Our people

Institute for Life Sciences

Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 380 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Dr Sylvia Pender

Associate Professor

Connect with Sylvia

Email: S.Pender@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205081

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Dr Tess Maguire

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Tess

Email: T.L.Maguire@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 1930

Professor Thanassis Tiropanis

Professor

Research interests

Decentralised information systems and infrastructures
Data (and Web) observatories
Bias in datasets and incassible algorithms

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Thanassis

Email: t.tiropanis@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9109

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Professor Thomas Blumensath

Professor

Research interests

I develop and study advanced algorithms that can solve challenging inverse problems by efficiently exploiting complex prior information. Using techniques from mathematics, statistics and machine learning, my work concentrates primarily on problems in x-ray tomographic image reconstruction and modelling.
I work closely with state-of-the-art imaging facilities (µ-VIS, the National Research Facility in Lab-based XCT, the UK’s synchrotron facility at the Diamond Light Source, and ISIS neutron imaging beamline) to find practical solutions to a range of important scientific problems from plant science to manufacturing.
My research interests cover areas such as: Theoretical and computational methods for Signal and Image Processing (Machine Learning, Compressed Sensing, Statistical Signal and Image Processing, Quantum Computing, Inverse Problems, Optimisation, X-ray Tomographic Imaging); Advanced tomographic imaging strategies: (limited angle tomography and laminography, Spectral X-ray imaging, Stereo and extreme limited view tomography); Efficient computational methods for tomographic reconstruction, including GPU acceleration, distributed computation and advanced optimisation strategies, Constrained optimisation for ill-conditioned and underdetermined tomographic inverse problems, Applications of X-ray tomography to the inspection of manufactured components, Multimodal tomographic imaging

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Thomas

Email: Thomas.Blumensath@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3224

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Dr Thomas Richardson B.A.(Hons), D.Clin.Psych

Assoc Professor in Clinical Psychology

Research interests

Relationship between Financial Difficulties such as Debt and Impulsive Spending and Mental Health
Psychological understanding and treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Cannabis Use and Psychosis

Connect with Thomas

Email: T.H.Richardson@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5324

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