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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 Crystal El Safadi

Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology

Research interests

  • Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring
  • Maritime Cultural Heritage
  • Geospatial Data and Mapping

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng FCGI

Director of WSI

Research interests

  • Web Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Damon Teagle

Director of SMMI

Research interests

  • • Formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • • Fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • • Geochemical analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Danesh Tarapore

Associate Professor

Dr Daniil Yurchenko

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics; Stability and Bifurcation; Energy Harvesting; Nonlinear Vibration Mitigation; 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor Dankmar Böhning

Professor of Medical Statistics

Research interests

  • Meta-analysis
  • Application of capture-recapture methods in Health and Social Science

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Darren Bradshaw

Associate Professor

Professor Dave White PhD (Cantab), FREng, FICE, FTSE, FRINA, FIEAust

Professor of Infrastructure Geotechnics

Research interests

  • Offshore renewable energy - wind, tidal and wave
  • Geotechnical modelling of foundations, anchoring systems and subsea cables
  • Site characterisation - in situ and laboratory testing

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr David Evans

Royal Society University Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Cenozoic palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography
  • Biomineralisation
  • The geochemistry of low-temperature minerals

Accepting applications from PhD students

Professor David Harrowven

Professor of Chemistry