Dr Jon McCalmont

Dr Jon McCalmont

BSc, PhD

Research Fellow

About

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

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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 HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Publications

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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
2019 - Published
Holder, A. J., Rowe, R., McNamara, N. P., Donnison, I. S., McCalmont, J.
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 11, pp. 1298-1317
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12628
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17948/1/Holder_etal_GCBB_Soil_Water_Assessment_VoR.pdf
Measured and modelled effect of land‐use change from temperate grassland to Miscanthus on soil carbon stocks after 12 years
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12624
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13226/1/Holder_MeasuredAndModelled_VOR.pdf
Soil N2 O emissions with different reduced tillage methods during the establishment of Miscanthus in temperate grassland
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12570
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17946/1/Holder_etal_GCBB_Soil_N2O_Emissions_VoR.pdf
How autochthonous microorganisms influence physiological status of Zea mays L. cultivated on heavy metal contaminated soils?
2019 - Published
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
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-018-3923-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17945/1/Rusinowski_etal_ESPR_How_Autochthonous_Microorganisms_VoR.pdf
Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar
2019 - Published
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
2019 - Published
Kamble, P., Khan, Z., Farooq, M., McCalmont, J., Donnison, I., Watson, I.
Energy Procedia, vol. 158, pp. 1174-1181
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.303
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17943/1/Kamble_EP_Biomass_Gasification_Of_VoR.pdf
Soil nitrous oxide flux following land-use reversion from Miscanthus and SRC willow to perennial ryegrass
2018 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12541
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17935/1/McCalmont_etal_GCBB_Soil_Nitrous_Oxide_VoR.pdf
Evapotranspiration model comparison and an estimate of field scale Miscanthus canopy precipitation interception
2018 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12503
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/17934/1/Holder_etal_GCBB_Evapotranspiration_Model_Comparison_VoR.pdf
Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use
2018 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12488
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/10028/1/Whitaker_et_al_2018_GCB_Bioenergy.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK
2017 - Published
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
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2017.01058
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8916/1/Economic_and_Environmental_Assessment_of_Seed_and_Rhizome_Propagated_Miscanthus_in_the_UK.pdf

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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

Measured and modelled effect of land‐use change from temperate grassland to Miscanthus on soil carbon stocks after 12 years

Soil N2 O emissions with different reduced tillage methods during the establishment of Miscanthus in temperate grassland

How autochthonous microorganisms influence physiological status of Zea mays L. cultivated on heavy metal contaminated soils?

Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar

Biomass gasification of hybrid seed Miscanthus in Glasgow’s downdraft gasifier testbed system

Soil nitrous oxide flux following land-use reversion from Miscanthus and SRC willow to perennial ryegrass

Evapotranspiration model comparison and an estimate of field scale Miscanthus canopy precipitation interception

Consensus, uncertainties and challenges for perennial bioenergy crops and land use

Economic and Environmental Assessment of Seed and Rhizome Propagated Miscanthus in the UK

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