Dr Daniel Perkins
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Sciences

Topics

I currently supervise the following PhD students:

Ekain Fraile (2025 -present): Riparian corridor as a driver for freshwater ecosystems: linking riparian vegetation to diversity and energy transfer influvial food webs. External supervisor  (with Aitor Larranaga, University of the Basque Country, Spain).

Skia Basdag (2025 -present): Understanding the response of aquatic microorganisms to environmental change through the lens of energy allocation. Brunel Studentship. Lead supervisor  (Co-supervisors: Julia Reiss & Tom Miller, Brunel University of 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).

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).

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)

Research supervision

There are vacancies for the following PhD projects:

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

Interactive effects of antibiotics and temperature on freshwater bacteria (with Julia Reiss, Brunel University of London)