Dr. Demetris Kletou
Director and Marine Biologist / Ecologist Researcher
Demetris Kletou has a BSc and MSc in Marine Biology from Florida Atlantic University (Department of Biological Sciences). In 2008, he founded Marine & Environmental Research (MER) Lab Ltd., based at Cyprus, and since then he operates as the Director and Principle Investigator and has coordinated numerous studies and research projects around the coastal waters of Cyprus. In 2018 he obtained his PhD from the University of Plymouth (School of Biological and Marine Sciences), studying the anthropogenic impacts to marine oligotrophic ecosystems. His research was conducted in Cyprus and involved a review of human impacts, a number of case studies on invasive species, on the effects of coastal industrialization and offshore aquaculture on macroalgae of rocky reefs and seagrass, on long-term monitoring of Posidonia oceanica from fixed plots and on IMTA trials with extractive invertebrates to biomitigate fish farm effluents. He has around 40 publications published in scientific journals. He is a visiting Lecturer at the Department of Maritime Transport and Commerce of Frederick University since 2020 teaching (1) Marine Ecosystems, Threats and Management and (2) Shipping and Environment.