Advanced Research Fellow
- About
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- Email Address
- matthias.kuhnert@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Dr. Matthias Kuhnert Biological and Environmental Sciences, School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen, 23 St Machar Drive, Room G43 Aberdeen AB24 3UU Scotland, UK
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
since 2010 Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences of the University of Aberdeen (Scotland)
2007 - 2010 Institute of Hydrology and Meteorology of the Technische Universitaet Dresden (Germany)
2003 - 2006 GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (Germany)
2002 Visiting scholar at the Institute of Ecological Economics at the University of Maryland (USA)
1994 - 1997 Biological Technician at the Max-Planck-Institute of Experimental Medicine in Goettingen (Germany)
- Research
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Research Overview
The research focus is environmental modelling, with the focus on greenhouse gas emissions and soil organic carbon. Especially, croplands and potential mitigation options for climate change were part of recent research. Here negative emissions (carbon sequestration to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere) are of major interest.
Alongside carbon sequestration strategies, carbon accounting including the measuring, reporting and verification (MRV) of soil organic carbon changes is of special interest. MRV systems provide data for soil organic carbon changes, which are required for carbon certificate trading, legal obligations or subsidies. My actual work shows also a strong focus on developing applicable MRV systems, which are crucial to implement mitigation strategies.
As an environmental modeller, I use a wide range of different models. In my actual work and mainly use the biogeochemical models DAYCENT and ECOSSE. The actual focus of my modelling work is on European agriculture and rice systems.
Key words: MRV systems, Map Comparison, Soil-Vegetation-Atmosphere-Transfer, phenology, ecological modelling, soil erosion, water repellent soils, nitrogen Emissions, scale effects, extreme events, GHG emissions, soil organic carbon, SOC modelling, decomposition, croplands, agriculture, climate neutral, sustainable farming, organic farming
Current Research
ClieNFarms: https://www.inrae.fr/en/news/more-climate-neutral-and-climate-resilient-farms-across-europe
VERIFY: http://verify.lsce.ipsl.fr/
Past Research
CIRCASA: https://www.circasa-project.eu/
U-GRASS: https://www.soilsecurity.org/u-grass/
MACSUR: http://macsur.eu/
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
SBS Master projects
Honours Essay Course (BI4517)
Part of the "Catchment Management Course" (EK5511) lecture series: Introduction to hydrological Modelling (this includes a lecture, a practical exercise and a tutorial)
Part of the "Ecology and Environmental Science" (BI1511) lecture series: Interconnectivity, Biogeochemistry 1 + 2, Climate Change and Mitigation
Supervision of 3 PhD students.
- Publications
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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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Biological Carbon Sequestration Technologies
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Entries for Encyclopedias and Dictionaries- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-90386-8.00041-3
Global cropland nitrous oxide emissions in fallow period are comparable to growing-season emissions
Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 2, e17165Contributions to Journals: ArticlesModeling Denitrification: Can We Report What We Don't Know?
AGU Advances, vol. 4, no. 6, e2023AV000990Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesTowards a farmer-feasible soil health assessment that is globally applicable
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 345, 118582Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe consolidated European synthesis of CO2 emissions and removals for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2020
Earth System Science Data, vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 4295-4370Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSoil organic carbon stocks potentially at risk of decline with organic farming expansion
Nature Climate Change, vol. 13, pp. 719-725Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEnvironmental Issues: Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Sustainable Food Science: A Comprehensive Approach. Ferranti, P. (ed.). Elsevier, pp. 216-248, 33 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-823960-5.00043-3
The consolidated European synthesis of CH4 and N2O emissions for the European Union and United Kingdom: 1990-2019
Earth System Science Data, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 1197-1268Contributions 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: Articles