Prof Iain Donnison

PhD

Prof Iain Donnison

Professor

Head of Department - Biological Environmental and Rural Sciences

IBERS

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Professor Iain Donnison is head of the Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences (IBERS). He is a plant and environmental scientist with expertise in temperate and tropical grasses. His work focuses on environmental stress, and strategies for adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change. He is co-ordinator of the BBSRC Core Strategic Programme in Resilient  Crops, Director of the pan Wales BEACON Biorefining Centre, Topic Lead for Resources in the UKRI Supergen Bioenergy Hub, and leads the UKRI Perennial Biomass Crops for Greenhouse Gas Removal Demonstrator. He is committed to work with industry and policymakers so that academic research is translated to deliver social, economic and environmental benefits. He was a member of the Committee for Climate Change (CCC) advisory groups for reports on Biomass in a low carbon economy (2018) and Land Use (2020), and is a member of the NFU’s academic advisory group on Net Zero.

Research Groups

  • Conservation and management of natural resources
  • Industrial Crops

Publications

Thornton, JM, Rowan, B, Mos, M & Donnison, IS 2025, 'Construction and As-Built Performance of a Miscanthus Straw Bale House', Buildings, vol. 15, no. 17, 3075. 10.2139/ssrn.5211742, 10.3390/buildings15173075
Donnison, I, Farrar, K, Kingston-Smith, A, Gallagher, J, Robson, P, Marley, C, Howarth, C, Lloyd, D, Fraser, M, Adams, J, Bryant, D, Yadav, R, Spittle, MJ, Thornton, J, Davies, S (ed.) & Cole, A (ed.) 2025, Innovations for a Changing World: IBERS Impact Case Studies. Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University. 10.20391/e88e4cc9-0080-4e08-959b-32a02ca2cd79
Donnison, I & Hodgson, E 2024, Bioscience for a Better Tomorrow. Prifysgol Aberystwyth | Aberystwyth University. 10.20391/a9003ad4-fb77-4b05-b1af-ee195bd233e3
Hodgson, EM, McCalmont, J, Rowe, R, Whitaker, J, Holder, A, Clifton‐Brown, JC, Thornton, J, Hastings, A, Robson, PRH, Webster, RJ, Farrar, K & Donnison, IS 2024, 'Upscaling miscanthus production in the United Kingdom: The benefits, challenges, and trade-offs', GCB Bioenergy, vol. 16, no. 8, e13177. 10.1111/gcbb.13177
Clifton-Brown, J, Hastings, A, von Cossel, M, Murphy-Bokern, D, McCalmont, J, Whitaker, J, Alexopoulou, E, Amaducci, S, Andronic, L, Ashman, C, Awty-Carroll, D, Bhatia, R, Breuer, L, Cosentino, S, Cracroft-Eley, W, Donnison, I, Elbersen, B, Ferrarini, A, Ford, J, Gattinger, A, Golicz, K, Greef, J, Ingram, J, Jensen, E, Kuhn, U, Lewandowski, I, Magenau, E, Mos, M, Meyer, H, Kasperczyk, N, Petrick, M, Pogrzeba, M, Pude, R, Robson, P, Retzler, C, Rowe, RL, Sandu, A, Alexander, Schmitt, A, Schwarz, KU, Scordia, D, Scurlock, J, Shepherd, A, Thornton, J, Trindade, LM, Vetter, S, Wagner, M, Yamada, T & Kiese, A 2023, Building the Policy Ecosystem in Europe for Cultivation and use of Perennial Biomass Crops. in European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings. European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Proceedings, pp. 352-362, 31st European Biomass Conference and Exhibition, EUBCE 2023, Bologna, Italy, 05 Jun 2023.
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