Our Team
Trine Bregstein
Development Manager
Trine studied Environmental Science at the University of Brighton, and has worked in science education and as part of the National Trust outdoor education team on the south-east coast. She joined the Freshwater Biological Association in March 2022 as a citizen science co-ordinator. For one year she split her week between two projects, working on the Riverfly Partnership and The Big Windermere Survey, until her promotion to Riverfly Development Manager. Trine loves to engage with volunteers, hub leaders, members of the public, partners and stakeholders. She helps to facilitate participation in the important work of the Riverfly Partnership where volunteer monitoring acts as an early warning system of issues in rivers and streams.
Beth Korab
Co-ordinator
Beth is currently studying towards her Environmental Science degree, she has previously worked for an environmental conservation charity and spends as much of her time in the outdoors as possible. She joined the FBA in September 2023 as Riverfly Partnership co-ordinator.
Her role is to help coordinate the Riverfly Partnership where volunteer monitoring carries out the important work of understanding populations, conserving water quality, biodiversity and protecting unique habitats.
Ellen Burton
Co-ordinator
Ellen studied Ecology and Conservation at university, then spent several years working in the science team at an educational publisher. She has always loved engaging with nature and citizen science in her spare time, and in September 2023, she joined the Riverfly Partnership team as a co-ordinator. Her role involves facilitating the participation of various organisations and volunteers, so that the health of Britain’s rivers can be effectively monitored.
Steve Brooks
Co-chair of the Riverfly Partnership
Steve has long been an advocate of education, citizen science and the hands-on experience of the natural world as being vital to its successful conservation. He has written several books and field guides on dragonflies and other freshwater insects, teaches on university courses, gives popular lectures at the Natural History Museum, and provides talks and field trips for natural history societies. He is a founder member and currently chair of the Riverfly Partnership, is a founder member of the British Dragonfly Society and currently serves on its conservation committee. He is a Scientific Associate at the Natural History Museum, following his retirement in 2017.
Louise Lavictoire
Co-chair of the Riverfly Partnership
Dr Lavictoire is the FBA’s Head of Science and is responsible for the development and delivery of all aspects of the Freshwater Science plan and programme, including the ground breaking Pearl Mussel species recovery programme. Louise manages the Freshwater Science team and is the primary contact for all science-related enquiries at FBA.