Dr Jacques Deere
Academic and research departments
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, School of Biosciences, Biosciences Foundation Year.About
Biography
I have been a lecturer in biosciences since March 2025. I completed my BSc (Hons) in Zoology at the University of Pretoria and an MSc in Zoology at Stellenbosch University (South Africa). Following this I was research coordinator for the USAID/NRF Capacity Building Programme for Climate Change Research (Stellenbosch University) and then became the research coordinator for the NERC Centre for Population Biology at Imperial College London. I then went on to complete a DPhil at the University of Oxford where I focused on the impact of dispersal on life-history and population dynamics. Since then I completed several postdocs at the University of Oxfrod and University of Amsterdam, the most recent investigating predator-prey dynamics for use in biological control. I am also currently a guest research associate at the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (University of Amsterdam).
ResearchResearch interests
My work aims to understand how life-history responds to environmental change and how this impacts population dynamics and eco-evolutionary dynamics, I do so by combining experimental work and modelling approaches. My research lines focus on (1) predator-prey dynamics in biological control and (2) changes in population dynamics through dispersal and variable environments.
Research interests
My work aims to understand how life-history responds to environmental change and how this impacts population dynamics and eco-evolutionary dynamics, I do so by combining experimental work and modelling approaches. My research lines focus on (1) predator-prey dynamics in biological control and (2) changes in population dynamics through dispersal and variable environments.