Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

Our people

Institute for Life Sciences
Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Institute for Life Sciences core team

Professor Max Crispin (Director)

Professor Mary Barker (Deputy Director)

Professor Hywel Morgan (Deputy Director)

Doctor Alexandra Mant (Collaboration Manager)

Janette Thompson (Project Manager)

Snita Bansal - Institute Coordinator

 

 

Interested in joining us? Please see details about current academic recruitment opportunities here.

Dr Kathy Carnelley

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • My research area is personal relationships. I investigate the ways in which attachment experi…
  • One stream of my research focuses on moving people toward felt security. Attachment security …
  • Other streams of research focus on attachment networks (e.g., who serves as attachment figure…

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kathy

Email: K.Carnelley@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3004

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Dr Katie Meadmore

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Research on research
  • Qualitative research
  • Ethics in research
Connect with Katie

Email: K.Meadmore@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Katy Sivyer CPsychol, DPhil, MSc, BA

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Understanding how psychological treatments and behaviour change interventions work
Connect with Katy

Email: K.A.J.Sivyer@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7162

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Emeritus Professor Keith Fox

Research interests

  • DNA Interactions
  • Triplex DNA
  • Quadruplex DNA
Connect with Keith

Email: K.R.Fox@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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Dr Kelvin Peh

Assoc Professor of Conservation Science

Research interests

  • Kelvin Peh’s interests range from forest ecology to urban wildlife in respect of diversity an…
  • Tropical Forest Ecology – Kelvin’s work on monodominance in tropical tree-dominated systems -…
  • Ecosystem Services – Kelvin is best known for his leading role in the development of TESSA (T…

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kelvin

Email: K.Peh@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4367

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Dr Ken Brackstone

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • War trauma (i.e., blast exposure) and mental health among civilians living in conflict zones
  • Health needs and resilience of Ukrainian internally displaced populations (IDPs) and refugees
  • Improving global usability of digital and telehealth systems among healthcare professionals
Connect with Ken

Email: K.Brackstone@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Kif Liakath-Ali MSc, MPhil, PhD.

Lecturer in Advanced Cell Biology

Research interests

  • Regulation of RNA splicing
  • RNA Splicing Misregulation in Neurodegeneration
  • Ribosomes and Alternative Splicing

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kif

Email: kif.liakath-ali@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Kirsten Poore

Principal Teaching Fellow
Connect with Kirsten

Email: kpoore@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380598151

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Professor Koushik Maharatna PhD

Prof Signal Processing System Design
Connect with Koushik

Email: km3@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9322

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Dr Lam Khuat

Senior Research Fellow Gould Fellowship

Research interests

  • Graft-versus-host disease and graft-versus-tumour effect
  • Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
  • The interplay between the gut microbiome, metabolism, and the immune system
Connect with Lam

Email: L.Khuat@soton.ac.uk

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