![Professor Astley Hastings Professor Astley Hastings](/img/200x200/staffpages/assets/images/default-profile-picture.jpg)
BSc, MSc, PhD, MIMechE, CEng.
Personal Chair
- About
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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 – 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
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Line Manager.
Co-Champion of CCUS and Nature Based Solutions Theme.
- External Memberships
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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
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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
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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
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course co-ordinator Marine EIA masters course
Lecture on GHG emissions and mitigation
Environmental modelling
- Publications
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The carbon balance of European croplands: A cross-site comparison of simulation models
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 139, no. 3, pp. 419-453Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2010.08.004
Uncertainty propagation in soil greenhouse gas emission models: An experiment using the DNDC model and at the Oensingen cropland site
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 136, no. 1-2, pp. 97-110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2009.11.016
Developing Miscanthus for Bioenergy
Energy Crops. Halford, N., Karp, A. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain), pp. 310-321, 21 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/9781849732048-00301
The potential of Miscanthus to sequester carbon in soils: comparing field measurements in Carlow, Ireland to model predictions
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 413-425Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2010.01033.x
Future energy potential of Miscanthus in Europe
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 180-196Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01012.x
The development of MISCANFOR, a new Miscanthus crop growth model: towards more robust yield predictions under different climatic and soil conditions
Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 154-170Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1757-1707.2009.01007.x
Potential of Miscanthus grasses to provide energy and hence reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Agronomy for Sustainable Development, vol. 28, no. 4, pp. 465-472Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/agro:2008030
Cool Farming: Climate impacts of agriculture and mitigation potential
Amsterdam, Netherlands: Greenpeace International. 44 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsBioenery technology: balancing energy output and environmental benefits
Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, vol. 150, no. 3 Suppl. 1, pp. S174-S175Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiofuels: The role of biotechnology to improve their sustainability and profitability
Biodiversity, Biofuels, Agroforestry and Conservation Agriculture: Sustainable Agriculture Reviews. Springer Netherlands, pp. 123-148, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9513-8_4
Hidden Inovation: How innovation happens in six 'low innovation' sectors
London: NESTA (Printed report/online). 72 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsMitigating carbon dioxide by the use of biofuels; quantifying the energy production and mitigation potential of Europe
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsEnergy crops: current status and future prospects
Global Change Biology, vol. 12, pp. 2054-2076Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01163.x