I undertook a master's in marine biology at Bangor University (2006-2010), before starting a PhD here in 2011. I taught at Newcastle University for three years, and was the marine lead for internationalisation. I have been teaching at Bangor since 2020, and I am the Foundation Year lead for SOS, the Director of Marketing and Recruitment and Admissions Tutor for Marine Biology, and Module Organiser for eight modules from foundation through to master’s level.

My research interests include non-native species, macroalgae, seagrass, microbial interactions with wider ecology, and microplastics. I am PI on three PhD projects, one Master’s by Research, and I have co-supervision responsibilities and other links to a range of other PGR and student internship/placement projects.

• Profesiynol: Senior Fellow of The Higher Education Academy
  2024
• Profesiynol: Newcastle Teaching Award
  Institute for Health and Society, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK., 2018
• PhD: Trade-offs in macroalgal chemical defences: Battle of the sexes, invaders and consumers
  2015
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
  Higher Education Academy,

2025

• CyhoeddwydEvaluating microplastic trapping efficiency in seagrass meadows using hydraulic flume simulations
  Cousins, A., Dunn, C., Aberg, D., Williams, M., Smyth, A., Green, M. & Kurr, M., 1 Ebr 2025, Yn: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 213, 117660.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

• CyhoeddwydDrivers of Sex-specific Trade-offs in the Macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum
  Kurr, M. & Davies, A., 3 Medi 2020, Yn: Plant. 8, 3, t. 54-63
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydImportance of Water-Volume on the Release of Microplastic Fibers from Laundry
  Kelly, M. R., Lant, N. J., Kurr, M. & Burgess, J. G., 15 Hyd 2019, Yn: Environmental Science and Technology. 53, 20, t. 11735-11744
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe chemical defences of the invasive alga Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt correlate to mesoherbivore diversity, but not to time-since-invasion
  Kurr, M. & Davies, A. J., Meh 2019, Yn: Hydrobiologia. 836, 1, t. 35-47
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

• CyhoeddwydSex-specific reproductive trade-offs in the gregarious fucoid macroalga Ascophyllum nodosum
  Kurr, M. & Davies, A., 2018, Yn: European Journal of Phycology. 53, 1, t. 1-13
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTime-since-invasion increases native mesoherbivore feeding rates on the invasive alga, Sargassum muticum (Yendo) Fensholt
  Kurr, M. & Davies, A. J., Rhag 2018, Yn: Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 98, Special Issue 8, t. 1935-1944
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2024

• North Wales Marine Conservation Conference

  Public outreach conference

  6 Ebr 2024

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Trefnydd)
• Hidden Worlds Outreach Event

  9 Maw 2024

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Erthygl neu gyfranogiad yn y cyfryngau (Cyfrannwr)

2023

• Trash Free Trails, State of Our Trials Summit

  8 Medi 2023

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Prif siaradwr/siaradwr mewn sesiwn lawn)
• North Wales Marine Conservation Conference

  Public outreach conference

  27 Mai 2023

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2022

• Education Department T-Level Design Group

  Working group to make T-Levels in animal management fit for entry into a variety of HE courses, including marine sciences.

  1 Hyd 2022 – 31 Hyd 2022

  Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Cyfraniad at waith pwyllgorau a gweithgorau cenedlaethol neu ryngwladol (Cyfrannwr)
• Trash Free Trails, State of Our Trials Summit

  4 Gorff 2022

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2021

• Trash Free Trails, State of Our Trials Summit

  Public, stakeholder, and industry engagement event

  30 Meh 2021

  Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Trefnydd)

2020

• Lead Academic Consultant

  Consultation on funding applications, organisational-level relations-building, and academic activities and outputs

  2020 →

  Gweithgaredd: Ymgynghoriad (Ymgynghorydd)

2019

• Academic Consultancy

  Consultation on ongoing public-facing marine-related materials for a theme park

  2019 →

  Gweithgaredd: Ymgynghoriad (Ymgynghorydd)
• Teams for Education

  Contribution to development of Microsoft Teams for Higher Education, including publication of an instructional video

  2019 – 2020

  Cysylltau:

  • https://flipgrid.com/teamsedu
  Gweithgaredd: Ymgynghoriad (Ymgynghorydd)

• Envision PhD studentship CASE funding: Just how ‘green’ is the grass on the other side? Particulate Carbon and microplastic capture potential by seagrass meadows in Wales.

  01/10/2024 – 15/04/2028 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)