Researcher on boat preparing hydrophone for acoustic surveys of marine mammals in the Antartic
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

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Meet our academic experts and learn more about their research.

Browse the list of our academic members to learn more about our expertise at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI).

If you’re looking to work with someone with specific expertise and need help getting connected, get in touch with us at smmi@southampton.ac.uk.

Join the University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Dr Jan Janouskovec PhD

Lecturer in Ecology

Research interests

  • Eukaryotic cell evolution
  • Metabolism in chloroplasts and mitochondria
  • Photosynthetic proteins and pigments

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 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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Professor Jason Sadler

Professorial Fellow-Enterprise

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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Professor Jeremy Frey

Professor of Physical Chemistry

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Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Research interests

  • Microbial biofilms and their control
  • Adaptive biology and evolution of microorganisms
  • Biofilm-associated infection

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Jo Nield

Professor

Research interests

  • Dune Processes
  • Salt pan dynamics
  • Dust emissive surfaces

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Emeritus Professor Joachim Schloer

Research interests

  • German-Jewish history in modern times
  • German-Jewish emigration after 1933 as a transnational phenomenon
  • Urban history (Berlin, Tel Aviv, Odessa)
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