Demetra Andreou

Dr Demetra Andreou

  • Principal Academic In Environmental Science
  • Christchurch House C113, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB
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Biography

My research can be subdivided into three main streams which all combine to inform the conservation management of species.

1. Conservation of migratory species

I use a combination of genomic tools, environmental DNA detection and telemetry to inform the conservation management of migratory species such as the sea lamprey and allis and twaite shad. The work is funded by the European Commission (Marie Curie fellowship to Dr Miguel Soares) and the Severn Rivers Trust (through two PhD studentships – Caterina Antognazza and Peter Davies).

Collaborators: Prof. Robert Britton, Dr Pippa Gillingham

2. Emerging disease and host-parasite co-evolution

I am researching the factors that can lead to disease emergence using the parasite Sphaerothecum destruens as a model species. My work has demonstrated how this generalist parasite can establish and spread to new hosts within a year of its introduction.

Lab alumni that have worked on this topic: Dr Salma Sana;Dr Farah Al-Shorbaji

Collaborators: Dr Chris Williams (Environment Agency); Dr Richard Paley (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science); Dr Rodolphe E...

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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person's work contributes towards the following SDGs:

Good health and well-being

"Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages"

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Climate action

"Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts"

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Life below water

"Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources for sustainable development"

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Life on land

"Protect, restore and promote sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, and halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss"

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Journal Articles

Books

Conferences

Reports

Others

  • Britton, J., Bentley, M., Andreou, D., Stebbing, P., Hart, A. and Green, N., 2022. The efficacy of male sterilisation in invasive signal crayfish Pacifastacus leniusculus: persistence and functionality in captive and wild conditions.. Unknown. Unpublished.
  • Britton, J., Bentley, M., Andreou, D., Stebbing, P. and Green, N., 2022. Responses of an invasive riverine crayfish population to multi-method population control.. Unknown. Unpublished.
  • Davies, P., Britton, J., Andreou, D., Nunn, A.D., Dodd, J., Crundwell, C., Velterop, R. and Bolland, J.D., 2022. Movement, space use and spatial fidelity of threatened anadromous twaite shad Alosa fallax during their spawning migrations. Unpublished. Unpublished.

PhD Students

  • Helen Slater. The Importance of Micro-Climate Refuges for Mammal Responses to Climate Change & Human Disturbance

Grants

  • Horizon-MSCA fellowship- Dr Irmak Kurtul-PROGRESS (UKRI, 01 Sep 2025). Awarded
  • BU Global Solutions- Jersey eel assessment (Government of Jersey, 01 May 2025). Awarded
  • BUGlobal Consultancy:INNS fish eDNA (Wessex Water, 10 Mar 2025). Awarded
  • NERC- Freshwater Taxonomy and Field Identification Skills: macroinvertebrates, protists, meiofauna and eDNA (NERC, 03 Mar 2025). Awarded
  • Conservation ecology of critically endangered Match Funded PhD Studentship: European eel in seasonally variable and fragmented habitats (Environment Agency, 15 Apr 2024). Awarded
  • Match Funded PhD studentship: Spatial and temporal variation in the ecology and phenology of juvenile migratory eels at local to continental scales (Environment Agency, 22 Jan 2024). Awarded
  • Severn eDNA extraction (Natural England, 14 Aug 2023). Awarded
  • eDNA sampling for River Fragmentation (Natural England, 28 Feb 2023). Awarded
  • Match Funded PhD Studentship:Freshwater production and emigration of River Teme Atlantic salmon (Severn Rivers Trust, 23 Jan 2023). Awarded
  • Evidence review for seabass (CEFAS, 30 Nov 2022). Awarded
  • How co-invading parasite dynamics and eradication programmes drive disease emergence (Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 01 Sep 2022). Awarded
  • Comparison of manual filtration methods for on-site eDNA sample processing (Natural England, 01 Sep 2022). Awarded
  • eDNA sampling for the rewilding of the River Severn (Canal and River Trust, 24 Aug 2022). Awarded
  • Developing eDNA techniques for the detection of European smelt (Osmerus eperlanus) on the River Wyre (Natural England, 01 Mar 2022). Awarded
  • eDNA methodological support to investigate wider ecological effects of restoring river connectivity in the River Severn (University of Hull, 20 Sep 2021). Awarded
  • Match Funded PhD Studentship:Why are there so many predators? How the large-scale spatial population dynamics of a successful generalist, the fox, may determine the local fate of native prey species (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust, 01 Sep 2021). Completed
  • Match funded PhD Studentship: Measuring the migratory and ecological responses of a threatened anadromous fish to river reconnection: Twaite shad Alosa fallax in the River Severn (The Fishmongers Company, 25 Jan 2021). Awarded
  • Determining the effect of microplastics on freshwater fishes health (Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 02 Oct 2018). Awarded
  • The biology of river restoration: migration and population responses of threatened migratory fishes to restored river connectivity (Severn Rivers Trust, 01 Nov 2017). Awarded
  • Applying risk-based species distribution models to the management of invasive species (NERC, 01 Oct 2017). Awarded
  • ADAPTATION:- Predicting adaptive responses of protected species to environmentsl changes to optimise conservation management frameworks in Europe (European Commission H2020 MSCA IF (Standard), 01 Nov 2016). In Progress
  • Connect Severn: Conservation and ecological implications for threatened migratory fishes of restoring longitudinal connectivity of a major river basin (Severn Rivers Trust, 01 Sep 2016). Awarded
  • ECO-CODING: Creating a centre for DNA Meta-barcoding Ecology at BU (HEIF (Higher Education Innovation Fund), 31 Jul 2016). Awarded
  • River Teme Shad Spawning Survey (Natural England, 20 Apr 2015). Awarded
  • River Teme Shad Spawning Survey (Natural England, 01 Apr 2015). Completed
  • Match-funded PhD studentship:Consequences of river regulation for the ecology and movements of riverine fishes (Severn Rivers Trust, 01 Sep 2014). Awarded
  • Biodiversity drivers of disease transmission and emergence in aquatic ecosystems: Implications for the sustainability of ecosystem services (Le Centre National De La Recherchs Scientifique, 01 Apr 2013). Awarded
  • TECHNO II,European Commission EACEA Erasmus Mundus (European Commission, 01 Sep 2012). Awarded
  • Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) and assortative mating in an invasive vertebrate (Fisheries Society of the British Isles, 01 Sep 2011). Awarded
  • TECHNO-European Commission EACEA Erasmus Mundus (European Commission, 01 Jun 2011). Awarded

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Public Lecture Afternoon Presentation (14 Sep 2016)

Qualifications

  • PGCE in Educational Practice (Bournemouth University, 2016)
  • PhD in Biological Sciences (Cardiff University, 2010)
  • MRes in Ecology and Environmental Management (University of York, 2005)
  • BSc (Hons) in Biology (Trent University, Canada, 2003)

Memberships

  • British Ecological society, Member (2011-),
  • British Ecological Society, Member (2011-),
  • The British Society for Parasitology, Member (2011-),
  • British Ecological Society, Member,
  • British Society for Parasitology, Member,
  • Fisheries Society of the British Isles, Member,
  • North-Western Journal of Zoology, Associate,