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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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Professor Peter Wells

Professor

Research interests

Heterogeneous Catalysis
Operando Spectroscopy
Nanoparticle Design

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Peter

Email: P.P.Wells@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6826

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Dr Philip Leadbitter

Research Fellow (PSDI)

Research interests

Digital lab Notebooks and paperless note-taking
Human and technological road blocks to paperless note-taking
Use of Autonomous Underwater Platforms to further research in remote ocean regions

Connect with Philip

Email: P.J.Leadbitter@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Phillip Fenberg

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Phillip

Email: P.B.Fenberg@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2729

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Professor Phyllis Lam

Professor

Research interests

Dr. Lam's research interest lies in the functional roles of microorganisms in biogeochemical cycling, particularly the nitrogen and carbon cycles, in diverse marine and aquatic systems. In collaboration with researchers inside and outside the university, her work integrates state-of-the-art molecular ecological techniques, stable isotopic analyses, process rate measurements, hypothesis-driven experimentation and modelling, to disentangle complex microbial interactions and their impacts on biogeochemical environments especially in the context of global change.
Current research topics include:
Shortcuts in the nitrogen cycle – novel pathways and microbial players for nitrogen remineralisation in the ocean’s twilight zoneMicrobial carbon remineralisation pathways and fluxes in the mesopelagic oceanUsing proteomics tools to disentangle active microbial nitrogen and carbon cycling processes in oceanic oxygen minimum zonesImportance of particle-associated microeukaryotes on the efficiency of oceanic biological carbon pumpMicrobial production and consumption pathways of greenhouse gases

Connect with Phyllis

Email: P.Lam@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8388

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Professor Prof Larry Lynch

Head of School

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Prof Larry

Email: l.lynch@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7123

Dr Qin Zhou

Lecturer in Operations Management

Research interests

Applications: Operations Management: closed-loop supply chain management, production outsourcing, remanufacturing management (authorization and outsourcing), technology innovation, Nash bargaining, contract design.Marketing-Operations Management Interface: trade-in, strategic consumers behaviour, fairness concerns, anticipated regret.Marine Policy: clean technology innovation, abatement decision. Methodologies: Game theory, optimization.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Qin

Email: Q.Zhou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380597542

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Professor Rachael James

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

Enhanced rock weathering and other techniques for removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
Novel isotopic signatures of biogeochemical cycling, including iron, chromium, lithium and magnesium, and the response of biogeochemcal cycles to global environmental change
Exploration for new sources of metals and elements critical for emerging green technologies, including lithium and the rare earth elements

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rachael

Email: R.H.James@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9005

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