Professor Morag McDonald
Dean of College / Professor/ Associate Pro Vice-Chancellor
Contact info
Professor of Ecology and Catchment Management
Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Diversity and Inclusion)
Office: G21 Thoday Building
Telephone: +44 (0)1248 388076
email: m.mcdonald@bangor.ac.uk
Practitioner of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (PIEMA)
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society with Institute of British Geographers (FRGS)
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)
Level 5 ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management) Certificate in Management and Leadership
- 2023
Business Model Innovation for the Circular Economy : Concepts, Cases, Challenges, and Adaptation Strategies in the Food and Drink Industry: Evidences from the UK
Author: Ullah, K., 22 Apr 2023Supervisor: Griffiths, G. (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2021
Co-production of knowledge with Indigenous peoples for UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Higaonon Food Ethnobotany, and a discovery of a new Begonia species in Mindanao, Philippines
Author: Buenavista, D., 30 Jun 2021Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Mollee, E. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2018
Assessment of surface water quality and quantity in Great Zab river catchment, in the Kurdish region of Iraq
Author: Ismaiel, I. A., 2018Supervisor: Bird, G. (Supervisor) & McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2017
Seeing the forest for the trees: Tree species effects on soil microbial communities and nutrient cycling dynamics
Author: Ribbons, R., Jan 2017Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Vesterdal, L. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The use of urban plant resources for health and food security in Kampala, Uganda
Author: Mollee, E., Jan 2017Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor), Raebild, A. (External person) (Supervisor) & Kehlenbeck, K. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2016
Conservation of Mangifera sylvatica: a Wild Fruit Species for Health and Livelihoods
Author: Akhter, S., Jan 2016Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Impact of Land Use Change and Climate Variability on Watershed Hydrology in the Mara River Basin, East Africa
Author: Mwangi, H., Jan 2016Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor), Patil, S. (Supervisor), Feger, K. (External person) (Supervisor) & Julich, S. (External person) (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The winds of change? : A comparative study of community energy developments in Scotland and Wales
Author: Haf, S., Jan 2016Supervisor: Griffiths, G. (Supervisor), McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Parkhill, K. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2013
Carbon storage in Orchards
Author: Anthony, R., 4 Nov 2013Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2010
Productivity and nutrient dynamics of Avicennia Marina (Forsk). Vierh. Mangroves grown on the Red sea coast of Saudi Arabia
Author: Abohassan, R., Jan 2010Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2009
Perspectives in vegetation monitoring: an evaluation of approaches currently used in the UK
Author: Hearn, S. M., Aug 2009Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Healey, J. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
Multidisciplinary approach to support the design of a local policy of payment for hydrological ecosystem services, in a microwatershed located in northern Veracruz Mexico
Author: Fuentes, J. L. C., Jan 2009Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
The role of canopy structure in leaf litter production, quality and decomposition in rustic and traditional coffee systems and forests in Mexico
Author: Villavicencio Enriquez, L., 2009Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2006
Exploring the potential of sound management of forest and tree resources on cattle farms located in tropical dry forest of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
Author: Flores Lopez, J. C., Jan 2006Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2005
Improving the sustainability of cocoa farms in Ghana through utilization of native forest trees in agroforestry systems
Author: Anglaaere, L., Jan 2005Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2003
The development of interventions to minimise soil and nutrients losses in the Bari land of the middle hills of western development region of Nepal
Author: Acharya, G. P., Jul 2003Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2002
Ecology and socio-economic importance of short fallows in the humid forest zone of Southern Cameroon.
Author: Ngobo Nkongo, M. P., Dec 2002Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy
- 2001
The regeneration of a Jamaican dry limestone forest after different intensities of human disturbance.
Author: McLaren, K. P., Aug 2001Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)
Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy