Environmental impacts of wildfires: soils, waters and the carbon cycle. Fuel modelling from 3D point clouds. Public perceptions on fire, including wildfires and prescribed burns.

- PhD supervisor of 2 finished PhD theses: 1) "Vegetation fires in temperate upland heaths: environmental effects, recovery and management implications”(A. Harper, Geography, Swansea Univ., Oct. 2016- April 2020); 2) "Long-term carbon capture by biochar in European soils" (I.T. Mugford, Geography, Swansea Univ., 2011-2014).
- PhD supervisor of 3 ongoing PhD students: Diego Laiño and Rodolfo Bolaños (University of Oviedo, Spain) and Rosie Watts (Swansea University, UK)
- Supervisor of 4 Masters projects: 1) “Medium-term impacts of a severe wildfire on heathland biodiversity, a study case in the Brecon Beacons National Park” (J. Burgess, Swansea Univ., Sept. 2018); 2) “Effects of wildfires on water repellency and carbon storage of soils in Muniellos Reserve” (M. Fernandez, University of Oviedo, Spain, July 2016) and co-supervisor of: 3) “Wildland fire in the UK: perceptions and realities. The case of Brecon Beacons NP” (S. Pope, Swansea Univ., Sept. 2016); 4) “Use of fire to generate fuel breaks for wildfire risk reduction: public and stakeholder perceptions” (C. Hope, Swansea Univ. 2020)
- Line manager of 4 postdoctoral researchers and mentor to another one.
- Line manager of 1 technician and 1 research assistant.

I am very active in outreach activties, wich many contributions to mass media (e.g. TV and radio interviews, e.g. Spanish National TV and Radio; and newspapers articles; e.g. BBC article in 07/2018 with >500,000 reads;as well as in specialized media (e.g. 6 articles in The Conversation, one of them in 07/2016 with > 60,000 reads). I have also given a range of talks for the general public and organized activities with primary and secondary schools. Links to some examples:
- www.rtve.es/play/videos/la-tarde-en-24-horas/26-07-23/6942101/ (2023, Spanish National TV)
- www.carbonbrief.org/explainer-how-climate-change-is-affecting-wildfires-around-the-world (2020)
- www.bbc.com/news/world-44941999 (2018, BBC article with >500,000 reads)
- www.elbierzodigital.com/la-despoblacion-nos-ha-hecho-perder-la.../197535 (2017)
- https://theconversation.com/vast-wildfires-are-burning-in-remote-siberia-far-from-humans-heres-why-we-should-care-62881 (2016, article in The Conversation with > 60,000 reads)
- http://dailycaller.com/2016/05/25/study-global-warming-isnt-causing-more-wildfires/ (2016)
- http://www.lne.es/asturias/2013/08/01/corazon-incendio/1449731.html (2013)