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

2023

  • PublishedTop ten priorities for global saltmarsh restoration, conservation and ecosystem service research
    Petillon, J., McKinley, E., Alexander, M., Adams, J. B., Angelini, C., Balke, T., Griffin, J. N., Bouma, T., Hacker, S., He, Q., Hensel, M. J. S., Ibanez, C., Macreadie, P. L., Martino, S., Sharps, E., Ballinger, R., de Battisti, D., Beaumont, N., Burdon, D., Daleo, P., D'Alpaos, A., Duggan Edwards, M., Garbutt, A., Jenkins, S., Ladd, C. J. T., Lewis, H., Mariotti, G., McDermott, O., Mills, R., Moller, I., Nolte, S., Pages, J. F., Silliman, B., Zhang, L. & Skov, M., 1 Nov 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 898, 165544.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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