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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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.

Emeritus Professor Donna Davies

Research interests

  • Mechanisms of lung diseases
  • Viral-induced exacerbations of lung disease
  • Asthma

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Eileen Yu

Professor of Chemical Engineering

Research interests

  • Electrochemical, bioelectrochemical systems for Energy and Environmental applications
  • Biosensor and Bioelectronics for Biomedical Applications
  • Materials for Electro and Bioelectrochemical systems

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Eli Lazarus

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • coastal and fluvial dynamics
  • geomorphology
  • human-environmental coupled systems

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Emily Reid

Professor of Intl Economic Law & Sus Dev

Research interests

  • International Economic Law
  • Trade and Sustainability

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Emma Roe

Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Emma Tompkins PhD

Prof of Geog, Environment & Development

Research interests

  • How households and businesses are adapting to climate and weather hazards
  • Monitoring real-time adaptation to hydro-meteorological/climate hazards,  (including compound and cascading hazards)
  • Methods to assess the effectiveness of climate adaptations

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Erisa Karafili

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Formal methods techniques applied to security problems
  • Attributing and investigating Cyber Attacks
  • Threat Models for IoT devices and Hybrid systems

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Esther Sumner

Associate Professor
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Dr Fangsheng Ge PhD

Lecturer in Management Science

Research interests

  • Maritime Transportation
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Mathematical/Statistical modelling

Accepting applications from PhD students

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