Dr Prysor Williams
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management
Affiliations
Contact info
Location: F5a Thoday, School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, Bangor University
E-mail address: prysor.williams@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1248 382 637
X/Twitter: @PrysorWilliams
Contact Info
Location: F5a Thoday, School of Environmental & Natural Sciences, Bangor University
E-mail address: prysor.williams@bangor.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)1248 382 637
X/Twitter: @PrysorWilliams
Teaching and Supervision
I am the Course Director for the BSc and MEnvSci degrees in Environmental Science.
Chair of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Panel for Geography, Agriculture and the Environment for Wales.
I sit on Bangor University's Curriculum Quality Assurance Delivery Group.
Module organiser:
- DXX-1002 (Level 4) Environmental Management & Conservation
- DXX-3402 (Level 6) Waste Management & Utilisation
- DXX-4101 (Level 7) Master of Env. Science Dissertation
Module contributor:
- DXX-1000 (Level 4) Academic Tutorials
- ONC-1001 (Level 4) Dadansoddi Data Amgylcheddol
- DXX/C-1006 (Level 4) Fieldwork / Gwaith Maes: Eryri
- DXX-2002 (Level 5) Water, Air & Soil Pollution
- DXX-2012 (Level 5) Field Course: Environmental Conflicts
- DXX-2000 (Level 5) GIS & Research Methods
- DXX/C-3701 (Level 6) Honours Project / Prosiect Ymchwil
- DXX-3702 (Level 6) Management Plan
- DXX-4102 (Level 7) Professional Placement
- DXX-4999 (Level 7) MSc Dissertation
- DXX-4042 (Level 7) Agriculture & the Environment
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am interested in many areas at the interface between agriculture and the environment. These include, but are not limited to:
- grassland production systems
- achieving Net Zero in livestock systems
- soil and nutrient management
- sustainable intensification of livestock systems
- land use and the delivery of ecosystem services
- antibiotic resistance
Please contact me by all means to discuss any ideas for PhD projects.
Overview
I was raised on an upland livestock farm and am still a practising farmer, which gives me a first-hand insight into agricultural and environmental issues, alongside my academic perspective.
I have a broad range of research interests at the interface of agriculture and the environment. These primarily focus on livestock systems, including the challenges and opportunities to reaching Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions, management of organic resources (slurries, manures, etc.), pathogens, antibiotic resistance, and soils. Having worked on several large interdisciplinary projects, I have also developed a considerable interest in the ongoing discussions around land use (sustainable intensification, delivery of public goods, etc.).
I have also been part of large projects researching the potential for energy savings and generation within the water sector (https://www.dwr-uisce.eu/) and small-scale hydropower plants (http://hydro-bpt.bangor.ac.uk/).
I sit on several external committees, including:
- Chair of the Agriculture Industry Climate Change Forum
- Board Member of Farming Connect
- Member of the Sustainable Innovation and Research Working Group for Hybu Cig Cymru
- Board Member of Menter a Busnes
- Chair of the Carneddau Landscape Partnership
- Bangor University representative on the Global Farm Platform group
- Member of the NFU’s Net Zero Scientific Advisory Panel
I was awarded the 2023 External Award from the Farmers' Union of Wales for “services to agriculture”.
I frequently engage with industry and the media on issues related to agriculture and the environment, through the medium of Welsh and English.
Education / academic qualifications
- BSc Environmental Science (2003)
- PhD: Environmental Microbiology (2006) (Survival of E. coli O157 in agricultural environments and the implications for human health)
Research outputs (106)
- Published
Net Zero requires ambitious greenhouse gas emission reductions on beef and sheep farms coordinated with afforestation and other land use change measures
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
The nutritional value of meat should be considered when comparing the carbon footprint of lambs produced on different finishing diets
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
- Published
Researching Green Process Innovation Across Borders and Boundaries Through Collaborative Inquiry
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prof. activities and awards (1)
Expert panel discussion on heat recovery potential of leisure centres
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Participation in Academic workshop, seminar, course
Projects (16)
KESS II MRes with Kepak Ltd- BUK2E082
Project: Research
The environmental cost-benefits of different grazing regimes
Project: Research
Carbon neutral farming
Project: Research