Dr Arwyn Edwards

PhD, PGCTHE, FRGS, FHEA, FRSB, FLSW

Module Coordinator

• AB1 Sgiliau ar gyfer Biolegwyr (BG16820)
• AB2 Sgiliau Ymarferol a Proffesiynol ym Microbioleg (BG24720)
• AB1 Dulliau Ymchwil (BG27520)
• AB1 Traethawd Estynedig (BG36440)
• CG1 Traethawd Estynedig (BG36440)
• AB1 The Biosphere (BR13210)
• AB2 Microbial Diversity and Disease (BR19020)
• AB2 Practical and Professional Skills in Microbiology (BR24720)
• AB1 One Health Microbiology (BR26520)
• AB1 Dulliau Ymchwil (RG27520)

Moderator

• AB2 Amrywiaeth Microbau a Phlanhigion (BG19920)
• AB2 Environmental Microbiology and Monitoring (BR26020)
• AB1 Field and Laboratory Techniques (BRM4820)
• AB1 Integrated Year in Industry (BRS0160)
• AB2 Microbial and Plant Diversity (BR19920)
• AB2 Monitro a Microbioleg Amgylcheddol (BG26020)
• AB1 Sandwich Year (RDW0060)
• AB1 Sandwich Year (RDW0160)
• AB1 Sgiliau ar gyfer Gwyddonwyr Bywyd Gwyllt (BG15720)
• AB1 Wildlife Forensics (BR15720)

Grader

• AB1 MBiol Research Project (BRM2860)
• AB1 Research Project (BR36440)

Lecturer

• AB2 Microbial Pathogenesis (BR33720)
• AB1 Molecular Pharmacology (BR36120)
• AB1 One Health Microbiology (BR26520)
• AB2 Practical and Professional Skills in Microbiology (BR24720)
• AB1 Research Project (BR36440)
• AB2 Sgiliau Ymarferol a Proffesiynol ym Microbioleg (BG24720)
• AB1 The Biosphere (BR13210)
• AB1 Traethawd Estynedig (BG36440)
• AB1 Veterinary Science (Year 2) (VE22460)

Tutor

• AB2 Microbial and Plant Diversity (BR19920)
• AB2 Practical and Professional Skills in Microbiology (BR24720)
• AB1 Research Methods (BR27520)
• AB2 Sgiliau Ymarferol a Proffesiynol ym Microbioleg (BG24720)
• AB1 Traethawd Estynedig (BG36440)

My research centres upon interactions between microbial processes and the health of our planet. with a key focus on microbial interactions within the cryosphere. Fundamentally I am interested in three research avenues: how microbial communities are formed, structured, and function in extreme environments, why and how microbial communities interact with environmental change, and how we can better understand microbial communities through the development of novel ‘omics approaches, for example portable genomics. I prefer to explore research questions at the junction of at least two of these three themes. This level of research activity has necessitated well over 30 glacier field deployments since 2006 to the Arctic, Antarctic, and European Alps. In 2017-19 I was the Royal  Geographic  Society’s  inaugural  Walters  Kundert Arctic Fellow, leading the first exploration of polar night glacier ecology, while concurrently holding a Leverhulme Trust  Fellowship. Current and recent research funding also includes UKRI NERC (Cryo365, MicroMelt, Exploring Subglacial Lake CECs, and a New Investigator project 2012-15), Research Council of Norway (BIOICE),  EU InterReg (ACCLIMATIZE), Horizon2020 (MSCA COFUND, ITN MicroArctic). I currently supervise three PhD students and manage four postdoctoral researchers within our research group. I regularly communicate science relevant to my research interests within the new and legacy media in either Welsh or English, with contributions in the broadcast media to flagship BBC R4 Today Programme: Live from the  University,  Today Programme: Live  from  the  Arctic, and Royal  Institution Christmas  Lectures, and the BAFTA award winning S4C Newid Hinsawdd, Newid Byd.

• Centre for Glaciology