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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.

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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.

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Celia Prescott

Research interests

Eastern Mediterranean
Coastal sediment dynamics and nearshore hydrodynamics
Digital archaeology

Connect with Celia

Email: C.Prescott-Decie@soton.ac.uk

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Emeritus Professor Charles Banks

Research interests

Controlled anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation of municipal and industrial solid wastes
Concepts for an integrated farming system for non competitive food and fuel production
Energy production from digestion of crops and agricultural wastes

Connect with Charles

Email: C.J.Banks@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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Professor Charles Keevil

Professor In Environmental Health Care

Connect with Charles

Email: C.W.Keevil@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4726

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Dr Charlie Thompson

Associate Professor

Research interests

Coastal Monitoring
Coastal Processes
Sediment Stability, Resuspension and Exchange processes

Connect with Charlie

Email: celt2@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2071

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Professor Chris Armstrong

Professor of Political Theory

Research interests

Global justice
Climate justice
Ocean justice and ocean politics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: C.Armstrong@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3072

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Professor Chris Hauton PhD, FRSB, FMBA

Head of School

Research interests

Hauton has worked extensively with colleagues in India and Bangladesh since 2015 and has developed an international profile in shrimp health research, including contributing to the development of a mobile phone app, the 'Chingri Shrimp App', to support shrimp farmer training in Bangladesh.
Research has also included quantifying the potential toxic risk of deep sea mining of mineral resources. He was part of the leading team of the EC FP7 MIDAS Project, exploring the ecological risk of deep-sea mining, outputs from which led to contributions to the Royal Society Foresight Future of the Sea report (2016/17), to presentations at the UN International Seabed Authority in Jamaica, and expert contributions to the UN ISA ISA Legal and Technical Commision ISBA/27/C/11 'Guidelines for the establishment of baseline environmental data.'
Other activity

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: C.Hauton@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5784

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