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

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

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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.

Professor Andrew Cruden BEng, MSc, PhD, FIET

Associate Dean Infrastructure

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Andrew Cundy

Chair in Environmental Radiochemistry

Research interests

  • Environmental radioactivity and radiochemistry
  • Environmental geology
  • Contaminated land, wastes and water management

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Andrew Serdy

Prof of the Public Intntl Law of the Sea

Research interests

  • International Fisheries Law (particularly transboundary fish stocks)
  • Continental shelf and other maritime delimitation
  • Technical and institutional aspects of the Law of the Sea

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Andrew Tatem

Personal Chair

Research interests

  • Developing approaches to map population distributions, demographics and dynamics through complementing traditional datasources (census, survey, registries) with new forms of geospatial data from e.g. satellite imagery and mobile devices.
  • Understanding the drivers of small area heterogeneities in population health and development in low and middle income settings.
  • The use of high resolution demographic and mobility data for improving understanding and modelling of pathogen dynamics.
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Dr Andri Christodoulou

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Argumentation within scientific and socio-scientific contexts
  • Dialogic teaching
  • Socio-scientific inquiry-based learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Anna Barney

Associate Vice-President (Education)
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Dr Anna Hickman

Lecturer

Research interests

  • The role of marine phytoplankton in biogeochemical cycles
  • Phytoplankton ecology, primary production, photo physiology and bio-optics
  • Understanding the physical controls on biological processes and associated feedbacks
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Emeritus Professor Anne Curry

Research interests

  • The Hundred Years War
  • The reign of Henry V
  • The battle of Agincourt 1415

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Annelies Cazemier

Lecturer in Ancient Greek History

Research interests

  • Ancient Greek world, Hellenistic history, the rise of Rome
  • Greek religion, especially religious sites and their networks
  • Antigonid Macedon and its place in the Hellenistic world
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Miss Ashia McManus

Research interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Mitigation of maritime GHG emissions
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