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. Article › Research › Peer-reviewed
  2. Published

    Elucidating the surface macroplastic load, types and distribution in mangrove areas around Cebu Island, Philippines and its policy implications

    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 Sept 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 3, 156408.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Investigating whether light intensity can modify decomposition rates in peatlands through control of the ‘enzymic latch’

    Dunn, C., Zielinski, P., Kent, M. & Freeman, C., 15 Apr 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 167-172

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Is peat accumulation in mangrove swamps influenced by the “enzymic latch” mechanism?

    Dunn, C., Mitsch, W., Freeman, C. & Saraswati, S., 15 Dec 2016, In: Wetlands Ecology and Management. 24, 6, p. 641-650

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Methodologies for Extracellular Enzyme Assays from Wetland Soils

    Dunn, C., Jones, T. G., Girard, A. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2014, In: Wetlands. 34, 1, p. 9-17

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Peatlands: our greatest source of carbon credits?

    Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 2011, In: Carbon Management. 2, 3, p. 289-301

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  7. Published

    Plant Species Effects on the Carbon Storage Capabilities of a Blanket bog Complex

    Dunn, C., Jones, T., Roberts, S. & Freeman, C., 1 Feb 2016, In: Wetlands. 36, 1, p. 47-58

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Quantifying dissolved organic carbon concentrations in upland catchments using phenolic proxy measurements

    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 Jan 2013, In: Journal of Hydrology. 477, p. 251-260

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Small changes in water levels and groundwater nutrients alter nitrogen and carbon processing in dune slack soils

    Rhymes, J., Jones, L., Wallace, H., Jones, T. G., Dunn, C. & Fenner, N., Aug 2016, In: Soil Biology and Biochemistry. 99, p. 28-35

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  10. Published

    The environmental release and ecosystem risks of illicit drugs during Glastonbury Festival.

    Aberg, D., Chaplin, D., Freeman, C., Paizs, B. & Dunn, C., 1 Mar 2022, In: Environmental Research. 204, Part B, 112061.

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

  11. Published

    The role of molecular weight in the enzyme-inhibiting effect of phenolics: the significance in peatland carbon sequestration

    Dunn, C. & Freeman, C., 15 Apr 2018, In: Ecological Engineering. 114, p. 162-166

    Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review