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Forestry@Bangor

We are the longest-standing Forestry department in the UK with a reputation for conducting international research of outstanding quality.

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Students and lecturer analysing at a tree stump

Our Research

We are at the forefront of international forestry research. Our team is multidisciplinary and spans the entire breadth of forestry discipline.

We have active research programmes, investigating boreal and tropical forests and everything in between.

Our research work spans the following topics:

  • role of forests and wood products in climate change
  • climate change adaption
  • mitigation
  • deforestation
  • biodiversity conservation
  • forest resilience
  • agroforestry and food security
  • flood protection
  • nutrient cycling
  • human wellbeing
  • recreation 

 

Excellent facilities for forestry research

Located a short distance from the main University buildings in Bangor are and Henfaes Research Centre - both inspiring facilities used for our teaching and research activities.

Woodland in spring with bluebells out.

Find out more about some of our researchers. A full list of staff and students can be found below.

Forestry researchers and staff

Professors

Senior Lecturers & Senior Research Fellows

Lecturers & Research Fellows

Post-doctoral Researchers

Research Technicians

  • Dr Adam Pinder
  • Miss Anna Ray
  • Gloria Adeyiga
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Jack Aitkin-Willoughby
    • Project: Restoring for a resilient future: Woodland community assembly trajectories in the face of multiple stressors.
    • Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith, Prof John Healey, Dr Mike Perring (UKCEH) & Prof Laurence Jones (UKCEH).
  • Matt Cooper
    • Project: Investigating the potential of forested lands for natural flood management in Wales.
    • Supervisors: Dr Sopan Patil, Prof Andy Smith & Prof Morag McDonald.
  • Matilda Edwards
    • Project: Establishing the relative importance of a rainforest microcosm in oil palm plantations.
    • Supervisors: Dr Farnon Ellwood, Prof Andy Smith, Dr Kara Marsden & Dr Sabine Reich (UKCEH).
  • Dan Fishburn
    • Project: Modulating role of lithology in the response of Mediterranean forest to climate change.
    • Supervisors: Dr Lars Markesteijn, Dr Ana Rey  & Prof Andy Smith.
  • Kate Heaphy
    • Project: Drought responses of the Amazon rainforest in areas of differing water table depths.
    • Supervisor: Dr Marielle Smith
  • Sophie Higgett
    • Project: Ecologically based approaches to temperate rainforest restoration.
    • Supervisors: Prof John Healey, Dr Marielle Smith & Dr Bid Webb
  • Sam Hollick
    • Project: Optimising landscape shelterbelts to sustainably increase farm livestock productivity and build resilience to extreme events.
    • Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith & Dr Mark Rayment.
  • Daniel Iddon
    • Project: Living Soil.
    • Supervisors: Prof Andy Smith, Prof Dave Chadwick & Dr Tim Peters.
  • Yawo Jonky Tenou
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Endri Martini
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Swati Renduchintala
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Harry Skinner
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Aulia Soebandhi
    • Project: Unknown.
    • Supervisor: Unknown.
  • Yiting Su
    • Project: Tree species identification using optical remote sensing and LiDAR.
    • Supervisor: Prof Andy Smith.
  • Nisabhat Tonwoot
    • Project: Opportunities for Forest Management Certification in Thailand
    • Supervisors: Dr Neal Hockley & Prof John Healey
  • Xingguang Yan
    • Project: Estimation of forest ecosystem carbon stocks using remotely sensed data, machine learning and the Google Earth Engine.
    • Supervisor: Prof Andy Smith.

Featured projects

Find out about current Forestry projects by reading our project pages and blogs:

Forestry projects

Our projects have global reach, using the diverse expertise of Bangor staff, research students, and collaborators.

  • title of project and link to project page
  • title of project and link to project page

Recent Publications

A selection of recent publications from Forestry researchers is listed here, but for all the latest publications, please check individual researcher pages linked above.

  • Kuria, AW, Pagella, T, Muthuri, CW & Sinclair, FL 2025, Frontiers in Agronomy, vol. 7, 1537012. 
  • Cole, R, Gittins, H, Dandy N 2024, 鈥鈥.&苍产蝉辫;British Food Journal, Vol. 126 No. 5 pp. 2187鈥2203. 
  • Isaac, M.E., Sinclair, F., Laroche, G. et al.&苍产蝉辫;2024.&苍产蝉辫;鈥Agroforest Syst 98, 2369鈥2383. 
  • Critchley, W, Harari, N, Bern, U & Bern, U 2023, '',鈥Land, vol. 12, no. 6, 1206.鈥 
  • Spear, M, Dimitriou, A, Curling, S & Ormondroyd, G 2025, Fibers, vol. 13, no. 2, 23. 
  • Spear, M & Hart, J 2025, Forests, vol. 16, no. 7, 1162. 
  • Spear, M & Bak, M 2024, Forests, vol. 15, no. 7, 1268.  
  • Armijos-Barros, J, Gonz谩lez-S谩nchez, DP, Nole-Nole, D, Markesteijn, L, Escudero, A, Jara-Guerrero, A & Espinosa, CI 2025, PhytoKeys, vol. 265, pp. 181-192. 
  • Gresham, A, Healey, JR, Lawrence, PJ, Eichhorn, MP & Shannon, G 2025, 'Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 6, no. 2, e70044. 
  • Gresham, A, Pillay, K, Healey, J, Eichhorn, M, Ellison, A, Lowe, A, Creer, S, Cordes, L & Shannon, G 2025, Ecological Solutions and Evidence, vol. 6, no. 1, e70008.  
  • Foyer, C, Gardner, A, Hayward, S, Sanchez-Lucas, R, Luna, E, McDonald, J, Rumeau, M, Hart, KM, Norby, RJ, Mayoral, C, Gauci, V, Smith, A, Hartley, I, Crowley, LM, Sadler, J, Ullah, S & MacKenzie, AR 2025, Global Change Biology, vol. 31, no. 7, e70355. 
  • Moln谩r V., A, Kis, S, Bak, H, Nagy, T, Tak谩cs, A, Mainwaring, MC & Nagy, J 2025, 'Plants, vol. 14, no. 21, 3366. 
  • Norby, RJ, Loader, N, Mayoral, C, Ullah, S, Curioni, G, Smith, A, Reay, MK, van Wijngaarden, K, Amjad, MS, Brettle, D, Crockatt, ME, Denny, G, Grzesik, RT, Hamilton, RL, Hart, KM, Hartley, IP, Jones, AG, Kourmouli, A, Larsen, JR, Shi, Z, Thomas, RM & MacKenzie, AR 2024, Nature Climate Change, vol. 14, no. 9, pp. 983-988. 
  • Sarkissian AJ and Kutia M 2024 鈥鈥.&苍产蝉辫;Front. For. Glob. Change 7:1533425. 
  • Tang, W, Liu, S, Jing, M, Healey, J, Smith, M, Farooq, TH, Zhu, L, Zhao, S & Wu, Y 2024, Global Change Biology, vol. 30, no. 7, e17441. 
  • Vinod, N, Slot, M, McGregor, I, Ordway, E, Taylor, TC, Sack, L, Buckley, T & Anderson-Teixeira, K 2023, '',鈥New Phytologist, vol. 237, no. 1, pp. 22-47.鈥 
  • Bishop, G, Duffy, C, Berndes, G, Brandao, M, Cowie, A, Healey, J, Hennig, C, Koponen, K, Gaffey, J & Styles, D 2026, 'Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 7, 233. 
  • Forster, E, Styles, D & Healey, J 2025, Nature Communications, vol. 16, 3872 . 
  • McNicol, L, Williams, N, Chadwick, D, Styles, D, Rees, RM, Ramsey, R & Williams, P 2024, 'Agricultural Systems, vol. 215, no. 103852, 103852. 
  • Forster, E, Newman, G & Styles, D 2023, '',鈥Nature Communications, vol. 14, 6766.  
  • Pontes-Lopes, A, Stark, SC, Smith, M, Almeida, DRA, Shao, G, Sato, L, Rinc贸n, N, Martins, GA, Goncalves, N, Ometto, JPHB, Gra莽a, P & Aragao, LEOC 2026, 'Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 601, 123332. 
  • Courtney Mustaphi, C, Platts, PJ, Willcock, S, Timberlake, J, Osborne, J, Matimele, H, Osgood, H, Muiruri, V, Gehrels, M, Bayliss, J & Marchant, R 2025, 'Plants, People, Planet, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 229-244. 
  • Robinson, SJB, Elias, DMO, Goodall, T, McNamara, NP, Griffiths, R, Majalap, N, Sau Wai, Y & Ostle, NJ 2025, 'Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 16, 1570294. 
  • Devenish, K, Willcock, S, Goodenough, K, Heriniaina, R, Rakotonarivo, S & Jones, JPG 2024, 'Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 5, 489. 
  • Robinson, SJB, Elias, DMO, Goodall, T, Nottingham, AT, McNamara, NP, Griffiths, RI, Majalap, N & Ostle, NJ 2024, 'Frontiers in Microbiology, vol. 15, pp. 1447999. 
  • , Stark, SC, Taylor, TC, Schietti, J, Almeida, DRA, Aragon, S, Torralvo, K, Lima, A, de Oliveira, G, de Assis, RL, Leitold, V, Pontes-Lopes, A, Scoles, R, de Sousa Vieira, LC, Resende, AF, Coppola, AI, Brandao, DO, Junior, JDAS, Lobato, LF, Freitas, W, Almeida, D, Souza, MS, Minor, DM, Villegas, JC, Law, DJ, Goncalves, N, da Rocha, DG, Guedes, MC, Tonini, H, da Silva, KE, van Haren, J, Rosa, DM, do Valle, DF, Cordeiro, CL, de Lima, NZ, Shao, G, Menor, IO, Conti, G, Florentino, AP, Montti, L, Aragao, LEOC, McMahon, SMM, Parker, GG, Breshears, DD, Da Costa, ACL, Magnusson, WE, Mesquita, R, Camargo, JLC, de Oliveira, RC, de Camargo, PB, Saleska, SR & Nelson, BW 2023, '',鈥Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 24-32.鈥 
  • Urquhart, J, Goodenough, A, Healey, JR & Ambrose-Oji, B 2025, 'Forestry
  • Jones, JPG 2024, 'Nature Ecology and Evolution
  • Tew, ER, Ambrose-Oji, B, Beatty, M, Buntgen, U, Butterworth, H, Clover, G, Cook, D, Dauksta, D, Day, W, Deakin, J, Field, A, Gardiner, B, Harrop, P, Healey, J, Heaton, R, Hemery, G, Hill, L, Hughes, O, Khaira-Creswell, PK, Kirby, K, Leitch, A, MacKay, J, McIlhiney, R, Murphy, B, Newton, L, Norris, D, Nugee, R, Parker, J, Petrokofsky, G, Prosser, A, Quine, C, Randhawa, G, Reid, C, Richardson, M, Ridley-Ellis, DJ, Riley, R, Roberts, JE, Schaible, R, Simpson, LE, Spake, R, Tubby, I, Urquhart, J, Wallace-Stephens, F, Wilson, JD & Sutherland, WJ 2023, ', Forestry, vol. 97, no. 3, pp. 349-362.  
  • Gao, F, Gao, D, Ning, C, Liu, S, Kuzyakov, Y, Smith, A & Yan, W 2025, '', Plant and Soil
  • Fan, X, Zhang, Y, Shi, K, Peng, J, Liu, Y, Zhou, Y, Liu, Y, Zhu, Q, Song, C, Wan, R, Zhao, X & Woolway, RI 2024, 'Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 121, no. 42, pp. e2410294121. 
  • Gao, L, Smith, A, Jones, DL, Lui, B, Guo, Y, Cui, X & Hill, P 2024, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Lin, X, Ning, C, Liu, T, Gao, D, Smith, A, Yan, W & Liu, S 2024, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • Gao, L, Guo, Y, Lui, B, Guo, Z, Chunnan, F, Zheng, J, Cui, X & Hill, P 2023, '',鈥Geoderma, vol. 430, no. 116319.鈥 
  • Ma, T, Li, J, Smith, A, Yan, X, Su, Y, Huo, J, Li, Y, Chen, D & Yu, H 2025, 'GIScience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, no. 1, 2565858. 
  • Su, Y, Li, J, Smith, A, Yan, X, Ma, T, Zhang, J & Chen, D 2025, 'International Journal of Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 17, pp. 6377-6402. 
  • Peng, X, Jiang, S, Liu, S, Zhan, Y, Shi, Y, Ning, Y, Feng, S, Gao, H & Wang, Z 2023, '',鈥Science of the Total Environment, vol. 898, 165515.鈥
  • Yan, X, Li, J, Yang, D, Ma, T, Su, Y & Shao, J 2023, '',鈥International Journal of Digital Earth, vol. 16, no. 2, 4471-4491.鈥 

 

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  • Gao, L, Smith, A, Geng, B, Liu, B, Li, X, Jia, S & Jones, DL 2025, 'Forest Ecology and Management, vol. 578, 122481. 
  • Gao, D, Liu, S, Gao, F, Ning, C, Wu, X, Yan, W & Smith, A 2024, 'Science of the Total Environment, vol. 909, no. 168349, 168349.  
  • Parry, J, Stokes, V & Hardaker, A 2025, 'Forestry
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  • G贸rriz-Mifsud, E, Fern谩ndez-Blanco, CR, Wong, J & Prokofieva, I 2026, 'Small-Scale Forestry, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 37-59. 
  • Prayitno, K, Saputra, AW, Ibbett, H, Dorward, L, Trywidiarini, T, Dwiyahreni, AA, Supriatna, J & St. John, FAV 2025, Society and Natural Resources
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