Yr Athro Christian Dunn

Professor / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor / Director of Marketing-College

c.dunn@bangor.ac.uk

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Yr Athro Christian Dunn

Professor Christian Dunn is a wetland scientist and Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Sustainability at Â鶹Íø. He has pioneered research on nature-based solutions, particularly focusing on wetlands for water management, pollution control, and carbon sequestration. His work has gained international recognition, especially in areas such as microplastic pollution, water pollution, and peatland restoration.

Professor Dunn is the Associate Director of the Â鶹Íø Wetlands Group, and Director of Marketing and Recruitment for the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences, and the College of Science and Engineering.

In addition to his academic accomplishments, Professor Dunn is a passionate communicator and advocate for environmental sustainability. He regularly engages with the public and media through TV, radio, and print, contributing to outlets such as the BBC and national newspapers. In 2024 Prof. Dunn made his first full-length documentary for the BBC, reenacting a WWII commando operation to take soil samples from the D-Day landing beaches.

A sought-after public speaker, he has delivered three TEDx talks and is an award-winning environmental campaigner.

In 2024 Prof. Dunn was named one of the top 100 UK environmental professionals making the greatest impact in the past two years, and he serves as chair of the British Ecological Society’s Welsh Policy Group.

• Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for SustainabilityÌý

• Director of Marketing and Recruitment (SENS)

• Director of Marketing and Recruitment (CoSE)

• c.dunn@bangor.ac.uk

• 4th Floor Brambell Building

• +44 (0) 1248 382098

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In 2013 I established the Wetland Science and Conservation MSc – the only one of its kind in the UK. I now lecture on a variety of undergraduate modules, covering a wide range of topics from climate change science and statistical analysis to plant identification and writing for the press. I am the course director for Zoology with Climate Change Studies and module organiser of Life in Wetlands, and Science Communication Skills.

Every year I supervise around 15 undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD student projects.

I conduct research across a wide range of wetland science topics with a particular interest in wetland biogeochemical cycles, especially in-terms of how these can affect ecosystems, the wider environment and climate; wetland management and conservation practises, wetlands and climate change, and Constructed Treatment Wetlands (CTWs).

Another area of my research is plastic and microplastic pollution, with a particular emphasis on microplastics in inland water systems and the use of wetlands to remove them.

I am interested in supervising students interested in all areas of wetland science, wetland ecology and Constructed Treatment Wetlands (CTWs). I am also actively recruiting students interested in plastic and microplastic pollution.

2025

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Backshall, S., Dunn, C. & Mainwaring, M. C., 19 Ion 2025, Yn: Austral Ecology. 50, 1, e70020.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    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

2024

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., 5 Meh 2024, The Conversation.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl

2023

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., 9 Chwef 2023, The Conversation.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl

2022

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., 7 Meh 2022, The Conversation.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Paler, M. K. O., Tabanag, I. D. F., Siacor, F. D. C., Geraldino, P. J. L., Walton, M., Dunn, C., Skov, M., Hiddink, J. G. & Taboada, E. B., 10 Medi 2022, Yn: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 3, 156408.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Aberg, D., Chaplin, D., Freeman, C., Paizs, B. & Dunn, C., 1 Maw 2022, Yn: Environmental Research. 204, Part B, 112061.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Burden, A., Chamberlain, B., Danek, S., Evans, C., Freeman, C., Harvey, R., Proctor, S. & Walker, J., 12 Mai 2021, Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK. British Ecological Society
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Kim, J., Rochefort, L., Hugron, S., Alqulaiti, Z., Dunn, C., Pouliot, R., Jones, T., Freeman, C. & Kang, H., 22 Ebr 2021, Yn: Frontiers Earth Science. 8, 579329.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2020

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Owens, J., Fears, L., Nunnerley, L., Kirby, J., Armstrong, O., Thomas, P. J., Aberg, D., Gilder, W., Green, D., Antwis, R. & Freeman, C., Chwef 2020, Yn: Journal of Limnology. 79, 1, t. 92-95 4 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Alshehri, A., Dunn, C., Freeman, C., Hugron, S., Jones, T. & Rochefort, L., 12 Mai 2020, Yn: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Allott, T., Auñón, J., Dunn, C., Evans, M., Labadz, J., Lunt, P., MacDonald, M., Nisbet, T., Owen, R., Pilkington, M., Proctor, S., Shuttleworth, E. & Walker, J., 2 Rhag 2019, IUCN UK Peatland Programme. 43 t.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Adroddiad Comisiwn › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2018

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Friesen, S., Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., Ebr 2018, Yn: Ecological Engineering. 114, t. 173-178
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Zielinski, P., Kent, M. & Freeman, C., 15 Ebr 2018, Yn: Ecological Engineering. 114, t. 167-172
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., 20 Tach 2018, The Conversation.
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyhoeddiad arbenigol › Erthygl
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 15 Ebr 2018, Yn: Ecological Engineering. 114, t. 162-166
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2016

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Scholz, C., Dunn, C., Jones, T., West, M., Ehbair, A. & Freeman, C., Medi 2016, Yn: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 18, t. 18192-18199
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Mitsch, W., Freeman, C. & Saraswati, S., 15 Rhag 2016, Yn: Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24, 6, t. 641-650
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Fenner, N., Shirsat, A. & Freeman, C., Maw 2016, Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends. Caister Academic Press, t. 185-200
    Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Jones, T., Roberts, S. & Freeman, C., 1 Chwef 2016, Yn: Wetlands. 36, 1, t. 47-58
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Rhymes, J., Jones, L., Wallace, H., Jones, T. G., Dunn, C. & Fenner, N., Awst 2016, Yn: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 99, t. 28-35
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2014

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C., Jones, T. G., Girard, A. & Freeman, C., 1 Chwef 2014, Yn: Wetlands. 34, 1, t. 9-17
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2013

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Peacock, M., Burden, A., Cooper, M., Dunn, C., Evans, C. D., Fenner, N., Freeman, C. G., Gough, R. S., Hughes, D., Hughes, S., Jones, T., Lebron, I., West, M. & Zieliński, P., 16 Ion 2013, Yn: Journal of Hydrology. 477, t. 251-260
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2011

  • Cyhoeddwyd
    Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 2011, Yn: Carbon Management. 2, 3, t. 289-301
    Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2021

2020

  • Earth LIVE Lesson with Dr Christian Dunn : Why wetlands are nature’s superheroes!

    Organised by Lizzie Daly Wildlife TV.

    5 Ebr 2020

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)

2019

  • 10 Hyd 2019

    Cysylltau:

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Darlith/trafodaeth/seminar gyhoeddus (Cyfrannwr)

2018

  • Main Marquee - How to get a city to give up plastic

    1 Meh 2018

    Gweithgaredd: Mathau o waith ymgysylltu â'r cyhoedd a gwaith maes - Gŵyl/Arddangosfa (Cyfrannwr)

  • 01/07/2024 – 31/08/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/07/2024 – 31/08/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/07/2024 – 31/08/2025 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 15/01/2024 – 30/06/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 18/08/2023 – 30/06/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2023 – 31/12/2199 (Wrthi'n gweithredu)

  • 01/02/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 31/01/2022 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/11/2021 – 31/07/2023 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/06/2021 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/11/2015 – 31/03/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/05/2015 – 09/08/2024 (Wedi gorffen)

  • 01/03/2015 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

A former journalist and editor I write for a number of national publications, including the BBC Wildlife Magazine. I regularly appear on local and national radio and television programmes to discuss environmental issues.

During COP26 I was the daily environmetnal commentator for GB News.

I am an award-winning environmental campaigner and public speaker and have given three TEDx talks:

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