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Winnie is an marine biologist and plastic pollution expert whose research focuses on understanding the ecological impacts of anthropogenic stressors. In particular her research interests encompass the environmental prevalence, fate and impacts of (micro)plastics on organisms and ecosystem functions, to assess environmental risk and supporting effective interventions.
Since completing her PhD (SAMS, 2019), where she researched the current and historic presence of microplastic pollution in the deep sea ecosystem, Winnie spent 5 years working within the International Marine Litter Research Unit, at the University of Plymouth.
Her research has led her to study plastic pollution in a variety of terrestrial and marine environments, from agricultural soils and coastline to some of the most remote parts of our planet including the deep sea and oceanic gyres.
She has extensive experience conducting research at sea and in remote locations (e.g. Belize, Tanzania, and she has sailed the North Atlantic and South Pacific Ocean). As 'eXXpedition Round the World science lead' she led research examining the global land-sea flows and movement of plastic pollution and worked with >240 women citizen scientists from 40 nationalities. As part of the NERC-funded “Bio-Plastic-Risk” project, she has focussed on the environmental degradation and impacts of biodegradable and bio-based plastics (often termed as ‘bioplastics’ or ‘alternative plastics’).
Winnie is a passionate science communicator and authority on (micro)plastic pollution; she has spoken at the UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations in Canada, and the British and European Parliaments. She is an active member of the Scientist Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty, (co-leading working groups on 'Microplastics', and 'Alternative & substitute Plastics') which supports progress towards the development of a legally binding instrument to address plastic pollution. She attended the 3rd and 4th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee sessions.
Cymwysterau
- PhD: Microplastics in the deep-sea ecosystem: A study from the Rockall Trough, North East Atlantic Ocean
The Scottish Association for Marine Science, 2015–2019 - MSc: MRes Marine Biology
University of Plymouth, 2012–2013 - BSc: Zoology and Animal Behaviour
2008–2011
Cyfleoedd Project Ôl-radd
Cyhoeddiadau
2025
- CyhoeddwydPlastics matter in the food system
Yates, J., Deeney, M., Munck, J., Carney Almroth, B., Dignac, M.-F., Castillo Castillo , A., Courtene-Jones, W., Kadiyala, S., Kumar, E., Stoett, P., Wang, M. & Farrelly, T., 6 Maw 2025, Yn: Communications Earth and Environment. 6
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2024
- CyhoeddwydAre Biobased Microfibers Less Harmful than Conventional Plastic Microfibers: Evidence from Earthworms
Courtene-Jones, W., De Falco, F., Burgevin, F., Handy, R. D. & Thompson, R. C., 19 Tach 2024, Yn: Environmental Science and Technology. 58, 46, t. 20366-20377 12 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydDeterioration of bio-based polylactic acid plastic teabags under environmental conditions and their associated effects on earthworms
Courtene-Jones, W., Burgevin, F., Munns, L., Shillam, M. B. T., De Falco, F., Buchard, A., Handy, R. D., Thompson, R. C. & Hanley, M. E., 15 Gorff 2024, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 934, t. 172806
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydEffect of biodegradable and conventional microplastic exposure in combination with seawater inundation on the coastal terrestrial plant Plantago coronopus
Courtene-Jones, W., Cheung, S. W. H., Thompson, R. C. & Hanley, M. E., 1 Tach 2024, Yn: Environmental Pollution. 360, 124573.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydIntentionally added plastics in personal care products - a key source of microplastics to the environment - effects and mitigation: Key sources of microplastics to the environment: Working Papers developed by Members of the Scientists’ Coalition
Mendrik, F., Farrelly, T., Reynaud, S., Courtene-Jones, W. & Thompson, R. C., Medi 2024.
Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Papur Gwaith - CyhoeddwydMicrofibres from textiles - A key source of microplastics to the environment: Fate, effects, and mitigation strategies. Key sources of microplastics to the environment: Working Papers developed by Members of the Scientists’ Coalition
Brander, S., De Falco, F., Kelly, M., Weis, J., Carney Almroth, B., Baztan, J., Sparks, C., Courtene-Jones, W. & Thompson, R. C., Medi 2024, Scientists Coalition.
Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Papur Gwaith - CyhoeddwydPaint – a key source of microplastics to the environment: An introduction to the fate, effects, and mitigation strategies: Key sources of microplastics to the environment: Working Papers developed by Members of the Scientists’ Coalition
Al-jaibacji, R., Courtene-Jones, W., Reynaud, S., Sparks, C., Baztan, J., Kelly, M. & Thompson, R. C., Medi 2024, Scientists Coalition.
Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Papur Gwaith - CyhoeddwydReducing plastic Waste
Courtene-Jones, W., 31 Gorff 2024, 26 t. UK Parliament.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall - CyhoeddwydTwenty years of microplastic pollution research-what have we learned?
Thompson, R. C., Courtene-Jones, W., Boucher, J., Pahl, S., Raubenheimer, K. & Koelmans, A. A., 25 Hyd 2024, Yn: Science. 386, 6720, t. eadl2746
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydVehicle tyres – A key source of microplastics to the environment: An introduction to the fate, effects, and mitigation strategies
Booth, A., Sørensen, L., Brander, S., Weis, J., Courtene-Jones, W., Parker-Jurd, F. & Thompson, R. C., 23 Hyd 2024.
Allbwn ymchwil: Papur gweithio › Papur Gwaith
2023
- CyhoeddwydA Review of Biodegradable Plastics from Multidisciplinary Perspectives
Courtene-Jones, W., De Falco, F. & Napper, I., 2023, Plastic Pollution in the Global Ocean.
Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod - CyhoeddwydPolicy Brief: The global plastics treaty: What is the role of bio-based plastic, biodegradable plastic and bioplastic? (possible core obligation 8)
Courtene-Jones, W., 2023, 3 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad arall › Cyfraniad Arall › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2022
- CyhoeddwydFrom microbes to ecosystems: a review of the ecological effects of biodegradable plastics
Courtene-Jones, W., Martínez Rodríguez, A. & Handy, R. D., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Emerging topics in life sciences. 6, 4, t. 423-433 11 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydPlastic pollution: the science we need for the planet we want
Courtene-Jones, W., Clark, N. J. & Thompson, R. C., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Emerging topics in life sciences. 6, 4, t. 333-337 5 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydPlastic pollution requires an integrative systems approach to understand and mitigate risk
Courtene-Jones, W., Clark, N. J. & Thompson, R. C., 1 Rhag 2022, Yn: Emerging topics in life sciences. 6, 4, t. 435-439 5 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydSynthetic microplastic abundance and composition along a longitudinal gradient traversing the subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean
Courtene-Jones, W., van Gennip, S., Penicaud, J., Penn, E. & Thompson, R. C., Rhag 2022, Yn: Marine pollution bulletin. 185, Pt B, t. 114371
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2021
- CyhoeddwydSource, sea and sink-A holistic approach to understanding plastic pollution in the Southern Caribbean
Courtene-Jones, W., Maddalene, T., James, M. K., Smith, N. S., Youngblood, K., Jambeck, J. R., Earthrowl, S., Delvalle-Borrero, D., Penn, E. & Thompson, R. C., 25 Tach 2021, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 797, t. 149098
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2020
- CyhoeddwydElucidating the vertical transport of microplastics in the water column: A review of sampling methodologies and distributions
Liu, K., Courtene-Jones, W., Wang, X., Song, Z., Wei, N. & Li, D., 1 Tach 2020, Yn: Water research. 186, t. 116403
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMicroplastic accumulation in deep-sea sediments from the Rockall Trough
Courtene-Jones, W., Quinn, B., Ewins, C., Gary, S. F. & Narayanaswamy, B. E., Mai 2020, Yn: Marine pollution bulletin. 154, t. 111092
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2019
- CyhoeddwydConsistent microplastic ingestion by deep-sea invertebrates over the last four decades (1976-2015), a study from the North East Atlantic
Courtene-Jones, W., Quinn, B., Ewins, C., Gary, S. F. & Narayanaswamy, B. E., Ion 2019, Yn: Environmental Pollution. 244, t. 503-512 10 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2018
- CyhoeddwydEstimating effective detection area of passive, static acoustic data loggers from playback experiments with cetacean vocalisations
Nuuttila, H. K., Brundiers, K., Dahne, M., Koblitz, J. C., Thomas, L., Courtene-Jones, W., Evans, P. G. H., Turner, J. R., Bennell, J. & Hiddink, J. G., Rhag 2018, Yn: Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 9, 12, t. 2362-2371
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
2017
- CyhoeddwydDon't forget the porpoise: acoustic monitoring reveals fine scale temporal variation between bottlenose dolphin and harbour porpoise in Cardigan Bay SAC
Nuuttila, H. K., Courtene-Jones, W., Baulch, S., Simon, M. & Evans, P. G. H., 21 Chwef 2017, Yn: Marine Biology. 164, 3, t. 50
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid - CyhoeddwydMicroplastic pollution identified in deep-sea water and ingested by benthic invertebrates in the Rockall Trough, North Atlantic Ocean
Courtene-Jones, W., Quinn, B., Gary, S. F., Mogg, A. O. M. & Narayanaswamy, B. E., Rhag 2017, Yn: Environmental Pollution. 231, Pt 1, t. 271-280 10 t.
Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
Gweithgareddau
2025
- Speaker, Deep-dive on INC Chair’s text with the Scientists Coalition
Presented Scientists Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty analyses of text from the Chair's Text of the Plastic Treaty Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee during a webinar for members across Asia-Pacific, Africa and Europe.
22 Ebr 2025
Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr) - Insights Wales public talk: Microplastic pollution and solutions
Invited webinar, 'Microplastic pollution and solutions' for Environment Platform Wales, as part of their Insights Wales series.
19 Maw 2025
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr) - PhD examiner
Invited PhD examiner: "Microplastic sedimentation in global, Arctic, and fjord settings: Pollution events and environmental residency for heterogenous plastics" at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Maw 2025
Gweithgaredd: Arholiad (Arholwr) - Invited webinar "Microplastic Pollution and Solutions"
Invited webinar "Microplastic Pollution and Solutions" for the biological Recording Company
25 Chwef 2025
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr) - Contribution to the World Trade Organisation Dialogue on Plastics Pollution Guiding Questions
Contribution to the Scientists' Coalition for and Effective Plastics Treaty response to the World Trade Organisation Dialogue on Plastics Pollution Guiding Questions
10 Chwef 2025 – 5 Maw 2025
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu academaidd allanol - Cyfraniad at waith pwyllgorau a gweithgorau cenedlaethol neu ryngwladol (Cyfrannwr)
2024
- EPW Plastic Knowledge Exchange workshop
Presented at the pan-Wales plastic knowledge exchange workshop for Welsh Government-Academia, hosted by Environment Platform Wales
17 Rhag 2024 – 18 Rhag 2024
Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn gweithdy, seminar, cwrs Academaidd (Siaradwr gwadd) - Research cited in Policy
Research cited within the UK Parliament POST Note on 'Reducing plastic waste'
31 Gorff 2024
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Arall (Cyfrannwr) - UN Plastics Treaty; Alternatives and substitutes: if plastics are the problem, is switching to different polymers or materials the solution?
During the 4th Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee meeting on the development of the UN Global Plastics Treaty, I participated in a multi-disciplinary and cross-sectoral panel about the role of plastic alternatives and substitutes within the context of the Plastic Treaty.
26 Ebr 2024
Cysylltau:
Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr gwadd) - UN Plastics Treaty; UN Multi-stakeholder day
I gave an invited talk on biodegradable plastics at the UN Environment Program's "Capacity development to catalyse actions and commitments at the national and global level to reduce plastic pollution including in the marine environment” held as part of the 4th Intergovernmental Negotiation Committee meeting for a Global Plastics Treaty, (2024) Ottawa, Canada
21 Ebr 2024
Gweithgaredd: Sgwrs wadd (Siaradwr gwadd) - Ocean Plastics Leadership Network (Cyhoeddwr)
Independent review of the Ocean Plastics Leadership Networks' briefing "INC-5 Negotiators’ Brief to Harmonized Safety and Sustainability Criteria (HSC)
for Products & Systems (Plastics, Plastic Alternatives, and Non-plastic Substitutes)"
2024
Gweithgaredd: Adolygu cyhoeddiadau cymheiriaid (Aelod o fwrdd golygyddol)
2022
- MICRO2022 ; MICRO2024 Conferences
Scientific Committee for the MICRO International Conference (2022, 2024)
2022 →
Gweithgaredd: Cymryd rhan mewn cynhadledd Academaidd (Aelod o bwyllgor rhaglen) - Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics treaty (Sefydliad allanol)
Active member and co-lead of working groups on 'Microplastics' and 'Alternative plastics/Biodegradable and bio-based plastics'
2022 →
Gweithgaredd: Aelodaeth o rwydwaith (Aelod) - Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) (Sefydliad allanol)
Professional Member of the Society of of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
2022 →
Gweithgaredd: Aelodaeth o rwydwaith (Aelod)