![Professor Astley Hastings Professor Astley Hastings](/img/200x200/staffpages/assets/images/default-profile-picture.jpg)
BSc, MSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng.
Personal Chair
- About
-
- 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 – University of Aberdeen.
2004-2008 PhD in Systems Biology –University of Aberdeen
2008-2014 Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2014-2017 Senior Research Fellow –University of Aberdeen
2017-present Reader –University of Aberdeen
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 University of Aberdeen 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
.
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
-
Page 9 of 17 Results 81 to 90 of 163
Investigating The Effect of Expanding The Use of Electric Cars On The Environment: A Case Study From Scotland
Contributions to Conferences: PapersA critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity
Global Change Biology, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 2530-2543Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14644
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12520/1/Abdalla_et_al_2019_Global_Change_Biology.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Estimating greenhouse gases emissions from horticultural peat soils using a DNDC modelling approach
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 233, pp. 681-694Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2018.11.113
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Breeding progress and preparedness for mass‐scale deployment of perennial lignocellulosic biomass crops switchgrass, miscanthus, willow and poplar
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 118-151Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcbb.12566
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11339/5/Clifton_Brown_et_al_2018_GCB_Bioenergy.pdf
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11339/3/Breeding_progress_and_preparedness_for_mass_scale_deployment_of_perennial_lignocellulosic_biomass_crops_switchgrass_miscanthus_willow_and_poplar.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
Decarbonizing anthropogenic activity: The oil and gas industry is a major component of the solution
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.2118/195716-MS
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Perennial-GHG: A new generic allometric model to estimate biomass accumulation and greenhouse gas emissions in perennial food and bioenergy crops
Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 102, pp. 292-305Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2017.12.005
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11970/1/Ledoetal.GHGPerennials.REV1.pdf
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Future biomass supply for low carbon European energy provision in a changing world
TERRAenVISION Environmental Issues Today, pp. 1-2Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsCritical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 253, pp. 62-81Contributions to Journals: Literature ReviewsBio-energies impact on Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services: Compared to other energy technologies
Bioenergy and Land Use Change. Qin, Z., Mishra, U., Hastings, A. (eds.). Wiley, pp. 83-97, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)Mapping the global potential exposure of soaring birds to terrestrial wind energy expansion
Ornis Fennica, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 1-14Contributions to Journals: Articles