
Research Interests
I am an Environmental Virologist at Bangor University, based within the School of Environmental and Natural Sciences. I currently lead the virology component of the BlueAdapt project, which aims to investigate and mitigate the risks posed by waterborne pathogens in a changing climate. My work operates at the intersection of environmental virology, public health, water quality, and climate resilience.
My research focuses on understanding how climate change affects the occurrence and persistence of sewage-borne human viruses in coastal, estuarine, and river environments. This work is critical for assessing public health risks from viral contamination and guiding evidence-based interventions. I have a strong interest in the challenges surrounding bathing water quality, particularly how risk is assessed and then used to manage human exposure to pathogens.
 Additionally, I also explore the use of emerging molecular technologies to assess viral prevalence, abundance, and diversity in environmental samples. These tools are invaluable for improving our understanding of viral transmission pathways and strengthening pandemic preparedness.
I earned my PhD in Biological Sciences from the University of Salford, Manchester, in 2018, where I investigated resistance to deformed wing virus (DWV) in European honeybees and completed my first Postdoctoral research position at the University of Minnesota USA.
Following this, I joined Bangor University as a Postdoctoral Research Associate during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. My work in the Wastewater surveillance lab focused on developing and optimising methods to concentrate, recover, and detect SARS-CoV-2 and other human-derived viruses from wastewater, using both PCR and next-generation sequencing (NGS) platforms. These efforts contributed to the development of wastewater-based epidemiology tools for tracking community infection trends.
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I am willing to supervise a PhD
Publications
2025
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Kevill, J., Herridge, K., Li, X., Farkas, K., Malham, S., Robins, P. & Jones, D. L., 5 Mar 2025, In: Water Research. 278, 123411.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Kevill, J., Farkas, K., Herridge, K., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 6 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 12, 12.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2024
- E-pub ahead of print
Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R. C., Pântea, I., Ridding, N., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N., Grimsley, J. M. S., Wade, M. J., Singer, A. C., Weightman, A. J., Cross, G. & Jones, D. L., 5 Mar 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: FEMS microbes. 5, xtae007.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Farkas, K., Williams, R. C., Hillary, L. S., Garcia-Delgado, A., Jameson, E., Kevill, J. L., Wade, M. J., Grimsley, J. M. S. & Jones, D. L., 30 Nov 2024, In: Food and Environmental Virology. 17, 1, 5.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review - Published
Kevill, J., Li, X., Garcia-Delgado, A., Herridge, K., Farkas, K., Gaze, W. H., Robins, P., Malham, S. & Jones, D. L., 1 Nov 2024, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 208, 117006.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - E-pub ahead of print
Farkas, K., Kevill, J. L., Adwan, L., Garcia-Delgado, A., Dzay, R., Grimsley, J. M. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Wade, M. J., Williams, R. C., Martin, J., Drakesmith, M., Song, J., McClure, V. & Jones, D. L., 8 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Epidemiology and Infection. 152, p. e31
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Williams, R. C., Farkas, K., Garcia-Delgado, A., Adwan, L., Kevill, J. L., Cross, G., Weightman, A. J. & Jones, D. L., 1 Jun 2024, In: Water research. 256, 121612.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
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Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Green, E., Rimmer, C., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 1 Mar 2023, In: Scientific Reports. 13, 1, 3494.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Williams, R., Alex-Sanders, N., Bassano, I., Brown, M. R., Denise, H., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Khalifa, M. S., Pântea, I., Story, R., Wade, M. J., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 14 Feb 2023, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 11, 1, e0317722.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Jones, D. L., Rhymes, J., Wade, M. J., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Grimsley, J. M. S., Rimmer, C., Weightman, A. & Farkas, K., 15 Jan 2023, In: Science of the Total Environment. 856, Pt 2, p. 159162 159162.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Kevill, J. L., Farkas, K., Ridding, N., Woodhall, N., Malham, S. K. & Jones, D. L., 26 Dec 2023, In: Viruses. 16, 1
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
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Kevill, J. L., Pellett, C., Farkas, K., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., McDonald, J. E., Malham, S. K., Porter, J., Warren, J., Evens, N. P., Paterson, S., Singer, A. C. & Jones, D. L., 20 Feb 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 808, 151916.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Kevill, J. L., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Pellett, C., Woodhall, N., Richardson-O'Neill, I., Pantea, I., Alex-Sanders, N., Farkas, K. & Jones, D. L., 10 Sept 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 838, 4, 156580.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Brunner, F. S., Brown, M. R., Bassano, I., Denise, H., Khalifa, M. S., Wade, M. J., van Aerle, R., Kevill, J. L., Jones, D. L., Farkas, K., Jeffries, A. R., Cairns, E., Wierzbicki, C. & Paterson, S., 1 Nov 2022, In: Water research. 226, 119306.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Farkas, K., Pellett, C., Alex-Sanders, N., Bridgman, M. T. P., Corbishley, A., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kasprzyk-Hordern, B., Kevill, J. L., Pantea, I., Richardson-O'Neill, I. S., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Woodhall, N. & Jones, D. L., 31 Aug 2022, In: Microbiology Spectrum. 10, 4, 16 p., spectrum.01102-22.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Jones, D. L., Grimsley, J. M. S., Kevill, J. L., Williams, R., Pellett, C., Lambert-Slosarska, K., Singer, A. C., Williams, G. B., Bargiela, R., Brown, R. W., Agency, U. & Farkas, K., 6 Nov 2022, In: Water. 14, 21, 3568.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - Published
Robins, P., Dickson, N., Kevill, J., Malham, S., Singer, A., Quilliam, R. & Jones, D. L., Sept 2022, In: Heliyon. 8, 9, E10547.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
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Grindrod, I., Kevill, J. L., Villalobos, E. M., Schroeder, D. C. & Martin, S. J., 24 May 2021, In: Viruses. 13, 6, 969.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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01/10/2024 – 15/10/2025 (Active)