Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

Our people

Learn about our scholars and their expertise from research interests to contact details.

Dr James Blake

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • James is interested in the fundamental way that fluid and structures interact and the practical consequences on the design and operation of marine vehicles:
  • Sustainable structural materials for composite boat design and production;
  • Experimental & theoretical analysis of composite material performance;
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Professor James Jordan

Head of School (Interim)

Research interests

  • The British Broadcasting Corporation
  • Holocaust studies
  • Post-war media in Britain

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Jan Janouskovec PhD

Lecturer in Ecology

Research interests

  • Protist diversity and ecology
  • Evolution of eukaryotic cells
  • Metabolism in plastids & mitochondria

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Jane Falkingham

VP Engagement and International
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Dr Jane Lavery

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Mexican Day of the Dead, Covid-19 and diaspora.
  • Latin(a) multimedia women writers and artists (i.e writers and artists whose works straddle multiple disciplines (literature, art performance, photography, video, art installation, cyberspace).
  • Latin(a) American Women writers and artists

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Janice Barton

Professor of Experimental Mechanics
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Dr Jared Charles MEng, PhD, AFHEA

Research Fellow

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Professor Jasmin Godbold

Professor

Research interests

  • Changes in seafloor biodiversity and ecosystem functioning
  • Effect of human activities and environmental change on species-environment interactions 
  • Trait-expression in benthic invertebrates

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Jason Sadler

Principal Enterprise Fellow

Research interests

  • Spatial data infrastructure (SDI)
  • Web science
  • Environmental web applications and semantics
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Dr Jeff Thompson

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Evolution of animal body plans
  • Macroevolution
  • Molecular Palaeobiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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