Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

Our people

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

Dr Tahsin Tezdogan

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • He has a broad range of research interests, including CFD simulations of ship motions and resistance, the added resistance of ships due to waves, and the investigation of ship behaviour and performance in channels/canals. He worked on a number of internationally collaborated Newton Fund and Global Challenges projects. He worked on the EU-funded VENTuRE, MarLEM and GATERS projects as an investigator.
  • His PhD graduates work throughout the maritime sector, including ship design companies, academia, technology-led defence companies, offshore, renewable energy, and research organisations worldwide.
  • Please feel free to contact him directly on T.Tezdogan@soton.ac.uk if you are interested in starting a PhD under his supervision.

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Professor Taufiq Choudhry

Professor of Finance

Research interests

  • Financial Markets
  • Financial Economics
  • International Trade

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Professor Thanassis Tiropanis

Professor

Research interests

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

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Professor Thomas Gernon

Professorial Fellow (Research)

Research interests

  • See personal website: https://www.thomasgernon.co.uk/
  • Solid Earth drivers of Earth's climate state;
  • Earth surface processes;

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Professor Thomas Irvine

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Global History of Music
  • Music and the Anthropocene
  • Science and Technology Studies

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Professor Tiina Roose

Professor-Biological&Environmental Model
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Professor Tim Bergfelder

Professor of Film Studies

Research interests

  • Film history in Europe and Asia
  • Film industries 
  • Reception Studies

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Professor Tim Henstock

Professor of Geophysics

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Professor Tim Minshull

Professor in Ocean & Earth Science

Research interests

  • Continental breakup and the onset of seafloor spreading
  • Methane hydrate beneath the seafloor and its role in the Earth system
  • Exploration geophysics: seismic and electromagnetic imaging

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Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci ScD

Professor of Ultrasonics

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