Research
My current research interests focus on interactions between terrestrial ecosystems and the global atmosphere, with a particular focus on soils and their role in global carbon and nitrogen cycling, to understand how the ecology of ecosystems may be shifting in response to global climate change. This work has been conducted across many varied temperate and tropical ecosystems and has contributed directly to a number of international collaborative projects including the, NitroEurope-IP, GHG-Europe, SmartSoil, MACSUR and networks. Like Global Research Alliance in Agriculture Greenhouse gas emissions (GRA), FACE-JPI etc.
Current research focuses on:
- modelling soil carbon and nitrogen biogeochemistry
- greenhouse gas fluxes from terrestrial ecosystems
- climate change impacts and adaptation in agriculture,
- sustainability of ecosystem services under changing climate
- land use change and food security.
Current responsibilities:
External project funding
- [2012-15] DEFRA project entitled “Global Research Alliance Modelling Platform” (GRAMP). (2012-2016). Grant money: £489,000, Hutton value: £30,000
- [2014-15] ClimateXChange project entitled “Priorities for extending the Peatland Carbon Calculator, Grant money: £ 42,000
- [2015-17] FACCE JPI , Modelling European agriculture with climate change for food security. Hutton value: £8,688
- [2016] Scottish Water, Feasibility study on a willow wetland treatment system for Orkney. Matthews (R), Yeluripati.; Hutton value £3,027
- [2018-] ClimateXChange project entitled “Payment for carbon sequestration in soils”, Grant money £ 30,000
- [2017 – 21] Norwegian Research Council funded project entitled “Climate Smart use of Norwegian organic soils (MYR) “Hutton value: £ 270,000
- [2019-21] Optimization of C and N cycles between livestock and cropping systems and predict GHG emissions using the DNDC model in the Brazilian savannah, CONFAP – THE UK ACADEMIES , Hutton value : £3000
- [2019-22] Biochar to Address Air Pollution, Climate Change, Food Security and Farmers’ Income, GCRF, Hutton value : £1600
- [2021-2024] Indicators for successful carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation by rewetting cultivated peat soils (INSURE), EJP soils, Hutton value: £50,000
- [2020-2022] NERC – Dynamic monitoring, reporting and verification for implementing negative emission strategies in managed ecosystems (RETINA); Grant money: £1.03 million
- [2020-2022] First purpose-built UK tall tower for greenhouse gas research; Grant money: £990,000
- [2022-2025] ERA-NET, Synergies in integrated systems: Improving resource use eciency while mitigating GHG emissions through well-informed decisions about Circularity; Grant value: £1.33 million euros
Current Postdocs :
Current PhD students :
- RUJUTA NALAVADE (University of Aberdeen, 2020-Present) The potential impact of Zero Budget Natural Farming in India on food availability, poverty alleviation and soil degradation
- Jake Witherington (University of Highlands and Islands, 2021 – present) Modelling eco-hydrological feedbacks and resilience in blanket bogs undergoing restoration in the context of climate change
Graduated PhD and MSc Students:
- Khadiza Begum (Aberdeen University, 2018) Assessing the sensitivity of soil carbon dynamics to land management using ecosystem models
- Fortune Gomo (University of Dundee, 2019) Supporting better decisions across the nexus of water-energy-food challenges
- Valeria Mazzola (University of Aberdeen, 2021) Carbon and greenhouse gas implications of integrated energy security and climate change mitigation options for Scotland
- Julia Peraldi (University of Aberdeen, 2016, MSc dissertation) Assessing the carbon balance of windfarms in Scotland
Publications
The following Publications have not yet been migrated to the James Hutton Institute's Pure service and relate to the research outputs from the two legacy organisations: The Macaulay Land Use Research Institute and The Scottish Crop Research Institute.
Journals
Prior to appointment
- Van Oijen, M.; Cameron, D.R.; Butterbach-Bahl, K.; Farahbakhshazad, N.; Jansson, P-E.; Kiese, R.; Rahn, K-H.; Werner, C.; Yeluripati, J.B. (2011) A Bayesian framework for model calibration, comparison and analysis: application to four models for the biogeochemistry of a Norway spruce forest., Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 151, 1609-1621.
- Wang, Z.; Grant, R.F.; Arain, M.A.; Chen, B.N.; Coops, N.; Hember, R.; Kurz, W.A.; Price, D.T.; Stinson, G.; Trofymow, J.A.; Yeluripati, J.; Chen, Z. (2011) Evaluating weather effects on interannual variation in net ecosystem productivity of a coastal temperate forest landscape: a model intercomparison., Ecological Modelling, 222, 3236-3249.
- Koga, N.; Smith, P.; Yeluripati, J.B.; Shirato, Y.; Kimura, S.D.; Nemoto, M. (2011) Estimating net primary production and annual plant carbon inputs, and modelling future changes in soil carbon stocks in arable farmlands of northern Japan., Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 144, 51-60.
- Chiti, T.; Papale, D.; Smith, P.; Dalmonech, D.; Matteucci, G.; Yeluripati, J.; Rodeghiero, M.; Valentini, R. (2010) Predicting changes in soil organic carbon in Mediterranean and alpine forests during the Kyoto Protocol commitment periods using the CENTURY model., Soil Use and Management, 26, 475-484.
- Abdalla, M.; Jones, M.; Yeluripati, J.; Smith, P.; Burke, J.; Williams, M. (2010) Testing DayCent and DNDC model simulations of N2O fluxes and assessing the impacts of climate change on the gas flux and biomass production from a humid pasture., Atmospheric Environment, 44, 2961-2970.
- Smith, P.; Lanigan, G.; Kutsch, W.L.; Buchmann, N.; Eugster, W.; Aubinet, M.; Ceschia, E.; Beziat, P.; Yeluripati, J.B.; Osborne, B.; Moors, E.J.; Brut, A.; Wattenbach, M.; Saunders, M.; Jones, M. (2010) Measurements necessary for assessing the net ecosystem carbon budget of croplands., Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment, 139, 302-315.
- Yeluripati, J.B.; van Oijen, M.; Wattenbach, M.; Neftel, A.; Ammann, A.; Parton, W.J.; Smith, P. (2009) Bayesian calibration as a tool for initialising the carbon pools of dynamic soil models., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 41, 2579-2583.
- Salas, W.; Boles, S.; Li, C.; Yeluripati, J.B.; Xiao, X.; Frolking, S.; Green, P. (2007) Mapping and modelling of greenhouse gas emissions from rice paddies with satellite radar observations and the DNDC biogeochemical model., Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 17, 319-329.
- Nayak, D. R.; Babu, Y.J.; Datta, A.; Adhya, T.K. (2007) Methane oxidation in an intensively cropped tropical rice field soil under long-term application of organic and mineral fertilizers., Journal of Environmental Quality, 36, 1577-1584.
- Nayak, Dali R.; Babu, Y.J.; Adhya, T.K. (2007) Long-term application of compost influences microbial biomass and enzyme activities in a tropical Aeric Endoaquept planted to rice under flooded condition., Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 39, 1897-1906.
- Nayak, D.R.; Adhya, T.K.; Babu, Y.J.; Datta, A.; Ramakrishnan, B.; Rao, V.R. (2006) Methane emission from a flooded field of eastern India as influenced by planting date and age of rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings., Agriculture Ecosystems and Environment,115, 79-87.
- Frolking, S.; Yeluripati, J.B.; Douglas, E. (2006) New district-level maps of rice cropping in India: a foundation for scientific input into policy assessment., Field Crops Research, 98, 164-177.
- Douglas, E.M.; Niyogi, D.; Frolking, S.; Yeluripati, J.B.; Pielke, R.A.; Niyogi, N.; Voeroesmarty, C.J.; Mohanty, U.C. (2006) Changes in moisture and energy fluxes due to agricultural land use and irrigation in the Indian Monsoon Belt., Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L14403.
- Babu, Y.J.; Nayak, D.R.; Adhya, T.K. (2006) Potassium application reduces methane emission from a flooded field planted to rice., Biology and Fertility of Soils, 42, 532-541.
- Babu, Y.J.; Li, C.; Frolking, S.; Nayak, D.R.; Adhya, T.K. (2006) Field validation of DNDC model for methane and nitrous oxide emissions from rice-based production systems of India., Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems 74, 157-174.
- Xiao, X.; Boles, S.; Frolking, S.; Li, C.; Babu, J.Y.; Salas, W.; Moore III, B. (2006) Mapping paddy rice agriculture in South and Southeast Asia using multi-temporal MODIS images., Remote Sensing of Environment 100, 95 – 113.
- Babu, Y.J.; Li, C.; Frolking, S.; Nayak, D.R.; Datta, A.; Adhya, T.K. (2005) Modelling of methane emissions from rice-based production systems in India with the denitrification and decomposition model: field validation and sensitivity analysis., Current Science, 89, 1904-1912.
