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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.

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

Professor Xunli Zhang PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng

Professor of Bioengineering

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xunli

Email: XL.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5099

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Dr Yanghee Kim

Sr Research Fellow (Anni Fellowship) Med

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Yanghee

Email: Yanghee.Kim@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381204292

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Professor Yasmeen Hamza

Lecturer in Audiology
Connect with Yasmeen

Email: Y.Hamza@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8967

Dr Yihua Wang

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Cell Signalling in Disease
  • Epithelial-Mesenchymal Crosstalk
  • Pulmonary Fibrosis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Yihua

Email: yihua.wang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2028

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Professor Ying Cheong

Professor of Reproductive Medicine
Connect with Ying

Email: Y.Cheong@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206033

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Dr Ysobel Baker

Royal Society University Research Fellow

Research interests

  • DNA chemistry
  • Nucleic acid chemistry
  • Nucleic acid therapeutics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ysobel

Email: Y.R.Baker@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Yuning Zhang PhD

Lecturer in Psychology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Yuning

Email: Yuning.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9228

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Dr Yury Bogdanov

Lecturer in Transgenic Technologies

Research interests

  • Tumour microenvironment
  • Neurotransmitters in Cancer
  • GABA and GABA receptors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Yury

Email: Y.D.Bogdanov@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Zehor Belkhatir

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Design of estimation and control techniques, with convergence guarantees, for finite and infinite-dimensional systems
  • Robust predictive modelling and analysis of high-dimensional data (e.g., network, time-series, imaging)
  • The cross-over between artificial intelligence and mathematics for interpretable and robust computational algorithmic designs

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Zehor

Email: Z.Belkhatir@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 2380591680

Dr Zoe Saynor PhD, MSc, BSc (Hons), FHEA, RCEP

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Physical activity and exercise in the prevention and treatment of long-term conditions
  • Clinical exercise testing and mechanism(s) of exercise limitation in long-term conditions
  • Paediatric exercise science

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Zoe

Email: Z.L.Saynor@soton.ac.uk

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