Freya Farr

PhD student in Biosciences and the Centre for Resililience in Environment, Water and Waste (CREWW). 

My PhD is focussed on applying environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques for monitoring the ecological impacts of river pollution. Based in CREWW, I am a member of the CSO project, focused on charachterising combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and surface water outfalls (SWOs) and understanding how they affect the environment. My role within the project involves understanding the microbial composotition of such discharges and their impacts on bacterial communities within receiving rivers. Additionally, my reaseach addresses some of the key challenges in apapting and applying DNA tools for monitoring ecological communities in river systems, covering diverse groups such as bacteria, macroinvertebrates and fish

I hold an MSc(R) from the University of Bristol focussed on the applying molecular and traditional tools to understand the evolutionary ecology of river fish. I also have a passion for wildlife conservation and have been involved with a great deal of community volunteering and ecological monitoring projects.