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

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Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute
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. 

Professor Matthew Loxham

Professorial Fellow-Research
Connect with Matthew

Email: M.Loxham@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381203308

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Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • contemporary remix culture
  • monster studies
  • adaptation
Connect with Megen

Email: M.J.De-Bruin-Mole@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7010

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Dr Melike Kurt PhD

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Research interests

  • Fluid-structure interactions 
  • Bioinspired propulsion and energy harvesting 
  • Underwater robotics 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Melike

Email: M.Kurt@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Michael Grant BSc MSc PhD

Senior Enterprise Fellow
Connect with Michael

Email: M.J.Grant@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 2380599610

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Dr Michelle Newberry BSc Hons, MSc, PGCHE, FHEA, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Motivations for criminal behaviour
  • Violent offending (murder, intimate partner violence and animal cruelty)
  • Poaching and the illegal wildlife trade 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Michelle

Email: M.Newberry@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Mingyi Tan

Lecturer
Connect with Mingyi

Email: M.Tan@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6508

Professor Mohammed El-Hajjar

Professor

Research interests

  • Millimeter wave (mMWave) wireless communications and positioning
  • Energy efficient, low-complexity, high-performance Transceiver design
  • MIMO

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Mohammed

Email: meh@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7032

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Miss Molly Phillips

Research interests

  • Marine Autonomy
  • Sensor Development
  • Droplet Microfluidics
Connect with Molly

Email: Molly.Phillips@soton.ac.uk

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Ms Mylene Ployaert

Director of Res Strategy and Funding
Connect with Mylene

Email: mgsp@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4680

Mrs Nat Easton

Impact Fellow

Research interests

  • Air Pollution
  • Characterisation
  • Toxicology
Connect with Nat

Email: N.H.C.Easton@soton.ac.uk

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