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Profile
| Academic position | Associate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader |
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| Research fields | Soil Sciences,Ecology of Land Use |
| Keywords | Greenhouse & trace gases, Accounting and Mitigation, Climate Change, Agricultural Systems Modelling, Biogeochemistry of C and N Cycles |
| Honours and awards | 2025: ERA-NET Co-Fund ICT-AGRI-FOOD project grant 2023: Research Ireland- Gov. of Ireland - ECRRF project Grant 2023: Science Foundation Ireland BEst Poster Award 2022: ERA-NET Cofunds SusAn, FACCE ERA-GAS, ICT-AGRI-FOOD and SusCrop project grant 2018: UCD Earth Institute Strategic Priority for CRAES 2016: ERA-GAS FACCE project grant 2015: Irish Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship 2009: Irish Environmental Protection Agency Fellowship 2005: The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship 2003: The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellowship 2003: The Royal Society Visiting Fellowship, United Kingdom |
Current contact address
| Country | Ireland |
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| City | Dublin |
| Institution | University College Dublin |
| Institute | School of Biology and Environmental Science |
| Homepage | https://people.ucd.ie/ibrahim.khalil1 |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Urs Schmidhalter | Technische Universität München, Freising |
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| Prof. Dr. Christoph Müller | Institut für Pflanzenökologie, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Gießen |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/10/2003 |
Programme(s)
| 2003 | Georg Forster Research Fellowship Programme |
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Publications (partial selection)
| 2025 | Walkiewicz A, Bulak P, Khalil MI, Osborne B: Assessment of soil CO2, CH4, and N2O fluxes and their drivers, and their contribution to the climate change mitigation potential of forest soils in the Lublin region of Poland. In: European Journal of Forest Research, 144, 2025, 29-52 |
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| 2025 | Sheikh, S. and M.I. Khalil.: Automating Spatial Data Integration for HOLOS-IE: Irish Case Study with Soil and Land Cover. . In: Land (Environmental and Earth Sciences)., https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202507.0992.v1, 2025, |
| 2025 | Gottschalk, P., K. Klumpp, R. Cardinael, E. Ceschia, S. Diop, L. Genesio, M.I. Khalil, B. Krujit, E. Lugato, J.-L. Roujean, P. Sieber and B. Osborne. Reflecting on surface albedo and climate. In: Climate Research , 2025, |
| 2025 | Siddique, M., R. Collier, A. Barry and M. I. Khalil: Stakeholder Perspectives on Current Agri-Environmental Measures and HOLOS-IE Digital Platform Development. . In: MDPI Agronomy, DOI:10.20944/preprints202502.1916.v1, 2025, |
| 2024 | Khalil MI, Walkiewicz A: The contribution of managed forestry and the driving variables in climate change mitigation and adaptation. In: Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 7, 2024, |
| 2024 | Khalil MI, Osborne BA, Wingler A: Towards net zero emissions without compromising agricultural sustainability: What is achievable?. In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 128, 2024, 283-291 |
| 2022 | Khalil, M.I. and B. Osborne: Developing climate-resilient agri-environmental production systems. In: Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems, 123, 2022, 1-4 |
| 2021 | Walkiewicz, A., A. Bieganowski, A. Rafalska, M. I. Khalil and B. Osborne. 2021: Contrasting effects of forest type and stand age on soil microbial activities. . In: Biology, 10, 2021, 850 |
| 2021 | Grosz, B., R. Well, R. Dechow, J.R., Köster, M.I. Khalil, S. Merl, A. Rode, B., Ziehmer and H. He.: Evaluation of denitrification from three biogeochemical models using laboratory measurements of N2, N2O and CO2. In: Biogeosciences, 18, 2021, 5681 |
| 2021 | Walkiewicz, A., P. Bulak, M. Brzezińska, M. I. Khalil and Bruce Osborne. Variations in Soil Properties and CO2 Emissions of a Temperate Forest Gully Soil along a Topographical Gradient.. In: Forests 12, 2021, 226 |
| 2020 | Khalil, M.I., D. Fornara and B. Osborne: Simulation and validation of soil organic carbon density and its changes in a long-term permanent grassland of Ireland. In: Geoderma, 361, 2020, 114014 |
| 2018 | Khalil, M.I. and B. Osborne: Improving estimates of soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks and their long-term temporal changes in agricultural soils in Ireland. In: Geoderma, 2018, 172-183 |
| 2018 | Weber A., M.I. Khalil., M. Schraml and R. Gutser: Soil-atmosphere exchange of NH3 and NOx in differently managed vegetation types of Southern Germany. In: Journal of Soil and Plant Biology, 2018, 1-15 |
| 2016 | M. Barrett, M., M.I. Khalil, M.M.R. Jahangir, C. Lee, L.M. Cardenas, G. Collins, K. Richards and V. OFlaherty. Carbon amendment and soil depth affects the distribution and abundance of denitrifiers in agricultural soils.. In: Carbon amendment and soil depth affects the distribution and abundance of denitrifiers in agricultural soils., 2016, 7899-7910 |
| 2016 | M.I. Khalil, M. Abdalla, G. Lanigan, B. Osborne and C. Müller.: Evaluation of parametric limitations in simulating greenhouse gas fluxes from Irish arable soils using three process-based models. . In: Agricultural Sciences (Special Issue: Agricultural Systems Modelling), 2016, 503-520 |
| 2015 | E. Cahalan, M. Ernfors, C. Müller, D. Devaney, R.J. Laughlin, C.J. Watson, D. Hennesy, J. Grant, M.I. Khalil, K.L. McGeough and K.G. Richards. The effect of the nitrification inhibitor dicyandiamide (DCD) on nitrous oxide and methane emissions after cattle slurry application to Irish grassland.. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2015, 339-349 |
| 2013 | M.M.R. Jahangir, P. Johnston, M. Barrett, M.I. Khalil, P. Groffman, P. Boeckx, O. Fenton and K.G. Richards: Denitrification and indirect N2O emissions in groundwater: hydrologic and biogeochemical influences. In: Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 2013, 70-81 |
| 2013 | M.I. Khalil, G. Kiely, P. OBrien and C. Müller. Estimation of organic carbon stocks in agricultural soils in Ireland using combined empirical and GIS approaches. In: Geoderma, 2013, 222-235 |
| 2013 | M.I. Khalil, M. Richards, B. Osborne, M. Williams and C. Müller.: Simulation and validation of greenhouse gases and carbon stock in arable lands using the ECOSSE model.. In: Atmospheric Environment, 2013, 616-624 |
| 2012 | M.M.R. Jahangir, M.I. Khalil, P. Johnston, L.M. Cardenas, D.J. Hatch, M. Butler, M. Barrett, V. O'Flaherty and K.G. Richards: Denitrification potential in subsoils: a mechanism to reduce nitrate leaching to groundwater. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2012, 13-23 |
| 2012 | M.M.R. Jahangir, P. Johnston, M.I. Khalil, J. Grant, C. Somers and K.G. Richards.: Evaluation of headspace equilibration methods for quantifying greenhouse gases in groundwater. In: Journal of Environmental Management, 2012, 208-212 |
| 2012 | M.M.R. Jahangir, P. Johnston, M. I. Khalil, D. Hennessy, J. Humphreys, O. Fenton and K.G. Richards.: Groundwater: A pathway for terrestrial C and N losses and indirect greenhouse. In: Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2012, 40-48 |
| 2012 | M.M.R. Jahangir, P. Johnston, M. Barrett, M.I. Khalil, and K.G. Richards: Linking hydrogeochemistry to nitrate abundance in groundwater in agricultural settings in Ireland. In: Journal of Hydrology, 2012, 212-222 |
| 2011 | M.I. Khalil and K.G. Richards: Denitrification enzyme activity and potential of subsoils under grazed grasslands assayed by membrane inlet mass spectrometer. In: Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 2011, 1787-1797 |
| 2011 | O. Fenton, M.G. Healy, T. Henry, M.I. Khalil, J. Grant, A. Baily and K.G. Richards: Exploring the relationship between groundwater geochemical factors and denitrification potentials on a dairy farm in southeast Ireland. In: Ecological Engineering, 2011, 1304-1313 |
| 2011 | M.I. Khalil, U. Schmidhalter, R. Gutser and H. Heuwinkel: Fertilizer N movement and recovery by spring wheat associated with urea supergranules point-placed at different soil depths.. In: Journal of Plant Nutrition, 2011, 779-797 |
| 2011 | M. I. Khalil: Physical and Chemical Manipulation of Urea Fertilizer to Limit the Emission of Reactive Nitrogen Species. In: L. Guo, L. MacConnell and A. Gunasekara, Understanding Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Agricultural Management . American Chemical Society/ Oxford University Press Inc., 2011. 149-164 |
| 2009 | M. I. Khalil, U. Schmidhalter and R. Gutser: Effects of urease and nitrification inhibitors added to urea on nitrous oxide emissions from a loess soil. In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2009, 651-660 |
| 2009 | M.I. Khalil, U. Schmidhalter and R. Gutser: Emissions of nitrous oxide, ammonia, and carbon dioxide from a cambisol at two contrasting soil water regimes and urea granular sizes.. In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2009, 1191-1213 |
| 2009 | O. Fenton, K.G. Richards, L. Kirwan, M.I. Khalil and M.G. Healy: Factors affecting nitrate distribution in shallow groundwater under a beef farm in south eastern Ireland. In: Journal of Environmental Management, 2009, 3135-3146 |
| 2009 | M.I. Khalil, F. Buegger, M. Schraml, R. Gutser, K.G. Richards and U. Schmidhalter. Gaseous nitrogen emissions from a cambisol cropped to spring wheat with urea granule size and depths of placement. . In: Soil Science Society of America Journal, 2009, 1335-1344 |
| 2009 | K.G. Richards, O. Fenton, M.I. Khalil, A.H. Haria, J. Humphreys, D. Doody, R. Moles, G. Morgan and P. Jordan: Good water status: The integration of sustainable grassland production and water resources in Ireland. In: Tearmann: Irish Journal of Agri-environmental Research, 2009, 143-160 |
| 2007 | M.I. Khalil, O. Van Cleemput, A.B. Rosenani and U. Schmidhalter: Day time, temporal, and seasonal variations of N2O emissions in an upland cropping system of the humid tropics.. In: Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis, 2007, 189-204 |
| 2007 | Mohammad I. Khalil, Muhammad S. Rahman, Urs Schmidhalter and Hans-Werner Olfs Nitrogen fertilizer-induced mineralization of soil organic C and N in six contrasting soils of Bangladesh . In: Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2007, 210-218 |
| 2007 | M. I. Khalil and K. Inubushi: Possibilities to reduce rece straw-induced global warming potential of a sandy paddy soil by combining hydrological manipulations and urea-N fertilizations. In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2007, 2675-2681 |
| 2006 | M.I. Khalil, U. Schmidhalter and R. Gutser: N2O, NH3 and NOx emissions as a function of urea granule size and soil type under aerobic conditions.. In: Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 2006, 127-148 |
| 2005 | M. I. Khalil, M. B. Hossain, U. Schmidhalter: Carbon and nitrogen mineralization in different upland soils of subtropics treated with organic materials. In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2005, 1507-1518 |