Dr Marta Dondini

Dr Marta Dondini
Dr Marta Dondini
Dr Marta Dondini

Lecturer

Accepting PhDs

About
Email Address
marta.dondini@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 272904
Office Address

Institute of Biological and Environmental Sciences
School of Biological Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Room G43
23 St Machar Drive
Aberdeen
AB24 3UU

School/Department
School of Biological Sciences

Biography

After obtaining a PhD at the Trinity College of Dublin with a thesis on the potential of bioenergy crop Miscanthus to sequester carbon in the soil, I joined the Environmental Modelling Group at the University of Aberdeen as a Post-doctoral Researcher. My research interests involve investigating how carbon storage in soils will be altered by land use change to bioenergy plantations and in partitioning soil into fractionations that match theoretical pools in soil C models.

My main areas of expertise are in modelling greenhouse gas / carbon mitigation and mechanisms regulating soil carbon sequestration.

Research

Research Areas

Accepting PhDs

I am currently accepting PhDs in Biological and Environmental Sciences.


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Biological and Environmental Sciences

Accepting PhDs

Research Specialisms

  • Soil Science
  • Land Management
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Climate Change

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.

Publications

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  • Interactive effects of microbial functional diversity and carbon availability on decomposition: A theoretical exploration

    Khurana, S., Abramoff, R., Bruni, E., Dondini, M., Tupek, B., Guenet, B., Lehtonen, A., Manzoni, S.
    Ecological Modelling, vol. 486, 110507
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • How does management affect soil C sequestration and greenhouse gas fluxes in boreal and temperate forests?: A review

    Makipaa, R., Abramoff, R., Adamczyk, B., Baldy, V., Biryol, C., Bosela, M., Casals, P., Yuste, J. C., Dondini, M., Filipek, S., Garcia-Pausas, J., Gros, R., Gomoryova, E., Hashimoto, S., Hassegawa, M., Immonen, P., Laiho, R., Li, H., Li, Q., Luyssaert, S., Menival, C., Mori, T., Naudts, K., Santonja, M., Smolander, A., Toriyama, J., Tupek, B., Ubeda, X., Verkerk, P. J., Lehtonen, A.
    Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 529, 120637
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Environmental Issues: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Vetter, S., Nayak, D., McBey, D., Dondini, M., Kuhnert, M., Oyesiku-Blakemore, J.
    Sustainable Food Science: A Comprehensive Approach. Ferranti, P. (ed.). Elsevier, pp. 216-248
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)
  • Management-induced changes in soil organic carbon on global croplands

    Karstens, K., Bodirsky, B. L., Dietrich, J. P., Dondini, M., Heinke, J., Kuhnert, M., Mueller, C., Rolinski, S., Smith, P., Weindl, I., Lotze-Campen, H., Popp, A.
    Biogeosciences, vol. 19, no. 21, pp. 5125-5149
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Soil Science Challenges in a New Era: A Transdisciplinary Overview of Relevant Topics

    Rodrigo-Comino, J., López-Vicente, M., Kumar, V., Rodríguez-Seijo, A., Valkó, O., Rojas, C., Pourghasemi, H. R., Salvati, L., Bakr, N., Vaudour, E., Brevik, E. C., Radziemska, M., Pulido, M., Di Prima, S., Dondini, M., de Vries, W., Santos, E. S., Mendonça-Santos, M. d. L., Yu, Y., Panagos, P.
    Air, Soil and Water Research, vol. 13
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles
  • Changes in soil organic carbon under perennial crops

    Ledo, A., Smith, P., Zerihun, A., Whitaker, J., Vicente-Vicente, J. L., Qin, Z., McNamara, N. P., Zinn, Y. L., Llorente, M., Liebig, M., Kuhnert, M., Dondini, M., Don, A., Diaz-Pines, E., Datta, A., Bakka, H., Aguilera, E., Hillier, J.
    Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 7, pp. 4158-4168
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Characterising the biophysical, economic and social impacts of soil carbon sequestration as a greenhouse gas removal technology

    Sykes, A. J., MacLeod, M., Eory, V., Rees, R. M., Payen, F., Myrgiotis, V., Williams, M., Sohi, S., Hillier, J., Moran, D., Manning, D. A. C., Goglio, P., Seghetta, M., Williams, A., Harris, J., Dondini, M., Walton, J., House, J., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 1085-1108
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Towards more predictive and interdisciplinary climate change ecosystem experiments

    Rineau, F., Malina, R., Beenaerts, N., Arnauts, N., Bardgett, R. D., Berg, M. P., Boerema, A., Bruckers, L., Clerinx, J., Davin, E. L., De Boeck, H. J., De Dobbelaer, T., Dondini, M., De Laender, F., Ellers, J., Franken, O., Gilbert, L., Gudmundsson, L., Janssens, I. A., Johnson, D., Lizin, S., Longdoz, B., Meire, P., Meremans, D., Milbau, A., Moretti, M., Nijs, I., Nobel, A., Pop, I. S., Puetz, T., Reyns, W., Roy, J., Schuetz, J., Seneviratne, S. I., Smith, P., Solmi, F., Staes, J., Thiery, W., Thijs, S., Vanderkelen, I., Van Landuyt, W., Verbruggen, E., Witters, N., Zscheischler, J., Vangronsveld, J.
    Nature Climate Change, vol. 9, pp. 809-816
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Measured and modelled effect of land‐use change from temperate grassland to Miscanthus on soil carbon stocks after 12 years

    Holder, A. J., Clifton-Brown, J., Rowe, R., Robson, P., Elias, D., Dondini, M., McNamara, N. P., Donnison, I. S., McCalmont, J. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 11, no. 10, pp. 1173-1186
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • A global, empirical, harmonised dataset of soil organic carbon changes under perennial crops

    Ledo, A., Hillier, J., Smith, P., Aguilera, E., Blagodatskiy, S., Brearley, F. Q., Datta, A., Diaz-Pines, E., Don, A., Dondini, M., Dunn, J., Feliciano, D., Lang, R., Liebig, M. A., Llorente, M., Zinn, Y. L., McNamara, N., Ogle, S. M., Qin, Z., Rovira, P., Rowe, R., Vicente-Vicente, J. L., Whitaker, J., Yue, Q., Zerihun, A.
    Scientific Data, vol. 6, 57
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Using plant, microbe and soil fauna traits to improve the predictive power of biogeochemical models

    Fry, E. L., De Long, J. R., ÁlvarezGarrido, L., Alvarez, N., Carrillo, Y., Castañeda-Gómez, L., Chomel, M., Dondini, M., Drake, J. E., Hasegawa, S., Hortal, S., Jackson, B. G., Jiang, M., Lavallee, J. M., Medlyn, B. M., Rhymes, J., Singh, B. K., Smith, P., Anderson, I. C., Bardgett, R. D., Baggs, E. M., Johnson, D.
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 146-157
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Projecting soil under future climate and land use scenarios (Modelling)

    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)
  • Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Equilibrium and Model Initialisation Methods: an Application to the Rothamsted Carbon (RothC) Model

    Nemo, , Klumpp, K., Coleman, K., Dondini, M., Goulding, K., Hastings, A., Jones, M. B., Leifeld, J., Osborne, B., Saunders, M., Scott, T., Teh, Y. A., Smith, P.
    Environmental Modeling & Assessment, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 215-229
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Evaluation of the ECOSSE model to predict heterotrophic soil respiration by direct measurements

    Dondini, M., Alberti, G., Delle Vedove, G., Ventura, M., Tonon, G., Viger, M., Harris, Z. M., Jenkins, J. R., Richards, M., Pogson, M., Taylor, G., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 384–393
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • High-resolution spatial modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from land-use change to energy crops in the United Kingdom

    Richards, M., Pogson, M., Dondini, M., Jones, E. O., Hastings, A., Henner, D. N., Tallis, M. J., Casella, E., Matthews, R. W., Henshall, P. A., Milner, S., Taylor, G., McNamara, N. P., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 627–644
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Initial soil C and land-use history determine soil C sequestration under perennial bioenergy crops

    Rowe, R. L., Keith, A. M., Elias, D., Dondini, M., Smith, P., Oxley, J., McNamara, N. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 1046-1060
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • ELUM: a spatial modelling tool to predict soil greenhouse gas changes from land conversion to bioenergy in the UK

    Pogson, M., Richards, M., Dondini, M., Jones, E. O., Hastings, A., Smith, P.
    Environmental Modelling and Software, vol. 84, pp. 458-466
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Simulation of greenhouse gases following land-use change to bioenergy crops using the ECOSSE model: a comparison between site measurements and model predictions

    Dondini, M., Richards, M. I. A., Pogson, M., McCalmont, J., Drewer, J., Marshall, R., Morrison, R., Yamulki, S., Harris, Z. M., Alberti, G., Siebicke, L., Taylor, G., Perks, M., Finch, J., McNamara, N. P., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 5, pp. 925-940
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Evaluation of the ECOSSE model for simulating soil organic carbon under Miscanthus and short rotation coppice-willow crops in Britain

    Dondini, M., Richards, M., Pogson, M., Jones, E. O., Rowe, R. L., Keith, A. M., McNamara, N. P., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 790-804
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Mathematical Modeling of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agriculture for Different End Users

    Hillier, J., Abdalla, M., Bellarby, J., Albanito, F., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Hallett, P., Hastings, A., Jones, E., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D., Pogson, M., Richards, M., Smith, J., Vetter, S., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P.
    Synthesis and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon storage in agricultural and forest systems to guide mitigation and adaptation. Del Grosso, S., Parton, W., Ahuja, L. (eds.). American Society of Agronomy, pp. 197-227, 31 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
  • Evaluation of the ECOSSE model for simulating soil carbon under short rotation forestry energy crops in Britain

    Dondini, M., Jones, E. O., Richards, M. L. A., Pogson, M. A., Rowe, R., Keith, A., Perks, M., McNamara, N., Smith, J. U., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 527–540
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Implications of land-use change to Short Rotation Forestry in Great Britain for soil and biomass carbon

    Keith, A. M., Rowe, R. L., Parmar, K., Perks, M. P., Mackie, E., Dondini, M., McNamara, N. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 541–552
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Modelling the carbon cycle of Miscanthus plantations: Existing models and the potential for their improvement

    Robertson, A. D., Davies, C. A., Smith, P., Dondini, M., Mcnamara, N. P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 405–421
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Book review: "Soil Carbon"

    Dondini, M.
    European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 254
    Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews
  • Research Spotlight: The ELUM project: Ecosystem Land-Use Modeling and Soil Carbon GHG Flux Trial

    Harris, Z., McNamara, N., Rowe, R., Dondini, M., Finch, J., Perks, M., Morison, J., Donnison, I., Farrar, K., Sohi, S., Ineson, P., Oxley, J., Smith, P., Taylor, G.
    Biofuels, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 111-116
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Assessing the impacts of the establishment of Miscanthus on soil organic carbon on two contrasting land-use types in Ireland

    Zimmermann, J., Dondini, M., Jones, M. B.
    European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 747-756
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Reproducibility of a soil organic carbon fractionation method to derive RothC carbon pools

    Poeplau, C., Don, A., Dondini, M., Leifeld, J., Nemo, R., Schumacher, J., Senapati, N., Wiesmeier, M.
    European Journal of Soil Science, vol. 64, no. 6, pp. 735-746
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Attributing greenhouse gas emissions associated with land use and land use change to direct and indirect human and natural drivers: a modelling study to estimate their relative importance

    Hastings, A. F. S. J., Fuchs, R., Abdalla, M., Bell, M. J., Blagodatsky, S., Nemoto, R., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Jones, E. O., Klumpp, K., Richards, M. L. A., Kuhnert, M., Yeluripati, J., Smith, P.
    European Geosciences Union
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
  • Systems approaches in global change and biogeochemistry research

    Smith, P., Albanito, F., Bell, M. J., Bellarby, J., Blagodatsky, S., Datta, A., Dondini, M., Fitton, N., Flynn, H., Hastings, A. F. S. J., Hillier, J., Jones, E. O., Kuhnert, M., Nayak, D. R., Pogson, M., Richards, M. L., Sozanska-Stanton, G., Wang, S., Yeluripati, J. B., Bottoms, E., Brown, C., Farmer, J., Feliciano, D. M. S., Hao, C., Robertson, A., Vetter, S., Wong, H. M., Smith, J. U.
    Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 367, no. 1586, pp. 311-321
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • The potential of Miscanthus to sequester carbon in soils: comparing field measurements in Carlow, Ireland to model predictions

    Dondini, M., Hastings, A., Saiz, G., Jones, M. B., Smith, P.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 413-425
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
  • Carbon sequestration under Miscanthus: a study of 13C distribution in soil aggregates

    Dondini, M., Van Groenigen, K., Del Galdo, I., Jones, M.
    Global Change Biology. Bioenergy, vol. 1, no. 5, pp. 321–330
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

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