I'm an environmental microbiologist with a Master's degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology with a specialisation in Environmental Microbiology from Sorbonne University (France).

I'm currently pursuing a PhD in Soil and Environmental Sciences with a focus on the microbial mechanisms involved in soil carbon cycling. My research aims to understand how environmental factors influence microbial communities and the microbial mechanisms involved in soil carbon cycling and sequestration.

• MSc: Environmental Microbiology (Molecular & Cellular Biology)
  Sorbonne Universités, 2021–2023
• BSc: Biology / Life Sciences
  Sorbonne Universités, 2018–2021

2025

• E-pub ahead of printSoil microbial adaptation to carbon deprivation: shifts in lignocellulolytic gene profiles following long-term plant exclusion
  Fidler, D. B., George, P. B. L., Le Brun, L. J., Griffiths, R. I., Jones, D. L. & McDonald, J. E., 10 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Environmental Microbiome. 21
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• School of Environmental and Natural Sciences - PGR Representative
• College of Science and Engineering - PGR Representative for the Bangor University Researcher Development Concordat Group 
• College of Science and Engineering - PGR Representative on the Taith Research Mobility panel