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

Our people

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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Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

  • Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
  • Ecophysiology (fishes)
  • Sclerochronology

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Craig Hutton

Director Sustainability&Resilience Inst.

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Professor Craig Lambert

Professor

Research interests

  • Late medieval naval operations and logistics
  • Medieval and Tudor maritime communities
  • Late medieval and Tudor merchant shipping

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Dr Crystal El Safadi

Associate Professor Maritime Archaeology

Research interests

  • Ancient Mediterranean Seafaring
  • Maritime Cultural Heritage
  • Geospatial Data and Mapping

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Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRS FREng FCGI

Director of WSI

Research interests

  • Web Science
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Data Science

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Professor Damon Teagle

Director of SMMI

Research interests

  • • Formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • • Fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • • Geochemical analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Mr Dan Goss

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Dr Danesh Tarapore

Associate Professor
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Dr Daniil Yurchenko

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Nonlinear and Stochastic Dynamics; Stability and Bifurcation; Energy Harvesting; Nonlinear Vibration Mitigation; 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Dankmar Böhning

Professor of Medical Statistics

Research interests

  • Meta-analysis
  • Application of capture-recapture methods in Health and Social Science

Accepting applications from PhD students

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