I am a Welsh speaking Teaching and Scholarship Lecturer in Marine Biology here at the School of Ocean Sciences. I completed my PhD entitled 'Erosional resilience of salt marshes: Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales' in June 2019. During my PhD, I studied patterns and changes in salt marshes across the United Kingdom, from the Solway Firth in Scotland down to the River Solent in England. Welsh salt marshes in the Glaslyn-Dwyryd, Mawddach and Dyfi estuaries were local study sites of mine during this national-scale investigation. My initiative was to understand whether marsh vulnerability could be explained by physical contextual determinants, including wave force, sediment type and sea level rise. I have experience using a variety of techniques in my research, from field-based experiments and observations, laboratory-based hydrological flumes, use of historical data, photogrammetry and historical remote sensing images.

During the fourth year of my degree I completed a 12-month internship within the Intertidal and Coastal Ecosystems team at Natural Resources Wales. I have also worked as a project support officer for Technocamps, a project aimed at digitally upskilling students across Wales, through strong partnerships with Welsh Universities. I have gained QTS and therefore have experienced working in secondary education settings. 

Rydw i'n siarad Cymraeg

I can speak Welsh 

Office location: Room 201 Craig Mair Building

• PhD: Erosional resilience of salt marshes: Bio-physical processes from patch to national scales
  2015–2019
• MSc: Salt marsh resilience to large-scale drivers of erosion
  2014–2015
• BSc: Marine Biology
  2011–2014

2021

• PublishedSaltmarsh resilience to periodic shifts in tidal channels
  Ladd, C. J. T., Duggan Edwards, M., Pages, J. F. & Skov, M., 20 Oct 2021, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 8, 13 p., 757715.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

• PublishedExternal conditions drive optimal planting configurations for salt marsh restoration
  Duggan Edwards, M. F., Pages, J. F., Jenkins, S. R., Bouma, T. J. & Skov, M. W., Mar 2020, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 57, 3, p. 619-629
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

• PublishedLarge-scale predictions of salt-marsh carbon stock based on simple observations of plant community and soil type
  Ford, H., Garbutt, A., Duggan-Edwards, M., Pages, J. F., Harvey, R., Ladd, C. & Skov, M. W., 25 Jan 2019, In: Biogeosciences. 16, 2, p. 425-436 436 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSediment supply explains long-term and large-scale patterns in saltmarsh lateral expansion and erosion
  Ladd, C. J. T., Duggan Edwards, M. F., Bouma, T. J., Pages, J. F. & Skov, M. W., 28 Oct 2019, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 46, 20, p. 11178-11187
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review