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Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

Our people

Learn about our scholars and their expertise from research interests to contact details.

Dr Ben Waterson

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Road transport
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Traveller Behaviour

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: b.j.waterson@southampton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Dr Benjamin Cerfontaine

Lecturer in Geotechnical Engineering

Research interests

  • Offshore renewable energy - wind, tidal and wave
  • Numerical and Physical Modelling of infrastructure for renewable energy
  • Constitutive modelling of geomaterials for cyclic loading

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: b.cerfontaine@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani

Professor of Experimental Fluid Mechani

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: g.bharath@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Dr Bindi Shah PhD, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • A key question that Bindi is interested in asking is: What shapes citizenship and a sense of belonging to the nation amongst immigrants and established ethnic minority communities?
  • Bindi is also interested in exploring the role of social capital for developing interdisciplinary solutions to climate crisis and biodiversity loss for marginalised communities.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: b.shah@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Professor Blair Thornton

Professor of Marine Autonomy

Research interests

  • Autonomous robotic platforms allow detailed observations to be made over large areas in the ocean. For these systems to be useful, it is necessary to develop advanced sensing capabilities and methods to allow the robots to safely navigate and accurately localize themselves in complex, GPS denied environments. Once observations have been made, it’s necessary to interpret the large volumes of data that are gathered in an efficient and scalable way. For more information on research activities, please visit the Ocean Perception research website.
  • Seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: Development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pipelines for calibration, localisation and 3D mapping of the seafloor with full-field uncertainty characterisation.
  • BioCam (NERC NE/P020887/1): Development of a deep-sea, high-altitude seafloor imaging system for monitoring seafloor ecological variables as part of the Oceanids Marine Sensor Capital program. This project is a collaboration with Sonardyne International Ltd, the National Oceanography Centre and the ACFR University of SydneyAT-SEA (NERC NE/T010592/1): 3D visual survey of decommissioned seafloor infrastructure using a shore launched Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (Boaty McBoaface) as part of the INSITE program. This project is a collaboration with the National Oceanography Centre. Automated interpretation of data: Development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation of seafloor imagery.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: b.thornton@soton.ac.uk

Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, SO16 7QF

Professor Carlos Ponce De Leon Albarran

Professor of Electrochemical Engineering

Email: c.a.ponce-de-leon-albarran@soton.ac.uk

Address: B30, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Catherine Rychert

Associate Professor

Email: c.rychert@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Dr Cathy Lucas

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • The role of gelatinous zooplankton in ecosystem structure and function.
  • Causes and consequences of jellyfish blooms.
  • Jellyfish and ecosystem servives in the coastal zone.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: c.h.lucas@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Dr Cecilia D'angelo

Associate Professor

Email: c.dangelo@soton.ac.uk

Address: National Oceanography Centre, Waterfront Campus European Way, SO14 3ZH

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Email: c.w.keevil@soton.ac.uk

Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ