Meet the team

Daphnia Facility Director

Professor Luisa Orsini

Professor Luisa Orsini

Professor of Evolutionary Systems Biology and Environmental Omics
Alan Turing Fellow, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Co-founder and CEO of Daphne Water Solutions & Founder and CTO of EnviSion, University of Birmingham Enterprise

School of Biosciences

My mission is to improve environmental health by pushing the boundaries of research and innovation. I apply high throughput sequencing technologies and AI to understand the impact of environmental change on freshwater ecosystems. I work with ghost DNA and resurrected crustaceans to identify the causes of biodiversity loss and the mechanisms of evolution that allow species to persist.

I love ...

Telephone
+44 (0)121 4145894
Email
l.orsini@bham.ac.uk

Frankie Lloyd

Frankie Lloyd

Environment Care Consortium Research Assistant

School of Biosciences

Frankie Lloyd is a University of Birmingham graduate, having completed a First Class MSci in Biological Sciences in 2021. She now works as a research assistant within the biosciences department, leading the incorporation and management of the start-up environmental justice non-profit Environment Care Foundation.

Email
f.lloyd@bham.ac.uk

 

Marianne Barnard: manager

Caroline Sewell: technician

Erin Jarvis: technician

David Epps: Financial and Administrative Manager