Research students
This page lists our current research students alphabetically by name and provides the title of the project they are undertaking.
If you are interested studying for a PhD or MPhil research degree with us, please read this advice or email sns@bangor.ac.uk with any questions.
Our research students are represented at the school, college and university level by representative Heli Gittins. Current research students are welcome to contact them to raise any issues. In addition, Bid Webb and Non Williams represent research students on the Henfaes research farm committee.
| Student | Supervisor(s) | Area / Project / Thesis Title |
|---|---|---|
| ABDULLAHI, Ibrahim Ndaginna | Dr Mark Rayment | Area: Forestry |
| AGESA, Beverly | Prof Paul Withers Dr Katherine Steele |
Sustainable Phosphorus Management: Screening and performance of phosphorus-efficient cerea cultivars for future food security. |
| ALSALEM, Shareefa Sultan Hamad | Dr Paul Cross Prof A Pullin |
Area: Conservation Biology |
| ARNOTT, David | Prof Davey Jones Prof Dave Chadwick |
Area: Sustainable Land Use |
| ATUCHA ZAMKOVA, Anastasia-Ainhoa | Dr Katherine Steele Dr Andy Smith |
Area: Identifying genetic markers for frost resistance in Sitka Spruce |
| BASHAWRI, Yasir Mohammadashraf | Dr Prysor Williams | Area: Environmental Science |
| BARRAT, Harry | Laura Cardenas David Chadwick |
Influence of historical management and soil moisture on N2O emissions from grasslands |
| BECK, David | Dr Hefin Gwilym Dr Eifiona Thomas-Lane |
Area: Changing Face of Poverty |
| BEARD, Timothy | Dr Katherine Steele, Dr Alex Papadopulos | Area: Tomato early blight - identification of genetic sources of resistance to Alternaria solani |
| BEHBEHANI, Wafa’a A E M H | Dr Matt Hayward | Ecological and genetic studies on the Spiny-tailed lizard (Uromastyx aegyptia microlepis BLANFORD, 1975) in the State of Kuwait |
| BRAILSFORD, Francesca | Prof Davey Jones Prof Peter Golyshin |
Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) in freshwater ecosystems |
| BROCKINGTON, James David | Dr R M Brook | A medium term impact assessment of agroforestry adoption in the drylands of Kamtaka, India |
| BROWN, Robert William | Prof. Davey Jones (Bangor University), Prof. Dave Chadwick (Bangor University), Duncan Rose (NRM Laboratories) and Dr Ashley Martin (Microbial Laboratories Australia) | Innovation in commercial soil health analysis and practical on farm guidance. |
| BUENAVISTA, Dave Paladin | Prof Morag McDonald | Area: Conservation Biology |
| BUTTON, Erik | Prof Davey Jones Prof Dave Chadwick |
Soil Carbon Dynamics |
| COSTA, Marcela Porto | Dr David Styles Prof Dave Chadwick |
Life Cycle Assessment of legume-grain integration systems in Europe to provide feed and food |
| CROSSLAND, Mary | Tim Pagella (Bangor University) Leigh Winoweicki (World Agroforestry Centre) |
Linking land restoration and livelihoods in East African dryland systems |
| DYMOND, Caren C | Professor John Healey | Climate change impacts and potential adaptation and mitigation activities through forest management: A critical analysis (PhD by Published Works) |
| ELEN, Dylan | Dr Paul Cross & Dr Anita Malhotra | The genetic pollution of the Welsh honey bee & Varroa resistance mechanisms in a treatment-free honey bee population in Northwest-Wales. |
| FORSTER, Eilidh | Internal: Dave Styles, John Healy. External: Gary Newman (Wood Knowledge Wales), Gareth Davies (Coed Cymru), Caren Dymond (Canadian Forest Service). |
Developing environmentally sustainable forestry value chains |
| GEORGE, Paul Bryn Llewellyn | Prof Davey Jones | Functional roles of belowground biodiversity on a national-scale: the importance of soil microbes and invertebrates across Wales |
| GHUNEIM, Lydia-Ann John | Prof Davey Jones Prof Peter Golyshin |
Distribution, Diversity, and Function of Small Filterable Microbial Species in Freshwater Ecosystems |
| GITTINS, Heli | Dr Sophie Wynne-Jones | Woodlands and Wellbeing. |
| GREENFIELD, Lucy Mary | Prof Davey Jones | Bottleneck of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle. |
| HALE EVANS, Lucy | Dr Graham Bird Dr Paula Roberts |
Phosphorus Flow in School Farm Cathchment |
| HAMMOND, James | Dr Tim Pagella Dr Fergus Sinclair |
Area: Agriculture |
| HILL, Elliot | Dr Paul Hill | Identification of key factors determining the outcome of competition for organic N in the rhizosphere. |
| HUNT, Danielle | Professor Dave Chadwick | On the pee! A mechanistic exploration of nitrogen and carbon cycling dynamics in the urine patch. |
| IRHEMA, Salem | Dr Paula Roberts Dr Graham Bird |
Area: Environmental Science |
| ISMAIEL, Ismaiel Asad | Dr Graham Bird Prof Morag McDonald |
Pollution of rivers from mines |
| IVESON, Kieron | Dr G Griffiths Prof T Dobbins Prof Morag McDonald |
Area: Management Studies |
| JONES, Briony Amber | Prof Davey Jones Rob Griffiths (CEH) |
Whole genome metagenomics to determine land use effects on soil ecosystem services. |
| JONES, Rebecca S L | Dr Eifiona Thomas-Lane Ms Siân Pierce |
A consumer view of eco-certification within the Hospitality industry of North Wales |
| KONDA, Manasa | Prof Davey Jones Prof Dave Chadwick |
Control of carbon and nitrogen cycle in soil. |
| KURIA, Anna | Dr Tim Pagella Dr Fergus Sinclair |
Designing Context-Specific Agroforestry Interventions through knowledge and scale integration in East Africa |
| LAMOND, Genevieve Faye | Dr Fergus Sinclair Dr Mark Rayment |
Area: Agroforestry |
| LEWIS, Amy Rose | Prof Julia Jones | Adapting market-like mechanismsto incentivize community-conservation |
| MA, Yan | Prof Dave Chadwick | Controlling nitrification and denitrification in soils via natural nitrification inhibitors for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. |
| MAGESSA, Kajenje Nkukurah | Dr Neal Hockley Dr Sophie Wynne-Jones |
What explains the mismatch between policy objectives and outcomes in Participatory Forest Management in Tanzania? |
| MIURA, Maki | Prof Davey Jones | Environmental and Soil Science |
| MORGAN, Dyfed Rhys | Dr Eifiona Thomas Lane Dr David Styles |
Sustainability of Welsh Craft Breweries |
| MOSBERY, Mark | Prof John Healey | Experimental assessment of the ecological processes determining the potential for climbing plants to improve biodiversity and ecosystem function in the urban landscape. |
| MULLALLY, Nerys | Dr Eifiona Thomas-Lane Ms Sian Pierce |
Wildlife crime in the UK increased crime or increased reporting? |
| MUSARIKA, Samuel | Chris Evans, Davey Jones, Niall McNamara, Dave Chadwick | Mitigating the impacts of intensive agriculture on lowland organic soils |
| MUSAU, John | Dr Sopan Patil Michael Marshall (ICRAF) J Sheffield (Princeton) |
Land Use/Cover Change Impacts on Water and Energy Balance in East Africa. |
| NGUYEN, Maiphuong | Dr Tim Pagella Dr Fergus Sinclair |
Area: Agroforestry |
| OSIPOVA, Liudmila | Dr Matt Hayward | Assessing structural and functional landscape connectivity for wildlife species corridor design. |
| PARRY ROBERTS, Francis | Dr Andy Smith Dr Dave Robinson (CEH) |
Land use change impacts on hydraulic function. |
| PETERS, Timothy David | Dr Andy Smith Prof Davey Jones |
Investigating the role of soil microbes and rhizodeposition in carbon cycling and long-term Carbon sequestration of forest ecosystems. |
| POTTS, Jessica Frances | Paul Cross, Davey Jones, Matt Hayward (Newcastle University, Australia), Richard Pywell (CEH Wallingford) |
Evaluating the long-term impact of neonicotinoids on the trophic cascade. |
| SEATON, Fiona Margaret | Prof Davey Jones David Robinson (CEH) |
How do we account for soil biodiversity and change to assess soil condition for the delivery of ecosystem services? |
| SCHESTAK, Isabel | Dr David Styles and Dr Prysor Williams | Environmental Impact Assessment in the water value chain |
| TAMRAKAR, Rijan | Prof A Knohl Dr M Herbst (Univ Gottingen) Dr Mark Rayment |
Area: Forestry |
| TURNER, Robert Joseph Colin | Prof Davey Jones | Climate-smart grass: A strategy forage production against extreme weather events through resilience to multiple-stresses. |
| TYLER, Luke David | Dr Prysor Williams | Improving Crop Phosphorus uptake through the use of bio-inoculants. |
| VIEROD, Alexander | Dr Mark Rayment Dr Martin Austin |
Ecological Tipping Points in Mangrove Ecosystems. |
| VUKOTIC, Marijana | Dr Tim Pagella | Whose knowledge counts: power struggles over forest resources |
| WAGNER, Kata | Dr Paul Cross | Does beekeeping alleviate poverty? |
| WALKER, Nathan | Dr Prysor Williams | Benchmarking and auditing across major water using industries as well as the water sector itself within Ireland and Wales. |
| WANG, Deying | Prof Davey Jones | Quantifying bidirectional carbon and nitrogen flow at the rice root-soil interface as estimated by 14C, 13C and 15N isotopic techniques |
| WARD, Chloe | Dr Paul Hill Prof Dave Chadwick |
Green manures from perennial nitrogen-fixing plants for sustainable low-carbon horticulture. |
| WEBB, Bid | Dr Andy Smith | Environmental Science |
| WEISSFLOG, Anita | Dr Lars Markesteijn Prof John Healey |
Assessing the role of fungus-mediated plant-soil feedbacks in secondary succession of tropical forests |
| WILLEGEN, Lisanne van | Professor Davey L. Jones Dr Laurence Jones (CEH) |
Impacts of climate change and management on the future of dune ecosystems |
| WILFRED, Osita Ekene | Dr Paula Roberts | Area: PhD Soil and Environmental Science. Waste Management and recycling |
| WILLIAMS, Non | Dr Prysor Williams Dr James Gibbons |
Optimised management of upland pasture for economic and environmental benefits. |
| WODEHOUSE, Dominic | Dr Mark Rayment Prof Morag McDonald |
Mangrove restoration and management |
| WRIGHT, Samuel Felix | Dr Slava Tverezovskiy (Biocomposites) Prof Mark Baird (Chem) |
Area: Biotechnology |
| YESUFU, Jalil Amwanosi | Dr David Styles Dr James Gibbons |
Area: Agriculture |