Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- mabdalla@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
After obtaining my MSc degree, in crop production ecology, from Wageningen University, the Netherlands I moved to Ireland where I got a PhD degree in plant ecophysiology and biogeochemistry from Trinity College Dublin, Botany department then, joined the department as a postdoc. I moved to the University of Aberdeen, School of Biological Sciences to work as a research fellow/modeller in 2012. I have been working/collaborating on different national, European and international projects to conduct interdisciplinary research studies/modelling on greenhouse gas emissions from soil, carbon and N biogeochemistry, land-use change, sustainability and climate change mitigation and adaptation. I have extensive experiences in measuring, monitoring, accounting, reporting and modelling greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, climate change mitigation and adaptation, land-use planning and nutrient management to achieve agricultural sustainability.
- Research
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Research Overview
My research interests include process based biogeochemical modeling, global change impacts on ecosystems, agricultural strategies to mitigate climate change, and agricultural sustainability.
Collaborations
I am collaborating with the Greenhouse gas Reseach groups in Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and Teagasc in Ireland.
Supervision
I am currently open to considering PhDs in Environmental Modelling. Feel free to reach out if you’d like to discuss your research ideas in more detail.
I also have three PhD proposals available for adoption:
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Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Scottish Agriculture: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.
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Optimizing Winter Cereal Crop Efficiency and Water Conservation in Scotland's Ever-Changing Climate.
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Enhancing Waste Management and Recycling Systems through Machine Learning.
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- Publications
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Dynamics of Methane Flux in Permafrost-Affected Wetlands: A Meta-Analysis of Permafrost Continuity Effects and Hydrological Controls
Environmental Pollution, vol. 385, 127040Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMetagenomic insights into the influence of soil microbiome on greenhouse gas emissions from paddy fields under varying irrigation and fertilisation regimes
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 393, 127129Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127129
Persistent vegetation greening trends across China’s wetlands
Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 6, 624Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessing the Sustainability of Miscanthus and Willow as Global Bioenergy Crops: Current and Future Climate Conditions (Part 2)
Agronomy, vol. 15, no. 6, 1491Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOptimizing biochar application rate and predicting of climate change impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions in paddy systems using DNDC-BC model
Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, vol. 364, 110461Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2025.110461
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Assessing the Sustainability of Miscanthus and Willow as Global Bioenergy Crops: Current and Future Climate Conditions (Part 1)
Agronomy, vol. 14, no. 12, 3020Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy14123020
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Assessing the Sustainability of Miscanthus and Willow as Global Bioenergy Crops Under Current and Future Climate Conditions- 1
Working Papers: Preprint Papers- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202411.1409.v1
A systematic analysis and review of soil organic carbon stocks in urban greenspaces
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 948, 174788Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIntensified river salinization alters nitrogen-cycling microbial communities in arid and semi-arid regions of China
Eco-Environment and Health, vol. 3, no. 3, pp. 271-280Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eehl.2024.02.001
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On the adjusted N2O emission factor in dry subhumid, semiarid, and arid regions
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 7, e17402Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17402
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Towards an integrated view on microbial CH4, N2O and N2 cycles in brackish coastal marsh soils: a comparative analysis of two sites
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 918, 170641Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGlobal cropland nitrous oxide emissions in fallow period are comparable to growing-season emissions
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, e17165Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17165
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Unveiling Innovations in Grasslands Productivity and Sustainability
Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 10, 2537Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvaluation of the ECOSSE Model for Estimating Soil Respiration from Eight European Permanent Grassland Sites
Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 7, 1734Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSimulating soil salinity dynamics, cotton yield and evapotranspiration under drip irrigation by ensemble machine learning
Frontiers in plant science, vol. 14, 1143462Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2023.1143462
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The role of grassland for erosion and flood mitigation in Europe: A meta-analysis
Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, vol. 348, 108443Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2023.108443
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An Overview of Permanent Grassland Grazing Management Practices and the Impacts on Principal Soil Quality Indicators
Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 5, 1366Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDevelopment of DNDC-BC model to estimate greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddy fields under combination of biochar and controlled irrigation management.
Geoderma, vol. 433, 116450Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredicting Long-Term Effects of Alternative Management Practices in Conventional and Organic Agricultural Systems on Soil Carbon Stocks Using the DayCent Model
Agronomy, vol. 13, no. 4, 1093Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModelling methane emissions and grain yields for a double-rice system in Southern China with DAYCENT and DNDC models
Geoderma, vol. 431, 116364Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFactsheet: Liming grassland soils
Super-G. 3 pagesBooks and Reports: Other ReportsPredicted Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Climate × Management Interactions in Temperate Grassland
Agronomy, vol. 12, no. 12, 3055Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12123055
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Agroecology – a Rapid Evidence Review: Report prepared for the Committee on Climate Change
University of Aberdeen. 89 pagesBooks and Reports: Commissioned ReportsSoil Carbon Sequestration and Biochar
Greenhouse Gas Removal Technologies. Bui, M., Mac Dowell, N. (eds.). Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 194 - 243Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] Link to publication
Impacts of crop type, management and soil quality indicators on background nitrous oxide emissions (BNE) from Chinese croplands: a quantitative review and analysis
Environmental Science: Atmospheres, vol. 2022, no. 2, pp. 563-573Contributions to Journals: Articles