Dr Christian Dunn

Reader in Zoology / Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor / Director of Ma

Contact info

• Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Sustainability 
• Director of Marketing and Recruitment (SNS)
• Director of Marketing and Recruitment (CoESE)
• c.dunn@bangor.ac.uk
• 4th Floor Brambell Building
• +44 (0) 1248 382098
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Dr Chritian Dunn is the Associate Director of the Bangor Wetlands Group and is an active researcher and lecturer in wetland science - in particular wetland ecology, peatland biogeochemistry, carbon sequestration and the use of constructed treatment wetlands. He is also the director of the Plastic Research Centre of Wales and has ongoing research projects looking at plastic and microplastic pollution.

In 2021 Dr Christian Dunn was appointed as the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor for Sustainability at Bangor University, and is working on the sustainability strategy for the university.

An award-winning environmental campaigner and respected public speaker, Dr Chritian Dunn has given three TEDx talks and regularly appears on local and national TV, radio and press publications talking about environmental and climate issues. Being a former journalist he has written extensively for a range of leading newspapers and magazines.

  1. Commissioned report › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Peatland Catchments and Natural Flood Management

    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 Dec 2019, IUCN UK Peatland Programme. 43 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportCommissioned reportpeer-review

  3. Article › Research
  4. Published

    Britain’s first wetland ‘super reserve’ offers boost to nature-based solutions to climate change

    Dunn, C., 7 Jun 2022, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  5. Published

    Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700 – but most could still be saved

    Dunn, C., 9 Feb 2023, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  6. Published

    Mangrove forests can rebound thanks to climate change – it’s an opportunity we must take

    Dunn, C., 20 Nov 2018, The Conversation.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

  7. Chapter › Research › Peer-reviewed
  8. Published

    Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK - Peatlands

    Dunn, C., Burden, A., Chamberlain, B., Danek, S., Evans, C., Freeman, C., Harvey, R., Proctor, S. & Walker, J., 12 May 2021, Nature-based solutions for climate change in the UK. British Ecological Society

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

  9. Chapter › Research › Not peer-reviewed
  10. Published

    Options for Geoengineering the Climate via Microorganisms: A Peatland Case Study

    Dunn, C., Fenner, N., Shirsat, A. & Freeman, C., Mar 2016, Climate Change and Microbial Ecology: Current Research and Future Trends. Caister Academic Press, p. 185-200

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  11. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  12. Published

    A Potential Approach for Enhancing Carbon Sequestration During Peatland Restoration Using Low-Cost, Phenolic-Rich Biomass Supplements

    Alshehri, A., Dunn, C., Freeman, C., Hugron, S., Jones, T. & Rochefort, L., 12 May 2020, In: Frontiers in Environmental Science. 8

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  13. Published

    An affordable methodology for quantifying waterborne microplastics - an emerging contaminant in inland-waters

    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., Feb 2020, In: Journal of Limnology. 79, 1, p. 92-95 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Constructed wetlands may lower inorganic nutrient inputs but enhance DOC loadings into a drinking water reservoir in North Wales

    Scholz, C., Dunn, C., Jones, T., West, M., Ehbair, A. & Freeman, C., Sept 2016, In: Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 18, p. 18192-18199

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Decomposition as a regulator of carbon accretion in mangroves: a review

    Friesen, S., Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., Apr 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 173-178

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

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