Dr Daniel Perkins
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences

Topics

I currently supervise the following PhD students:

Naima Rizwan (2019: present): Effects of temperature on the movement, metabolism and feeding of aquatic organisms. Self-funded. Co-supervisor (with Prof Lewis Halsey & Dr Andrea Perna, University of Roehampton, London)

Faith Ekoja-Smah (2023: present): Linking plastic particle characteristics to their uptake and transformation by groundwater animals”. Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions DTP project. Co-supervisor (with Dr Julia Reiss & Prof. Anne Robertson, University of Roehampton, London).

Emma Brind (2024: present): Monitoring river health and restoration success through citizen science" Leverhulme Trust studentship. Co-supervisor (with Dr Cecile Reed, University of Roehampton, London).

Research supervision

There are vacancies for two PhD projects:

NERC London DTP: Deforestation impacts on stream biodiversity in the tropics: similar impacts to higher latitudes? (with Pavel Kratina, Queen Mary University of London)

Understanding the response of aquatic microorganisms to environmental change through the lens of energy allocation (with Julia Reiss, Brunel University, London)