J., Bittner, D., Chukwu, V., Campbell, G., Nalavade, R. D., Namaswa, T. W., Naher, U. A., Dahal, K. R., Hasan, M., Rahman, M., Bhusal, M., Adhya, T., Ahikari, R. K., Akter, M., Gaihre, Y. K., Hossain, A. T. M. S., Islam, N., Khan, M. H., Maharjan, S., Mekuria, W., Mia, R., Moges, A., Panhwar, Q. A., Tumwesige, V., Vista, S. P., Yakob, G., Zuan, A. T. K.
    Environmental Research Communications, vol. 8, no. 4, 042002
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  • Availability and spatial distribution of crop and forest biomass residues for biochar production in Kenya

    Namaswa, T. W., Burslem, D., Smith, J., Afzal, W., Wardle, J., Oduor, N., Kubok, L., Muthike, G., Malei, F.
    Scientific Reports, vol. 16, 11764
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  • The distribution of soil organic carbon and nitrogen across different soil depths in relation to household wealth in enset-based farming systems in Central Ethiopia

    Habte, M., Beyene, S., Smith, J. U.
    Agrosystems, Geosciences and Environment, vol. 9, no. 1, e70283
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  • Using only bulk density, saturated water content and macroporosity measurements to infer time variability in soil water retention curves

    Utin, U. E., Geris, J., Smith, J., Hallett, P. D.
    Soil and Tillage Research, vol. 257, 106990
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  • Assessing the impact of nature-based solutions on soil health in sub-Saharan Africa through farmer-centred methods

    Bittner, D., Smith, J., Leontidis, G., Campbell, G. A., Biegel, J., Smith, P., Kuhnert, M., Skalský, R., Giuliani, L. M., Salik, A. W., Hallett, P., Burslem, D. F. R. P., Yakob, G., Mekuria, W., Phimister, E., Haileslassie, A., Tegegne, D., Norouzi, S., Chen, H., Gubry-Rangin, C., Khan, A.
    Environmental Research Letters, vol. 21, no. 4, 043004
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  • Soil water and carbon dynamics of barley - pea intercropping in a temperate environment under projected climate change

    Durodola, O. S., Hawes, C., Smith, J., Valentine, T. A., Geris, J.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 1010, 181060
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  • Effects of barley-pea intercropping on soil carbon, crop productivity, and grain quality in a low-input temperate agroecosystem

    Durodola, O. S., Binnie, K., Hawes, C., Smith, J., Valentine, T. A., Geris, J.
    Agronomy Journal, vol. 118, no. 1, e70275
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  • Stable water isotopes reveal modification of cereal water uptake strategies in agricultural co-cropping systems

    Durodola, O. S., Rothfuss, Y., Hawes, C., Smith, J., Valentine, T. A., Geris, J.
    Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 381, 109439
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  • Responses of surface runoff and soil water-erosion to changes in seasonal land cover and rainfall intensity; the case of Shilansha watershed, Rift Valley Basin of Ethiopia

    Gedle, A., Rientjes, T., Haile, A. T., Mekuria, W., Hallett, P., Smith, J.
    Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, vol. 58, 102289
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  • How the Concept “Regenerative Good Growth” Could Help Increase Public and Policy Engagement and Speed Transitions to Net Zero and Nature Recovery

    Pretty, J., Garrity, D., Badola, H. K., Barrett, M., Flora, C. B., Cameron, C., Grist, N., Hepburn, L., Hilburn, H., Isham, A., Jacobi, E., Lal, R., Lyster, S., Magnason, A. S., McGlade, J., Middendorf, B. J., Milner-Gulland, E., Orr, D. W., Peck, L. S., Reij, C., Rockstrom, J., Ronesh, Y., Saito, O., Smith, J., Smith, P., Thorne, P., Watabe, A., Waters, S., Wells, G.
    Sustainability, vol. 17, no. 3, 849
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  • Village level fertilizer management for increasing nitrogen use efficiency, rice yield and household income

    Al-Amin, H. M., Rahman, M. M., Alam, M. S., Smith, J., Islam, M., Rees, R. M., Adhya, T. K., Sutton, M. A., Bealey, W. J., Miah, M. G., Islam, M. R.
    Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science, vol. 71, no. 1, pp. 1-19
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  • Nitrogen Management Options: Challenges, Potentials, and Prospects

    Rahman, M., Al-Amin, H. M., Alam, M. S., Smith, J., Hillier, J., Sutton, M. A., Adhya, T. K.
    Climate Change and Soil-Water-Plant Nexus: Agriculture and Environment. Rahman, M. M., Biswas, J. C., Meena, R. S. (eds.). Springer Nature, pp. 123-151, 29 pages
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  • Qualitative Analysis of Nitrogen Flows within Farms in Darusa, Bangladesh

    Islam, M. T., Iqbal, T., Nayak, D., Smith, J., Hasan, M. M.
    Sustainability, vol. 16, no. 18, 8226
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  • Gully rehabilitation in Southern Ethiopia: value and impacts for farmers

    Mekuria, W., Phimister, E., Edo, G. Y., Tegegne, D., Moges, A., Tesfaye, Y., Melaku, D., Gerber, C., Hallett, P., Smith, J.
    SOIL, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 637–654
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  • Emerging investigator series: predicted losses of sulfur and selenium in european soils using machine learning: a call for prudent model interrogation and selection

    Jones, G. D., Insinga, L., Droz, B., Feinberg, A., Stenke, A., Smith, J., Smith, P., Winkel, L. H.
    Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 1503-1515
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  • Soil application of high-lignin fermentation byproduct to increase the sustainability of liquid biofuel production from crop residues

    Lynd, L., Kemanian, A. R., Smith, J., Richard, T. L., Arifi, A., Bozzetto, S., Fabbri, C., Field, J., Pries, C. H., Kubis, M., Smith, P., Wang, M., Hoey, M.
    Environmental Research Letters, vol. 19, no. 8, 083002
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  • Coupled water-carbon modelling in data-limited sites: a new approach to explore future agroforestry scenarios

    Goudarzi, S., Soulsby, C., Smith, J., Stevenson, J. L., Gimona, A., Ramsay, S., Hester, A. J., Aalto, I., Geris, J.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers
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  • The impact of household wealth on soil organic carbon and nitrogen stocks in enset (Ensete Ventricosum (Welw.) Cheesman) based farming systems in Southern Ethiopia

    Habte, M., Beyene, S., Smith, J.
    Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, vol. 16, 101180
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  • Changes in soil properties with long-term organic inputs due to distance from homestead and farm characteristics in southern Ethiopian farmlands

    Yakob, G., Habte, M., Smith, J., Hallett, P., Phimister, E., Rivington, M., Black, H., Mekuria, W.
    Geoderma Regional, vol. 35, e00710
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  • Emerging trends in appropriate kiln designs for small-scale biochar production in low to middle income countries

    Namaswa, T., Burslem, D. F., Smith, J.
    Bioresource Technology Reports, vol. 24, 101641
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  • The three-peat challenge: business as usual, responsible agriculture, and conservation and restoration as management trajectories in global peatlands

    Girkin, N. T., Burgess, P. J., Cole, L., Cooper, H. V., Honorio Coronado, E., Davidson, S. J., Hannam, J., Harris, J., Holman, I., McCloskey, C. S., McKeown, M. M., Milner, A. M., Page, S., Smith, J., Young, D.
    Carbon management, vol. 14, no. 1, 2275578
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  • Impact of Adding Anaerobic Digestate to Soil and Consequences on Crop Performance

    Hallat-Sanchez, J. M., Smith, J., Norton, G.
    Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 12, 2889
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  • Investigating the challenges of biogas provision in water limited environments through laboratory scale biodigesters

    Wardle, J., Dionisi, D., Smith, J.
    International Journal of Sustainable Energy, vol. 42, no. 1, pp. 829-844
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