Researcher on boat preparing hydrophone for acoustic surveys of marine mammals in the Antartic
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

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Meet our academic experts and learn more about their research.

Browse the list of our academic members to learn more about our expertise at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI).

If you’re looking to work with someone with specific expertise and need help getting connected, get in touch with us at smmi@southampton.ac.uk.

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The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Dr Michael Grant BSc MSc PhD

Senior Enterprise Fellow
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Dr Michelle Newberry BSc Hons, MSc, PGCHE, FHEA, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Motivations for criminal behaviour
  • Violent offending (murder, intimate partner violence and animal cruelty)
  • Poaching and the illegal wildlife trade 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Mingyi Tan

Lecturer
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Professor Mohammed El-Hajjar

Professor

Research interests

  • Millimeter wave (mMWave) wireless communications and positioning
  • Energy efficient, low-complexity, high-performance Transceiver design
  • MIMO

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Molly Phillips

Research interests

  • Marine Autonomy
  • Sensor Development
  • Droplet Microfluidics
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Ms Mylene Ployaert

Director of Res Strategy and Funding
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Mrs Nat Easton

Impact Fellow

Research interests

  • Air Pollution
  • Characterisation
  • Toxicology
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Dr Neil Wells

Sen Exp Officer in NMR Spectroscopy

Research interests

  • Applied NMR Spectroscopy
  • Structural elucidation by NMR Spectroscopy
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Dr Nic Bury

Associate Professor in Natural Sciences

Research interests

  • Nic Bury's research integrates molecular, physiological and toxicological techniques with computational methods to understand and predict how aquatic organisms respond to, and are affected by, natural and man-induced stressors.
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Accepting applications from PhD students

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