I am a Lecturer in Woodland Management, Course Director of the Woodlands Management and Conservation (WMAC) BSc programme and member of the Forestry@Bangor teaching team. I am module organiser for Forestry in the 21st Century (ENS-1031), Trees, Forests and Global Change (ENS-1302), Woodland Conservation (ENS-2303) and Forestry Study Tour (ENS/C-2303). My background was in agriculyure, arboriculture and horticulture. I moved to North Wales in 2011 completing a BSc degree in Forestry. I then worked briefly for UKCEH before commencing a PhD in 2016 investigatng the role of plant microbe symbiosis on belowground cycling on carbon in temperate forests, particularly mycorrhizal fungi and nitrogen-fixing bacteria. My research interests include forest mycology, sustainable tree nursery production and heritage apples and orchards. I am also the Woodland Manager of Llyn Parc Mawr Community Woodland, part of Newborough Forest, Anglesey's largest woodland.

Module organiser for:

  • ENS-1031 Forestry in the 21st Century
  • ENS-1302 Trees, Forests and Global Change
  • ENS-2303 Woodland Conservation
  • ENS/C-2302 Forestry Study Tour

Module contributor on:

  • ENS/C-1300 Practical and Field Skills in Forestry and Woodland Management
  • ENS-1000 Year 1 Tutorials
  • ENS-2000 Becoming a Researcher
  • ENS-2306 Forest Health
  • ENS-2307 Silviculture and Inventory
  • ENS-2203 Plant Diversity and Conservation
  • ENS-2205 Conservation Practice
  • ENS-3000 Dissertation
  • ENS- 3301 Forest Ecosystems and Function
  • ENS-4317 Forest Ecosystems
  • ENS-4207 Botanical Ecology and Ecosystem
  • ENS-4318 Social Issues in Forestry

2026

2024

2021

2023

  • BU-IIA Funded Project: Linking tree nursery practice to windthrow risk in UK forestry

    Current UK tree nursery practices include many tree propagation methodologies (e.g., vegetative propagation, undercut bare root, and cell grown seedlings) nearly all of which have been shown to alter root architecture and morphology compared to naturally grown trees(Feng et al., 2022).

    The overarching aim of this proof-of-concept project is to determine how wind-firmness of trees is affected by the routine root pruning operations of UK tree nurseries.

    Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £34,909

    1 Awst 2023 – 31 Gorff 2024

    Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)
  • NERC cross-disciplinary research for Discovery Science Funded Project: Looking through the superlens at the impact of ozone on tree seed germination, establishment and mycorrhization.

    Globally, afforestation is proposed as a nature-based solution to meet Net Zero targets. However, recent evidence suggests that ground-level ozone (O3), formed during photolysis of precursors such as nitrogen oxides (NOx), can decrease net primary productivity (NPP) of plants by 50% with serious implications for ecosystem function and sustainability. Afforestation and ecosystem restoration using natural regeneration and direct seedling are reliant on the continued viability of seed and successful establishment of forests is highly dependent on the mycorrhizal fungal symbiont that facilitates the acquisition of nutrients, improves resilience and connects plants via common mycorrhizal networks. This study will investigate the effect of ground-level O3 on tree seed germination, mycorrhization and seedling viability using cutting-edge visualisation and compound analysis techniques.

    Value=£20,000

    1 Ion 2023 – 30 Ebr 2023

    Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr)