Dr Cristina Santin Nuno

Honorary Associate Professor

Biosciences

+44 (0) 1792 205678 ext 9846

c.santin@swansea.ac.uk

Office - 135
First Floor
Vivian Building
Singleton Campus

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

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About

I am a wildfire researcher who is passionate about her topic and about working with amazing people around the world. I did an undergraduate degree in Biology (2003) at the University of Oviedo (Spain) where I also received my PhD in 2009. In 2011, I moved to Swansea to start my work on wildfires, a subject I have always been fascinate about.

My current research focuses on the effects of fire, both wildfires and prescribed burns, on carbon dynamics. I also study fire impacts on soils and waters, social perceptions of fire, and fuels and fire behaviour. I have been lucky enough to do fieldwork in many different ecosystems across the world such as Atlantic heathlands (UK and Spain), tropical savannah (South Africa), the boreal forest (Canada) or the dry sclerophyllous forest (Australia). I am also associate editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences and always keen on outreach activities including talks and articles for the general public.

Areas Of Expertise

Wildfires
Prescribed fires
Carbon cycle
Pyrogenic carbon
Fuels
Water quality
Social perceptions of fire
Soils

Career Highlights

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Abiven, S., Santín, C., & Santin Nuno, C. (2019). Editorial: From Fires to Oceans: Dynamics of Fire-Derived Organic Matter in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7
https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00031, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50117
Doerr, S., Santín, C., & Santin Nuno, C. (2016). Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1696), 20150345
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0345, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33127
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Preston, C., & González‐Rodríguez, G. (2015). Pyrogenic organic matter production from wildfires: a missing sink in the global carbon cycle. Global Change Biology, 21(4), 1621-1633.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12800, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20905
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Otero, X., & Chafer, C. (2015). Quantity, composition and water contamination potential of ash produced under different wildfire severities. Environmental Research, 142, 297-308.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.041, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24001
Santín, C., Doerr, S., Merino, A., Bryant, R., Loader, N., & Santin Nuno, C. (2016). Forest floor chemical transformations in a boreal forest fire and their correlations with temperature and heating duration. Geoderma, 264, 71-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.09.021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24002

All Research

Journal Articles

Laino Rebollido, D., Cabo Gomez, C., Prendes, C., Janvier, R., Ordonez, C., Nikonovas, T., Doerr, S., & Santin Nuno, C. (2024). 3DFin: a software for automated 3D forest inventories from terrestrial point clouds. Forestry: An International Journal of Forest Research, 97(4), 479-496.
https://doi.org/10.1093/forestry/cpae020, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66704
Nikonovas, T., Santin Nuno, C., Belcher, C., Clay, G., Kettridge, N., Smith, T., & Doerr, S. (2024). Vegetation phenology as a key driver for fire occurrence in the UK and comparable humid temperate regions. International Journal of Wildland Fire, 33(10)
https://doi.org/10.1071/wf23205, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa67600
Girona‐García, A., Vieira, D., Doerr, S., Panagos, P., & Santin Nuno, C. (2024). Into the unknown: The role of post‐fire soil erosion in the carbon cycle. Global Change Biology, 30(6)
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.17354, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66706
Kelly, J., Kljun, N., Cai, Z., Doerr, S., D'Onofrio, C., Holst, T., Lehner, I., Lindroth, A., Thapa, S., Vestin, P., & Santin Nuno, C. (2024). Wildfire impacts on the carbon budget of a managed Nordic boreal forest. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 351, 110016
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.110016, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa66707
Dukat, P., Kelly, J., Doerr, S., Edvardsson, J., Hölttä, T., Lehner, I., Lindroth, A., Santin Nuno, C., & Kljun, N. (2024). Boreal forest tree growth and sap flow after a low-severity wildfire. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 347, 109899
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2024.109899, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65775
Sanchez-Garcia, C., Santin Nuno, C., Neris Tome, J., G, S., L., O., Manley, J., G, G., C, B., A, C., L, M., F, M., C, R., G, S., T, S., R, R., & Doerr, S. (2023). Chemical characteristics of wildfire ash across the globe and their environmental and socio-economic implications. Environment International, 178, 108065
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108065, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63712
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108065
Santin Nuno, C., Moustakas, A., & Doerr, S. (2023). Searching the flames: Trends in global and regional public interest in wildfires. Environmental Science & Policy, 146, 151-161.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.008, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa63531
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2023.05.008
Jones, M., Abatzoglou, J., Veraverbeke, S., Andela, N., Lasslop, G., Forkel, M., Smith, A., Burton, C., Betts, R., Werf, G., Sitch, S., Canadell, J., Santin Nuno, C., Kolden, C., Doerr, S., & Quéré, C. (2022). Global and Regional Trends and Drivers of Fire Under Climate Change. Reviews of Geophysics, 60(3)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020rg000726, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59825
Coppola, A., Wagner, S., Lennartz, S., Seidel, M., Ward, N., Dittmar, T., Santin Nuno, C., & Jones, M. (2022). The black carbon cycle and its role in the Earth system. Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, 3, 516-532.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00316-6, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60518
Roces, J., Santin Nuno, C., Martínez‐Vilalta, J., & Doerr, S. (2022). A global synthesis of fire effects on ecosystem services of forests and woodlands. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 20(3), 170-178.
https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2349, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59003
Ribeiro-Kumara, C., Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Pumpanen, J., Baxter, G., & Köster, K. (2022). Short- to medium-term effects of crown and surface fires on soil respiration in a Canadian boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 52(4)
https://doi.org/10.1139/cjfr-2021-0354, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59156
Gao, C., Wang, G., Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Cong, J., & Zhao, H. (2021). Response of Calamagrostis angustifolia to burn frequency and seasonality in the Sanjiang Plain wetlands (Northeast China). Journal of Environmental Management, 300, 113759
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113759, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57953
Neris, J., Santin Nuno, C., Lew, R., Robichaud, P., Elliot, W., Lewis, S., Sheridan, G., Rohlfs, A., Ollivier, Q., Oliveira, L., Doerr, S., & Neris Tome, J. (2021). Designing tools to predict and mitigate impacts on water quality following the Australian 2019/2020 wildfires: Insights from Sydney's largest water supply catchment. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management, 17(6), 1151-1161.
https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4406, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56457
Kelly, J., Ibáñez, T., Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Nilsson, M., Holst, T., Lindroth, A., & Kljun, N. (2021). Boreal forest soil carbon fluxes one year after a wildfire: Effects of burn severity and management. Global Change Biology, 27(17), 4181-4195.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15721, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57161
Sánchez-García, C., Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Strydom, T., & Urbanek, E. (2021). Wildland fire ash enhances short-term CO2 flux from soil in a Southern African savannah. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 160, 108334
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2021.108334, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57172
Bistarelli, L., Poyntner, C., Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Talluto, M., Singer, G., & Sigmund, G. (2021). Wildfire-Derived Pyrogenic Carbon Modulates Riverine Organic Matter and Biofilm Enzyme Activities in an In Situ Flume Experiment. ACS ES&T Water, 1(7), 1648-1656.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsestwater.1c00185, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa57220
Robinne, F., Hallema, D., Bladon, K., Flannigan, M., Boisramé, G., Bréthaut, C., Doerr, S., Baldassarre, G., Gallagher, L., Hohner, A., Khan, S., Kinoshita, A., Mordecai, R., Nunes, J., Nyman, P., Santin Nuno, C., Sheridan, G., Stoof, C., Thompson, M...., & Wei, Y. (2021). Scientists' warning on extreme wildfire risks to water supply. Hydrological Processes, 35(5)
https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.14086, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56881
Sigmund, G., Santin Nuno, C., Pignitter, M., Tepe, N., Doerr, S., & Hofmann, T. (2021). Environmentally persistent free radicals are ubiquitous in wildfire charcoals and remain stable for years. Communications Earth & Environment, 2(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00138-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56612
Jones, M., Coppola, A., Santin Nuno, C., Dittmar, T., Jaffé, R., Doerr, S., & Quine, T. (2020). Fires prime terrestrial organic carbon for riverine export to the global oceans. Nature Communications, 11(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16576-z, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa54324
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Jones, M., Merino, A., Warneke, C., & Roberts, J. (2020). The Relevance of Pyrogenic Carbon for Carbon Budgets From Fires: Insights From the FIREX Experiment. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 34(9)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2020gb006647, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55444
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Pausas, J., Underwood, E., & Safford, H. (2020). No evidence of suitability of prophylactic fluids for wildfire prevention at landscape scales. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(10), 5103-5104.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1922086117, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55439
Roces, J., Cabo Gomez, C., Prendes, C., Ordoñez, C., & Santin Nuno, C. (2020). Automatic Delineation of Forest Patches in Highly Fragmented Landscapes Using Coloured Point Clouds. Forests, 11(2), 198
https://doi.org/10.3390/f11020198, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa53703
Abiven, S., Santín, C., & Santin Nuno, C. (2019). Editorial: From Fires to Oceans: Dynamics of Fire-Derived Organic Matter in Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems. Frontiers in Earth Science, 7
https://doi.org/10.3389/feart.2019.00031, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50117
Jones, M., Santin Nuno, C., Werf, G., & Doerr, S. (2019). Global fire emissions buffered by the production of pyrogenic carbon. Nature Geoscience, 12(9), 742-747.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0403-x, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa50792
Santin Nuno, C., Otero, X., Doerr, S., & Chafer, C. (2018). Impact of a moderate/high-severity prescribed eucalypt forest fire on soil phosphorous stocks and partitioning. Science of The Total Environment, 621, 1103-1114.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.10.116, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa55437
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Merino, A., Bucheli, T., Bryant, R., Ascough, P., Gao, X., & Masiello, C. (2017). Carbon sequestration potential and physicochemical properties differ between wildfire charcoals and slow-pyrolysis biochars. Scientific Reports, 7(1)
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-10455-2, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa35207
Doerr, S., Santín, C., & Santin Nuno, C. (2016). Global trends in wildfire and its impacts: perceptions versus realities in a changing world. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1696), 20150345
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0345, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33127
Santín, C., Doerr, S., Merino, A., Bryant, R., Loader, N., & Santin Nuno, C. (2016). Forest floor chemical transformations in a boreal forest fire and their correlations with temperature and heating duration. Geoderma, 264, 71-80.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2015.09.021, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24002
Doerr, S. & Santin Nuno, C. (2016). Fire effects on soils: the human dimension. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371(1696), 20150171
https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0171, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa26539
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Kane, E., Masiello, C., Ohlson, M., Rosa, J., Preston, C., & Dittmar, T. (2016). Towards a global assessment of pyrogenic carbon from vegetation fires. Global Change Biology, 22(1), 76-91.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12985, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa25033
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Otero, X., & Chafer, C. (2015). Quantity, composition and water contamination potential of ash produced under different wildfire severities. Environmental Research, 142, 297-308.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.06.041, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa24001
Santin Nuno, C., Doerr, S., Preston, C., & González‐Rodríguez, G. (2015). Pyrogenic organic matter production from wildfires: a missing sink in the global carbon cycle. Global Change Biology, 21(4), 1621-1633.
https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.12800, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa20905

Book Chapters

Doerr, S., Santin Nuno, C., & Mataix-Solera, J. (2023). Fire effects on soil. Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment (pp. 448-457). Elsevier
https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00106-3, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa60980
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00106-3

Conference Contributions

Neris Tome, J., Brown, R., Robichaud, P., Elliot, W., Santin Nuno, C., & Doerr, S. (2021). Modelling wildfire ash transport by concentrated flow. In EGU General Assembly 2021Copernicus GmbH.
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu21-15336, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56882

Supervision

Public perceptions of wildfire in Great Britain: case studies from Wales, England and Scotland (awarded 2024)

PhD

Other supervisor: Prof Stefan Doerr

Other supervisor: Dr Keith Halfacree
Conifer Encroachment upon Peat Bogs within the Scottish Highlands. (awarded 2024)

MRes

Other supervisor: Prof Cynthia Froyd