Demetra Orthodoxou

Demetra Orthodoxou is a Biochemist (Worcester Polytechnic Institute, MA, USA) with an MSc in Environmental Engineering from Imperial College London. She heads ISOTECH’s Department of Applied Environmental Research. Since joining ISOTECH, Demetra has managed several projects on the topics of waste management, marine litter, the bio-economy, sea level rise and sustainability. She has significant experience with participatory decision support systems and methods, working closely with Isotech colleagues to implement the DeCyDe-4 method for a range of topics related to the environment and sustainability.  While at ISOTECH, Demetra has also worked on the implementation of Environmental Impact Studies, the development and implementation of Construction and Operation Environmental Monitoring Plans (CEMP and OEMP), and strategy development.

Prior to joining ISOTECH, Demetra worked as a Higher Scientific Officer at Defra’s Waste Evidence Branch, where she was responsible for commissioning and managing evidence projects in the field of waste and sustainable consumption to help inform England’s waste policy. While at Defra she worked on projects covering composting (including the composting of food waste), anaerobic digestion, emissions and greenhouse gases, resource security (critical materials) and others.