Dr Mohamed Abdalla

Dr Mohamed Abdalla

Advanced Research Fellow

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

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:

Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Scottish Agriculture: Implications for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation.
Optimizing Winter Cereal Crop Efficiency and Water Conservation in Scotland's Ever-Changing Climate.
Enhancing Waste Management and Recycling Systems through Machine Learning.

Publications

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Does liming grasslands increase biomass production without causing negative impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?
2022 - Published
Abdalla, M., Zavattaro, L., Lellei-Kovacs, E., Espenberg, M., Mander, U., Smith, K., Thorman, R., Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, C., Schils, R., Ten Berge, H., Newell-Price, P., Smith, P.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] https://www.super-g.eu/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/here-14.pdf
- [ONLINE] Book of Proceedings
- [ONLINE] Conference Posters
Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality
2022 - Published
Schils, R. L., Bufe, C., Rhymer, C. M., Francksen, R. M., Klaus, V. H., Abdalla, M., Milazzo, F., Lellei-Kovács, E., Berge, H. t., Bertora, C., Chodkiewicz, A., Dǎmǎtîrcǎ, C., Feigenwinter, I., Fernández-Rebollo, P., Ghiasi, S., Hejduk, S., Hiron, M., Janicka, M., Pellaton, R., Smith, K. E., Thorman, R., Vanwalleghem, T., Williams, J., Zavattaro, L., Kampen, J., Derkx, R., Smith, P., Whittingham, M. J., Buchmann, N., Price, J. P. N.
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 330, 107891
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2022.107891
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/deb1a6b9-8ef8-4aa4-b057-b463a2d8dc4b/download
Does liming grasslands increase biomass productivity without causing detrimental impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?
2022 - Published
Abdalla, M., Espenberg, M., Zavattaro, L., Lellei-Kovacs, E., Mander, U., Smith, K., Thorman, R., Damatirca, C., Schils, R., ten-Berge, H., Newell-Price, P., Smith, P.
Environmental Pollution, vol. 300, 118999
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2022.118999
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/09fb53fc-b5ad-4e85-a4bf-211a617a36ef/download
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/0f76708a-6bbc-4697-9619-93619fbd76ce/download
Evaluation of the DNDC Model to Estimate Soil Parameters, Crop Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions for Alternative Long-Term Multi-Cropping Systems in the North China Plain
2022 - Published
Abdalla, M., Song, X., Ju, X., Smith, P.
Agronomy, vol. 12, no. 1, 109
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12010109
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/0084f5e9-ff1c-44ad-b9de-5957571e1c1c/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Can cropland management practices lower net greenhouse emissions without compromising yield?
2021 - Published
Shang, Z., Abdalla, M., Xia, L., Zhou, F., Sun, W., Smith, P.
Global Change Biology, vol. 27, no. 19, pp. 4657-4670
Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15796
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/433abe94-86a7-4c03-bb43-77b88a51a591/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A systematic analysis and review of the impacts of afforestation on soil quality indicators as modified by climate zone, forest type and age
2021 - Published
Guo, Y., Abdalla, M., Espenberg, M., Hastings, A., Hallett, P., Smith, P.
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 757, 143824
Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143824
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/8771d0ec-79bb-43ef-b220-4eb45d9be5fd/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils
2021 - Published
Farina, R., Sándor, R., Abdalla, M., Álvaro-Fuentes, J., Bechini, L., Bolinder, M. A., Brilli, L., Chenu, C., Clivot, H., De Antoni Migliorati, M., Di Bene, C., Dorich, C. D., Ehrhardt, F., Ferchaud, F., Fitton, N., Francaviglia, R., Franko, U., Giltrap, D., Grant, B. B., Guenet, B., Harrison, M. T., Kirschbaum, M. U. F., Kuka, K., Kulmala, L., Liski, J., McGrath, M. J., Meier, E., Menichetti, L., Moyano, F., Nendel, C., Recous, S., Reibold, N., Shepherd, A., Smith, W. N., Smith, P., Soussana, J., Stella, T., Taghizadeh-Toosi, A., Tsutskikh, E., Bellocchi, G.
Global Change Biology, vol. 27, no. 4, pp. 904-928
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15441
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/bd953749-a515-43d0-98b8-84eb423296dd/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Global Research Alliance N₂O chamber methodology guidelines: Summary of modeling approaches
2020 - Published
Giltrap, D., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P., Fitton, N., Smith, W., Grant, B., Dorich, C. D., Deng, J., Topp, C. F. E., Abdalla, M., Liáng, L. L., Snow, V.
Journal of Environmental Quality, vol. 49, no. 5, pp. 1168-1185
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jeq2.20119
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/eff126c6-e5c9-41b6-a8a2-0af825276df9/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Calibration and validation of the DNDC model to estimate nitrous oxide emissions and crop productivity for a summer maize-winter wheat double cropping system in Hebei, China
2020 - Published
Abdalla, M., Song, X., Ju, X., Topp, C. F. E., Smith, P.
Environmental Pollution, vol. 262, pp. 114199
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114199
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6a48574c-a556-45ab-af1d-59bab050582b/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Measurement of N2O emissions over the whole year is necessary for estimating reliable emission factors
2020 - Published
Shang, Z., Abdalla, M., Kuhnert, M., Albanito, F., Zhou, F., Xia, L., Smith, P.
Environmental Pollution, vol. 259, 113864
Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113864
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/c0176303-d2dc-4655-97c2-64f51d31dc20/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
A review of the impacts of land use change, climate zone, forest type and age on soil organic carbon and other soil quality indicators following afforestation
2020 - Published
Guo, Y., Abdalla, M., Espenberg, M., Hastings, A., Hallett, P., Smith, P.
EGU General Assembly 2020
Contributions to Conferences: Abstracts
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7370
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/3a890b8b-048a-4c28-8bfd-3f508231f08c/download
A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity
2019 - Published
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Cheng, K., Yue, Q., Chadwick, D., Espenberg, M., Truu, J., Rees, R. M., Smith, P.
Global Change Biology, vol. 25, no. 8, pp. 2530-2543
Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14644
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/fdbbcc31-79ea-4941-bfab-bde2e493c1a7/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Mendeley
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands in Europe
2019 - Unpublished
Abdalla, M.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
Evaluation of four modelling approaches to estimate nitrous oxide emissions in China's cropland
2019 - Published
Yue, Q., Cheng, K., Ogle, S., Hillier, J., Smith, P., Abdalla, M., Sun, J., Pan, G.
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 652, pp. 1279-1289
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.10.336
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/fcd1256f-5478-413e-8612-08118515c7b1/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Scaling Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the National Level
2019 - Published
Whitfield, M., Abdalla, M., Benanti, G., Burchill, W., Marsh, D., Osborne, B., Roth, B., Saunders, M., Smith, P., Williams, M.
55 pages
Books and Reports: Other Reports
- [ONLINE] https://www.epa.ie/publications/research/climate-change/Research_Report_304.pdf
Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands
2018 - Unpublished
Abdalla, M.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
Meta-analysis of the differences of soil nitrous oxide emission factors between whole years and growing seasons
2018 - Published
Shang, Z., Smith, P., Abdalla, M., Zhou, F.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2018/EGU2018-8368.pdf
Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands
2018 - Published
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Chadwick, D. R., Jones, D. L., Evans, C. D., Jones, M. B., Rees, R. M., Smith, P.
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 253, pp. 62-81
Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2017.10.023
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/69bd1efb-253e-4677-8902-98be71b0944e/download
Projecting soil under future climate and land use scenarios (Modelling)
2018 - Published
Dondini, M., Abdalla, M., Aini, F. K., Albanito, F., Beckert, M. R., Begum, K., Brand, A., Cheng, K., Comeau, L., Jones, E. O., Farmer, J. A., Feliciano, D. M., Fitton, N., Hastings, A., Henner, D. N., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D. R., Oyesikublakemore, J., Phillips, L., Richards, M. I., Tumwesige, V., van Dijk, W. F., Vetter, S. H., Coleman, K., Smith, J., Smith, P.
Soil Carbon Storage: Modulators, Mechanisms and Modeling. Singh, B. K. (ed.). Academic Press, pp. 281-309, 29 pages
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-812766-7.00009-3
Glastir Monitoring Evaluation Programme. Final report
2017 - Published
Emmett, B., Abdalla, M., Anthony, S., Astbury, S., August, T., Barrett, G., Beckmann, B., Biggs, J., Botham, M., Bradley, D., Brown, M., Burden, A., Carter, H., Chadwick, D., Cigna, F., Collier, R., Cooper, D., Cooper, J., Cosby, B., Creer, S., Cross, P., Dadam, D., Edwards, F., Edwards, M., Evans, C., Ewald, N., Fitton, A., Garbutt, A., Giampieri, C., Gooday, R., Grebby, S., Greene, S., Halfpenney, I., Hall, J., Harrison, S., Harrower, C., Henrys, P., Hobson, R., Hughes, P., Hughes, S., Illian, J., Isaac, N., Jackson, B., Jarvis, S., Jones, D., Jones, P., Keith, A., Kelly, M., Kneebone, N., Korenko, J., Lallias, D., Leaver, D., Robinson, I., Malcolm, H., Maskell, L., McDonald, J., Moxley, J., Norton, L., O'Hare, M., Oliver, T., Owen, A., Parkhill, K., Pereira, M., Peyton, J., Pogson, M., Powney, G., Pritchard, N., Prochorskaite, A., Prosser, M., Pywell, R., Rawlins, B., Reuland, O., Richards, M., Robinson, D., Rorke, S., Rowland, C., Roy, D., Scarlett, P., Scholefield, P., Scott, A., Scott, L., Scott, R., Sharps, K., Siriwardena, G., Smart, S., Smith, G., Smith, P., Stopps, J., Swetnam, R., Taft, H., Taylor, R., Tebbs, E., Thomas, A., Todd-Jones, C., Tordoff, G., Turner, G., Breda, J. V., Vincent, H., Wagner, M., Waters, E., Walker-Springett, K., Wallace, H., Watkins, J., Webb, G., White, J., Whitworth, E., Williams, B., Williams, P., Wood, C., Wright, S.
Bangor, UK: NERC/Centre for Ecology Hydrology
Books and Reports: Other Reports
- [ONLINE] http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/518194/
C-MIP: An international model inter-comparison simulating organic carbon dynamics in bare fallow soils
2017 - Published
Farina, R., Ehrhardt, F., Bellocchi, G., Chenu, C., Soussana, J., Blauer, M., Abdalla, M., Brilli, L., Chakrabarti, B., Clivot, H., de Antoni, M., Di Bene, C., Dorich, C. D., Ferchaud, F., Fitton, N., Francaviglia, R., Franko, U., Grant, B., Guenet, B., Harrison, M. T., Kirschbaum, M., Kuka, K., Lehtonen, A., Martin, R., Meier, E. A., Menichetti, L., Mula, L., Nendel, C., Rolinski, S., Sharp, J., Shepherd, A., Smith, W. N., Snow, V., Taghizadeh-Toosi, A., Tsutskikh, E., Zhang, Q., Recous, S.
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings
- [ONLINE] https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-01608877
Estimating the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on the greenhouse gas balance of soils in Wales under current and future climate
2016 - Published
Abdalla, M., Richards, M., Pogson, M., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
Regional Environmental Change, vol. 16, no. 8, pp. 2357-2368
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-016-0958-7
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/cb144de4-1cb6-4ea2-bbfa-d31609391e24/download
Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options
2016 - Published
Abdalla, M., Hastings, A., Truu, J., Espenberg, M., Mander, ?., Smith, P.
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 19, pp. 7080–7102
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.2469
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/75ef2e40-4848-4011-a3f7-7ac3134b84f2/download
- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Evaluation of Parametric Limitations in Simulating Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Irish Arable Soils Using Three Process-Based Models
2016 - Published
Khalil, M. I., Abdalla, M., Lanigan, G., Osborne, B., Müller, C.
Agricultural Sciences, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 503-520
Contributions to Journals: Articles
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.4236/as.2016.78051
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/bd6df446-a3db-40fc-894b-bba1397da9f2/download
Climate and soil functions: impacts on Soil processes and properties and future implications in the UK – a review
2016 - Published
Abdalla, M., Smith, P.
Contributions to Conferences: Papers
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/d75baf41-35ca-4a8a-809c-de6584ef0893/download

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Does liming grasslands increase biomass production without causing negative impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?

Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality

Does liming grasslands increase biomass productivity without causing detrimental impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?

Evaluation of the DNDC Model to Estimate Soil Parameters, Crop Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions for Alternative Long-Term Multi-Cropping Systems in the North China Plain

Can cropland management practices lower net greenhouse emissions without compromising yield?

A systematic analysis and review of the impacts of afforestation on soil quality indicators as modified by climate zone, forest type and age

Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils

Global Research Alliance N₂O chamber methodology guidelines: Summary of modeling approaches

Calibration and validation of the DNDC model to estimate nitrous oxide emissions and crop productivity for a summer maize-winter wheat double cropping system in Hebei, China

Measurement of N2O emissions over the whole year is necessary for estimating reliable emission factors

A review of the impacts of land use change, climate zone, forest type and age on soil organic carbon and other soil quality indicators following afforestation

A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity

Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands in Europe

Evaluation of four modelling approaches to estimate nitrous oxide emissions in China's cropland

Scaling Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the National Level

Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands

Meta-analysis of the differences of soil nitrous oxide emission factors between whole years and growing seasons

Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands

Projecting soil under future climate and land use scenarios (Modelling)

Glastir Monitoring Evaluation Programme. Final report

C-MIP: An international model inter-comparison simulating organic carbon dynamics in bare fallow soils

Estimating the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on the greenhouse gas balance of soils in Wales under current and future climate

Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options

Evaluation of Parametric Limitations in Simulating Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Irish Arable Soils Using Three Process-Based Models

Climate and soil functions: impacts on Soil processes and properties and future implications in the UK – a review

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Does liming grasslands increase biomass production without causing negative impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?

Permanent grasslands in Europe: Land use change and intensification decrease their multifunctionality

Does liming grasslands increase biomass productivity without causing detrimental impacts on net greenhouse gas emissions?

Evaluation of the DNDC Model to Estimate Soil Parameters, Crop Yield and Nitrous Oxide Emissions for Alternative Long-Term Multi-Cropping Systems in the North China Plain

Can cropland management practices lower net greenhouse emissions without compromising yield?

A systematic analysis and review of the impacts of afforestation on soil quality indicators as modified by climate zone, forest type and age

Ensemble modelling, uncertainty and robust predictions of organic carbon in long-term bare-fallow soils

Global Research Alliance N2O chamber methodology guidelines: Summary of modeling approaches

Calibration and validation of the DNDC model to estimate nitrous oxide emissions and crop productivity for a summer maize-winter wheat double cropping system in Hebei, China

Measurement of N2O emissions over the whole year is necessary for estimating reliable emission factors

A review of the impacts of land use change, climate zone, forest type and age on soil organic carbon and other soil quality indicators following afforestation

A critical review of the impacts of cover crops on nitrogen leaching, net greenhouse gas balance and crop productivity

Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands in Europe

Evaluation of four modelling approaches to estimate nitrous oxide emissions in China's cropland

Scaling Soil Greenhouse Gas Emissions to the National Level

Carbon storage and greenhouse gas emissions of permanent grasslands

Meta-analysis of the differences of soil nitrous oxide emission factors between whole years and growing seasons

Critical review of the impacts of grazing intensity on soil organic carbon storage and other soil quality indicators in extensively managed grasslands

Projecting soil under future climate and land use scenarios (Modelling)

Glastir Monitoring Evaluation Programme. Final report

C-MIP: An international model inter-comparison simulating organic carbon dynamics in bare fallow soils

Estimating the effect of nitrogen fertilizer on the greenhouse gas balance of soils in Wales under current and future climate

Emissions of methane from northern peatlands: a review of management impacts and implications for future management options

Evaluation of Parametric Limitations in Simulating Greenhouse Gas Fluxes from Irish Arable Soils Using Three Process-Based Models

Climate and soil functions: impacts on Soil processes and properties and future implications in the UK – a review

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