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Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci MA PhD CPhys CEng FCPS FInstP FIOA FASA

Professor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics

We need to work with rigour, imagination, and wonder, unconstrained by the artificial boundaries set in place by discipline names, or the history of projects in which we have previously worked, or the tendency of sponsors to believe they can pick winners, or above all by the belief that we must jump to solutions when we have not yet perceived the real problem. Then, when we eventually do find a solution, we must have the will to push it through all the way to help others, and not simply publish in the expectation that someone will finish the job for us.

Current position

Timothy Leighton is the founding Chairman of the University Strategic Research Group NAMRIP (Network for Anti-Microbial Resistance and Infection Prevention) and founding Chairman of HEFUA (Health Effects of Ultrasound in Air). He is also Professor of Ultrasonics and Underwater Acoustics within Engineering and the Environment at the University of Southampton, UK.

He has invented numerous devices for healthcare, catastrophe relief and industry (click here for details). For details of StarStream, click here

A sample lecture on Acoustic Bubbles
Publications for download
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Biographies

Kenward, M. (2017) A talent for bursting bubbles. Ingenia, 73, 38-42
Webb, J. (2016) Resistance fighter takes the battle to microbes, New Scientist 229(3066), 32-33 (doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(16)30523-1)

Medals

2018	The Clifford Paterson Medal of the Royal Society
2014	The Rayleigh Medal of the Institute of Acoustics
2013	The Helmholtz-Rayleigh Interdisciplinary Silver Medal (Acoustical Society of America), awarded for contributions to Biomedical Acoustics, Physical Acoustics, and Acoustical Oceanography. Citation
2009	R W B Stephens Medal of the Institute of Acoustics
2006	Paterson Medal and Prize of the Institute of Physics
2004	Inaugural Early Career Medal and Award, International Commission of Acoustics
2002	Tyndall Medal of the Institute of Acoustics
1994	AB Wood Medal of the Institute of Acoustics

Fellowships

2018	Distinguished Fellow
2018	Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences
2014	Fellowship of the Royal Society
2012	Fellowship of the Royal Academy of Engineering
2000	Royal Society Leverhulme Trust Senior Research Fellowship
2000	Fellowship of the Institute of Physics
1999	Fellowship of the Institute of Acoustics
1998	Fellowship of the Acoustical Society of America
1988	Fellowship of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

Awards for invention

2018	Royal Society’s Lord Leonard and Lady Estelle Wolfson Foundation Translation Award, for the StarHealer
2014	StarStream awarded 'Best New Product of the Year'
2012	The 2012 Institute of Chemical Engineering Award for "Water Management and Supply"
2011	The Brian Mercer Award for Innovation (The Royal Society)
2008	The ‘Medical & Healthcare' award by ‘The Engineer'
2001	Inaugural award of the International Medwin Prize for Acoustical Oceanography (Acoustical Society of America)

Other Awards

2017	Awarded the 2017 ‘Wow Factor and Impact’ prize at the 2017 ‘Bringing Research to Life’ roadshow awards for NAMRIP exhibition ‘The Most Dangerous Game in the World’.
2016	Awarded the 2016 ‘Wow Factor and Impact’ prize at the 2016 ‘Bringing Research to Life’ roadshow awards for NAMRIP contribution to Cheltenham Science Festival
2016	Awarded “Excellent Reviewers of 2016” by IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
2015	Commissioned by The Royal Society to write an article to celebrate the 350th anniversary since its first publications. Downloaded 12,000 times in its first year. Find out more details about the study.
2014	The second most downloaded paper of 2013 from the Royal Society’s Proceedings A
2013	Selected inclusion in Who's Who from 2014 onwards (click Radio interview on BBC Solent under useful downloads)
2010	Awarded “Excellent Reviewers of 2010” by IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
2009	Awarded “Excellent Reviewers of 2009” by IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering

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The ISVR at 50: Karen Woods interviews Professor Tim Leighton

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Research

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Career History

Contact

Research interests

Professor Leighton is founder and Chair of two research groupings, NAMRIP (the Network for AntiMicrobial resistance and Infection Prevention) and HEFUA (Health Effects of Ultrasound in Air). He is also interested in the following topics (example projects from which can be found at the base of this page):

Acoustical oceanography	Antimicrobial resistance
Biomedical ultrasound	Carbon capture and storage
Clean water and safe sewage	Climate change
Decontamination	De-mining conflict zones
Health effects of ultrasound	Hospital acquired infections
Infection prevention	Marine zoology
Planetary probes and exploration	Survivor retrieval
Ultrasound	Underwater acoustics

Details of the impact of his work can be found here.

Other research projects

StarHealer: Project Navrongo

Development and evaluation of new technology to treat minor trauma in community-based healthcare

Research group

Acoustics Group

Research project(s)

Do dolphins think nonlinearly?

The sounds of voices and waterfalls on other planets

Invention outperforms clinicians monitoring kidney treatment in patients

StarStream (2007-2015) - Cleaning with low volumes of cold water

StarSteam (2016 onwards)

Detecting leaks from undersea gas pipelines, seabed methane reserves, and carbon capture and storage facilities

Whales hunt with wall of sound

Bubble detectors invented for the USA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source

Order to chaos and back again

Dolphin-inspired radar for finding bombs, bugs and catastrophe victims

World's first experiment tests for leaks from carbon capture and storage seabed facilities

The Adhesion Rail Riddle - Ensuring Trains Can Brake

Are some people suffering as a result of increasing mass exposure of the public to ultrasound in air?

Man-made underwater sound may have wider ecosystem effects than previously thought

Clean water and green energy from waste using bubble acoustics

StarSaver - cleaning wounds when water is scarce

Bubble Management in an Ultrasonic System to Clean using a Water Stream

The StarStream device cleans using only room temperature water, ultrasound and air. This CASE award studentship, funded by EPSRC and Ultrawave Ltd., examines method of improving the StarStream by looking at the engineering associated with the water supply components of the device. This entails the design and construction of new bubble diagnostics technology.

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Articles

Maksimov, A. O., & Leighton, T. G. (2018). Acoustic radiation force on a parametrically distorted bubble. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 143(1), 296-305. DOI: 10.1121/1.5020786
Leighton, T. G., Coles, D. G. H., Srokosz, M., Srokozs, M., White, P., & Woolf, D. K. (2018). Asymmetric transfer of CO₂ across a broken sea surface. Scientific Reports, 8, 1-9. [8301]. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25818-6
Leighton, T. (2018). Cold water cleaning in the preparation of food and beverages: The power of shimmering bubbles. Baking Europe, Summer 2018, 24-28.
Fletcher, M., Lloyd Jones, S., White, P., Dolder, C., Leighton, T., & Lineton, B. (2018). Effects of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound on humans part I: adverse symptoms after exposure to audible very-high frequency sound. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Fletcher, M., Lloyd Jones, S., White, P., Dolder, C., Leighton, T., & Lineton, B. (2018). Effects of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound on humans part II: a double-blind randomized provocation study of inaudible 20-kHz ultrasound. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Duck, F., & Leighton, T. (2018). Frequency bands for ultrasound, suitable for the consideration of its health effects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144(4), 2490-2500. DOI: 10.1121/1.5063578
Dolder, C., Fletcher, M., Lloyd Jones, S., Lineton, B., Dennison, S., Symmonds, M., ... Leighton, T. (2018). Measurements of ultrasonic pest deterrents and an acoustically branded hairdryer: Ambiguities in guideline compliance. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Fletcher, M., Lloyd Jones, S., White, P., Dolder, C., Lineton, B., & Leighton, T. (2018). Public exposure to ultrasound and very-high frequency sound in air. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.
Dogan, H., White, P., & Leighton, T. (2017). Acoustic wave propagation in gassy porous marine sediments: the rheological and the elastic effects. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(3), 2277-2288. DOI: 10.1121/1.4978926
Leighton, T. (2017). Comment on: Are some people suffering as a result of increasing mass exposure of the public to ultrasound in air? Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2199). DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2016.0828
Neenan, S. T. V., White, P., Leighton, T., & Shaw, P. (2017). Modeling vessel noise emissions through the accumulation and propagation of Automatic Identification System data. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 27(070017), 1-10. DOI: 10.1121/2.0000338
Turangan, C., Ball, G., Jamaluddin, R., & Leighton, T. (2017). Numerical studies of cavitation erosion on an elastic-plastic material caused by shock-induced bubble collapse. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 473(2205). DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2017.0315
Hannis, S., Chadwick, A., Connelly, D., Blackford, J., Leighton, T., Jones, D., ... Dixon, T. (2017). Review of offshore CO2 storage monitoring: operational and research experiences of meeting regulatory and technical requirements. Energy Procedia, 114, 5967-5980. DOI: 10.1016/j.egypro.2017.03.1732
Dolder, C., & Leighton, T. (2017). Teaching ultrasound in air. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3557. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987542
Leighton, T. (2017). The acoustic bubble: ocean, cetacean and extraterrestrial acoustics, and cold water cleaning. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 797, 1-23. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/797/1/012001
Leighton, T. (2017). Ultrasound in air: Today's guidelines have an insufficiently solid basis for today's exposures. The Journal of The Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3868. DOI: 10.1121/1.4988648
Goodes, L., Harvey, T., Symonds, N., & Leighton, T. (2016). A comparison of ultrasonically activated water stream and ultrasonic bath immersion cleaning of railhead leaf-film contaminant. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 4(3), 1-10. DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/4/3/034003
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., & Leighton, T. G. (2016). An activated fluid stream – new techniques for cold water cleaning. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 29, 612-618. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2015.10.001
Solan, M., Hauton, C., Godbold, J. A., Wood, C. L., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. (2016). Anthropogenic sources of underwater sound can modify how sediment-dwelling invertebrates mediate ecosystem properties. Scientific Reports, 6, [20540]. DOI: 10.1038/srep20540
Leighton, T. G. (2016). Are some people suffering as a result of increasing mass exposure of the public to ultrasound in air? Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 1-68. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2015.0624
Salta, M., Goodes, L., Maas, B. J., Dennington, S. P., Secker, T. J., & Leighton, T. G. (2016). Bubbles vs biofilms: a novel method for the removal of marine biofilms attached on antifouling coatings using an ultrasonically activated water stream. Surface Topography: Metrology and Properties, 4(3), 1-18. DOI: 10.1088/2051-672X/4/3/034009
Leighton, T., Banda, N., Berges, B., Joseph, P., & White, P. (2016). Extraterrestrial sound for planetaria: a pedagogical study. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(2), 1469-1480. DOI: 10.1121/1.4960785
Leighton, T. G., & Petculescu, A. (2016). Guest editorial: Acoustic and related waves in extraterrestrial environments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(2), 1397-1399. DOI: 10.1121/1.4961539
Mantouka, A., Dogan, H., White, P., & Leighton, T. (2016). Modelling acoustic scattering, sound speed, and attenuation in gassy soft marine sediments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(1), 274-282. DOI: 10.1121/1.4954753
Anslie, M., & Leighton, T. (2016). Sonar equations for planetary exploration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(2), 1400-1419. DOI: 10.1121/1.4960786
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., Vian, C. J. B., Howlin, R. P., Dawson, J. L., Secker, T. L., ... Leighton, T. G. (2015). Cold water cleaning of brain proteins, biofilm and bone - harnessing an ultrasonically activated stream. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(32), 20574-20579. DOI: 10.1039/C5CP02406D
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., Vian, C. J. B., & Leighton, T. G. (2015). Electrochemical ‘bubble swarm’ enhancement of ultrasonic surface cleaning. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 17(33), 21709-21715. DOI: 10.1039/c5cp02933c
Berges, B. J. P., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2015). Passive acoustic quantification of gas fluxes during controlled gas release experiments. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 38, 64-79. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijggc.2015.02.008
Howlin, R. P., Fabbri, S., Offin, D. G., Symonds, N., Kiang, K. S., Knee, R. J., ... Stoodley, P. (2015). Removal of dental biofilms with an ultrasonically-activated water stream. Journal of Dental Research, 94(9), 1303-1309. DOI: 10.1177/0022034515589284
Leighton, T. G. (2015). The acoustic bubble: oceanic bubble acoustics and ultrasonic cleaning. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, 24(70006), 1-15. DOI: 10.1121/2.0000121
Leighton, T. (2015). We need more than just new antibiotics to fight superbugs. The Conversation.
Offin, D. G., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2014). An electrochemical and high-speed imaging study of micropore decontamination by acoustic bubble entrapment. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 16(10), 4982-4989. DOI: 10.1039/C3CP55088E
Blackford, J., Stahl, H., Bull, J. M., Bergès, B. J. P., Cevatoglu, M., Lichtschlag, A., ... Widdicombe, S. (2014). Detection and impacts of leakage from sub-seafloor deep geological carbon dioxide storage. Nature Climate Change, 4, 1011-1016. DOI: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2381
Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2014). Dolphin-inspired target detection for sonar and radar. Archives of Acoustics, 39(3), 319-332. DOI: 10.2478/aos-2014-0037
Baik, K., Leighton, T., & Jiang, J. (2014). Investigation of a method for real time quantification of gas bubbles in pipelines. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136(2), 502-513. DOI: 10.1121/1.4881922
Baik, K., Jiang, J., & Leighton, T. G. (2013). Acoustic attenuation, phase and group velocities in liquid-filled pipes III: nonaxisymmetric propagation and circumferential modes in lossless conditions. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 133(3), 1225-1236. DOI: 10.1121/1.4773863
Leighton, T. G., Turangan, C. K., Jamaluddin, A. R., Ball, G. J., & White, P. R. (2013). Prediction of far-field acoustic emissions from cavitation clouds during shock wave lithotripsy for development of a clinical device. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 469(2150), 20120538-[21pp]. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0538
Leighton, T. G., Chua, G. H., White, P. R., Tong, K. F., Griffiths, H. D., & Daniels, D. J. (2013). Radar clutter suppression and target discrimination using twin inverted pulses. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 469(2160), 1-14. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2013.0512
Leighton, T. G., Jiang, J., & Baik, K. (2012). Demonstration comparing sound wave attenuation inside pipes containing bubbly water and water droplet fog. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2413-2421. DOI: 10.1121/1.3676732
Leighton, T. G., Chua, G. H., & White, P. R. (2012). Do dolphins benefit from nonlinear mathematics when processing their sonar returns? Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 468, 3517-3532. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0247
Leighton, T. (2012). Do dolphins benefit from nonlinear mathematics when processing their sonar returns? Royal Society Podcast.
Leighton, T. G., & Balleri, A. (2012). Editorial. Biologically-inspired radar and sonar systems. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation, 6(6), 507-509. DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2012.0146
Leighton, T. G. (2012). How can humans, in air, hear sound generated underwater (and can goldfish hear their owners talking)? Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2539-2542. DOI: 10.1121/1.3681137
Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2012). Quantification of undersea gas leaks from carbon capture and storage facilities, from pipelines and from methane seeps, by their acoustic emissions. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 468, 485-510. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0221
Finfer, D. C., White, P. R., Chua, G. H., & Leighton, T. G. (2012). Review of the occurrence of multiple pulse echolocation clicks in recordings from small odontocetes. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation, 6(6), 545-555. DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2011.0348
Leighton, T. G. (2012). Superquark. Italian TV, Rai Uno.
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Finfer, D. C. (2012). The opportunities and challenges in the use of extra-terrestrial acoustics in the exploration of the oceans of icy planetary bodies. Earth Moon and Planets, 109(1-4), 91-116. DOI: 10.1007/s11038-012-9399-6
Leighton, T. (2012). The sounds of space. Pod Academy.
Leighton, T. G., Baik, K., & Jiang, J. (2012). The use of acoustic inversion to estimate the bubble size distribution in pipelines. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 468(2145), 2461-2484. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2012.0053
Leighton, T. G. (2012). The use of extra-terrestrial oceans to test ocean acoustics students. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131(3), 2551-2555. DOI: 10.1121/1.3680540
Wong, K. A., Fedele, F., Phillips, D., MacFarlane, H., Leighton, T., Coleman, A., & Thomas, K. A. (2012). Use of a passive acoustic sensor to predict success of ESWL treatment based on initial 500 shocks. European Urology Supplements, 11(1), e950-e950a. DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9056(12)60947-6
Chua, G. H., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2012). Use of clicks resembling those of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) to improve target discrimination in bubbly water with biased pulse summation sonar. IET Radar Sonar & Navigation, 6(6), 510-515. DOI: 10.1049/iet-rsn.2011.0199
Fedele, F., Thomas, K., Leighton, T. G., Ryves, S., Phillips, D., & Coleman, A. J. (2011). A passive acoustic monitor of treatment effectiveness during extracorporeal lithotripsy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 279(1), 012021-[7pp]. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/279/1/012021
Pascal, R. W., Srokosz, M. A., Moat, B. I., Waugh, E. M., Comben, D. H., Clansdale, A. G., ... Leighton, T. G. (2011). A spar buoy for high frequency wave measurements and detection of wave breaking in the open ocean. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28(4), 590-605. DOI: 10.1175/2010JTECHO764.1
Leighton, T. G., Jiang, J., & Baik, K. (2011). A TV demonstration of sound absorption connecting the space shuttle to submarines. Acoustics Bulletin, 36(4), 35-40.
Jiang, J., Baik, K., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). Acoustic attenuation, phase and group velocities in liquid-filled pipes II: Simulation for neutron sources and planetary exploration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(2), 695-706. DOI: 10.1121/1.3598463
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., Chua, G. H., White, P. R., & Dix, J. K. (2011). Clutter suppression and classification using twin inverted pulse sonar in ship wakes. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(5), 3431-3437. DOI: 10.1121/1.3626131
Leighton, T. G. (2011). Innovation to impact in a time of recession. Journal of Computational Acoustics, 19(1), 1-25. DOI: 10.1142/S0218396X11004298
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., Vian, C. J. B., Leighton, T. G., & Maksimov, A. O. (2011). Investigation of noninertial cavitation produced by an ultrasonic horn. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(5), 3297-3308. DOI: 10.1121/1.3650537
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., Vian, C. J. B., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). Multiple observations of cavitation cluster dynamics close to an ultrasonic horn tip. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(5), 3379-3388. DOI: 10.1121/1.3650536
Maksimov, A. O., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). Pattern formation on the surface of a bubble driven by an acoustic field. Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 468(2137), 57-75. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2011.0366
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). Review of theory for scattering and extinction cross-sections, damping factors and resonance frequencies of spherical gas bubbles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(5), 3184-3208. DOI: 10.1121/1.3628321
Jamaluddin, A. R., Ball, G. J., Turangan, C. K., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). The collapse of single bubbles and approximation of the far-field acoustic emissions for cavitation induced by shock wave lithotripsy. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 677, 305-341. DOI: 10.1017/jfm.2011.85
Culver, R. L., Park, J. D., Leighton, T. G., & Coles, D. G. H. (2011). The effect of nearby bubbles on array gain. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(6), 3812-3826. DOI: 10.1121/1.3658473
Leighton, T. G. (2011). The inertial terms in equations of motion for bubbles in tubular vessels or between plates. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130(5), 3333-3338. DOI: 10.1121/1.3638132
McLaughlan, J., Rivens, I., Leighton, T., & ter Haar, G. (2010). A study of bubble activity generated in ex-vivo tissue by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU). Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 36(8), 1327-1344. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2010.05.011
Baik, K., Jiang, J., & Leighton, T. G. (2010). Acoustic attenuation, phase and group velocities in liquid-filled pipes: theory, experiment, and examples of water and mercury. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(5), 2610-2624. DOI: 10.1121/1.3495943
Vian, C. J. B., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2010). Cluster collapse in a cylindrical cell: correlating multibubble sonoluminescence, acoustic pressure, and erosion. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 114(39), 16416-16425. DOI: 10.1021/jp1027977
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., White, P. R., Chua, G. H., & Dix, J. K. (2010). Clutter suppression and classification using twin inverted pulse sonar (TWIPS). Proceedings of The Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 466(2124), 3453-3478. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2010.0154
Holt, F. D., Park, D., Culver, R. L., Coles, D., & Leighton, T. (2010). Estimating the size and spatial distribution of bubble clouds in an underwater acoustic test tank. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(3). DOI: 10.1121/1.3384193
Leighton, T. G., & Cleveland, R. O. (2010). Lithotripsy. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part H: Journal of Engineering in Medicine, 224(2), 317-342.
Park, J. D., Holt, F. D., Culver, R. L., Coles, D., & Leighton, T. (2010). Measurement and analysis of array gain degradation due to bubble scattering. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 127(3), 1817-1818. DOI: 10.1121/1.3384194
Yim, G. T., & Leighton, T. G. (2010). Real-time on-line ultrasonic monitoring for bubbles in ceramic ‘slip’ in pottery pipelines. Ultrasonics, 50(1), 60-67. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2009.07.008
Robb, G. B. N., Robinson, S. P., Theobald, P. D., Hayman, G., Humphrey, V. F., Leighton, T. G., ... Best, A. I. (2009). Absolute calibration of hydrophones immersed in sandy sediment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(5), 2918-2927. DOI: 10.1121/1.3106530
Leighton, T. G. (2009). Fluid loading effects for acoustical sensors in the atmospheres of Mars, Venus, Titan and Jupiter. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(EL214), 1-6. DOI: 10.1121/1.3104628
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. G. (2009). Near resonant bubble acoustic cross-section corrections, including examples from oceanography, volcanology, and biomedical ultrasound. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 126(5), 2163-2175. DOI: 10.1121/1.3180130
Vian, C. J. B., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2009). Opto-isolation of electrochemical systems in cavitation environments. Analytical Chemistry, 81(12), 5064-5069. DOI: 10.1021/ac802561k
Brooks, I. M., Yelland, M. J., Upstill-Goddard, R. C., Nightingale, P. D., Archer, S., d'Asaro, E., ... Zemmelink, H. (2009). Physical exchanges at the air-sea interface: UK-SOLAS Field Measurements. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(5), 629-644. DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2578.1
Brooks, I. M., Yelland, M. J., Upstill-Goddard, R. C., Nightingale, P. D., Archer, S., D'Asaro, E., ... Zemmelink, H. (2009). Supplement to physical exchanges at the air-sea interface: UK-SOLAS Field Measurements. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(5), ES9-ES16. DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2578.2
Smith, N. C., Fedele, F., Ryves, S., Leighton, T. G., Coleman, A. J., & Thomas, K. (2009). The 'Smart Stethoscope': predicting the outcome of lithotripsy. BJU International, 103(4).
Leighton, T. G., & Petculescu, A. (2009). The sound of music and voices in space part 1: theory. Acoustics Today, 5(3), 17-26. DOI: 10.1121/1.3238122
Leighton, T. G., & Petculescu, A. (2009). The sound of music and voices in space part 2: modelling and simulation. Acoustics Today, 5(3), 27-29. DOI: 10.1121/1.3238123
Gutowski, M., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Hillier, T., ... White, P. R. (2008). 3D high-resolution acoustic imaging of the sub-seabed. Applied Acoustics, 69(3), 262-272. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.08.010
Robb, G. B., Hayman, G., Theobald, P. D., Humphrey, V. F., Robinson, S. P., Leighton, T. G., ... Best, A. I. (2008). A method for calibrating hydrophones immersed in sandy sediment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), p.3347. DOI: 10.1121/1.2933904
Leighton, T. G., Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., McCarthy, C., Ryves, S., Hurrell, A. M., ... White, P. R. (2008). A passive acoustic device for real-time monitoring the efficacy of shockwave lithotripsy treatment. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 34(10), 1651-1665. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2008.03.011
Offin, D. G., Vian, C., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). An assessment of cleaning mechanisms driven by power ultrasound using electrochemistry and high-speed imaging techniques. Hydroacoustics, 11, 299-312.
Leighton, T. G. (2008). Bach on Mars. PRI's The World. November 10, 2008.
Petculescu, A., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Bach on other planets or why acoustic sensors make sense in planetary science. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3400. DOI: 10.1121/1.2934095
Leighton, T. G., Coles, D. C., Ainslie, M. A., & White, P. R. (2008). Bubbles at the top and bottom of the water column: the acoustical effects, and the use of acoustics to measure them. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3085. DOI: 10.1121/1.2932907
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2008). Experimental evidence for enhanced target detection by sonar in bubbly water. Hydroacoustics, 11, 181-202.
Turangan, C. K., Jamaluddin, A. R., Ball, G. J., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Free-Lagrange simulations of the expansion and jetting collapse of air bubbles in water. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 598, 1-25. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112007009317
Leighton, T. G. (Ed.) (2008). Guest editor for Applied Acoustics special issue on: The detection of buried marine targets. Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 385-472.
Leighton, T. G. (2008). Guest editorial. Applied acoustics special issue on: 'The detection of buried marine targets'. Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 385-386. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.06.003
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Finfer, D. C. (2008). Hypotheses regarding exploitation of bubble acoustics by cetaceans. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3104. DOI: 10.1121/1.2932973
Finfer, D. C., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2008). Issues relating to the use of a 61.5 db conversion factor when comparing airborne and underwater anthropogenic noise levels. (In special issue on: the detection of buried marine targets). Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 464-471. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.05.008
Leighton, T. G., & Robb, G. B. N. (2008). Preliminary mapping of void fractions and sound speeds in gassy marine sediments from subbottom profiles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 124(5), EL313-EL320. DOI: 10.1121/1.2993744
Leighton, T. G. (2008). Professor POAL Davies obituary. Acoustics Bulletin, 33(2), p.46.
Maksimov, A. O., Leighton, T. G., & Birkin, P. R. (2008). Self focusing of acoustically excited Faraday ripples on a bubble wall. Physics Letters A, 372(18), 3210-3216. DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2008.01.041
Leighton, T. G., & Petculescu, A. (2008). Sounds in space: The potential uses for acoustics in the exploration of other worlds. Hydroacoustics, 11, 225-238.
Leighton, T. G., & Evans, R. C. P. (2008). The detection by sonar of difficult targets (including centimetre-scale plastic objects and optical fibres) buried in saturated sediment. (In special on: the detection of buried marine targets). Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 438-463. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2007.05.002
Leighton, T., Fedele, F., Coleman, A., McCarthy, C., Jamaluddin, A., Turangan, C., ... White, P. (2008). The development of a passive acoustic device for monitoring the effectiveness of shockwave lithotripsy in real time. Hydroacoustics, 11, 159-180.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2008). The problems with acoustics on a small planet. Icarus, 193(2), 649-652. DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.008
Leighton, T. G. (2008). The Rayleigh-Plesset equation in terms of volume with explicit shear losses. Ultrasonics, 48(2), 85-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2007.10.004
Gutowski, M., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Hillier, T., ... White, P. R. (2008). Three dimensional high-resolution acoustic imaging of the sub-seabed. Applied Acoustics, 69(5), 412-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.08.013
Leighton, T. G., Mantouka, A., White, P. R., & Klusek, Z. (2008). Towards field measurements of populations of methane gas bubbles in marine sediment: an inversion method required for interpreting two-frequency isonification data from sediment containing gas bubbles. Hydroacoustics, 11, 203-224.
Mantouka, A., Leighton, T. G., Robb, G. B., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Klusek, Z., & White, P. R. (2008). Use of dual methods to infer methane bubble populations in gassy sediments: inversion of combination-frequency data. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3350. DOI: 10.1121/1.2933912
Robb, G. B. N., Leighton, T. G., Mantouka, A., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Humphrey, V. F., ... White, P. R. (2008). Use of dual methods to infer methane bubble populations in gassy sediments: Inversion of propagation data. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3442. DOI: 10.1121/1.2934244
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Finfer, D. C. (2008). Waterfalls in space, and other problems of "underwater" acoustics on a small planet. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123(5), 3401. DOI: 10.1121/1.2934098
Leighton, T., Finfer, D., Grover, E., & White, P. (2007). An acoustical hypothesis for the spiral bubble nets of humpback whales and the implications for whale feeding. Acoustics Bulletin, 22(1), 17-21.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2007). Cavitación y cetáceos. [Cavitation and cetacean]. Revista de acustica, 38(3-4), 37-74.
Offin, D. G., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). Electrodeposition of copper in the presence of an acoustically excited gas bubble. Electrochemistry Communications, 9(5), 1062-1068. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.12.025
Lee, K. I., Hughes, E. R., Humphrey, V. F., Leighton, T. G., & Choi, M. J. (2007). Empirical angle-dependent Biot and MBA models for acoustic anisotropy in cancellous bone. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 52(1), 59-73. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/52/1/005
Leighton, T., Finfer, D., & White, P. (2007). Hypotheses on the exploitation of bubble acoustics by cetaceans. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(5), p.3039. DOI: 10.1121/1.4781711
Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Petley, G. W. (2007). Investigation of an anisotropic tortuosity in a Biot model of ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 121(1), 568-574. DOI: 10.1121/1.2387132
Lee, K. I., Humphrey, V. F., Leighton, T. G., & Yoon, S. W. (2007). Predictions of the modified Biot-Attenborough model for the dependence of phase velocity on porosity in cancellous bone. Ultrasonics, 46(4), 323-330. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultras.2007.01.012
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Rapporteur report: mechanisms and interactions. Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 93(1-3), 280-94. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.07.009
Robb, G. B. N., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Bull, J. M., & Harris, A. (2007). The measurement of the in situ compressional wave properties of marine sediments. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 32(2), 484-496.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Theory for acoustic propagation in marine sediment containing gas bubbles which may pulsate in a non-stationary nonlinear manner. Geophysical Research Letters, 34(17), L17607. DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030803
Leighton, T. G. (2007). What is ultrasound? Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 93(1-3), 3-83. DOI: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2006.07.026
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Humphrey, V. F., Ryves, S., ... Finfer, D. C. (2006). An ultrasound based passive monitoring system for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (eswl). Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 28(1), 770-773.
Leighton, T., Finfer, D., & White, P. (2006). Letter: Not sonar. Independent on Sunday. 2 April, 2006.
White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., Powles, C., & Baumann, O. N. (2006). Localisation of sperm whales using bottom-mounted sensors. (In special issue: Detection and localization of marine mammals using passive acoustics). Applied Acoustics, 67(11-12), 1074-1090. DOI: 10.1016/j.apacoust.2006.05.002
Birkin, P. R., Hirsimäki, H-M., Frey, J. G., & Leighton, T. G. (2006). Mass transfer enhancement produced by laser induced cavitation. Electrochemistry Communications, 8(10), 1603-1609. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2006.07.026
Robb, G. B. N., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Bull, J. M., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2006). The frequency dependence of compressional wave velocity and attenuation coefficient of intertidal marine sediments. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 120(5), 2526-2537. DOI: 10.1121/1.2345908
Leighton, T. (2005). Bubble acoustics: from seas to surgeries. New Boundaries Website.
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., Joseph, P. F., & Leighton, T. G. (2005). Cavitation, shock waves and the invasive nature of sonoelectrochemistry. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 109(35), 16997-17005. DOI: 10.1021/jp051619w
Bull, J. M., Gutowski, M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2005). Design of a 3D Chirp sub-bottom imaging system. Marine Geophysical Researches, 26(2-4), 157-169. DOI: 10.1007/s11001-005-3715-8
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., & Leighton, T. G. (2005). The study of surface processes under electrochemical control in the presence of inertial cavitation. Wear, 258(1-4), 623. DOI: 10.1016/j.wear.2004.05.025
Dix, J. K., Bull, J. M., Henstock, T. J., Gutowski, M., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2005). True 3D high resolution imagery of a buried shipwreck: the Invincible (1758). Eos Transactions AGU, 85(52).
Brothers, R., Heald, G. J., Robb, G., Leighton, T. G., & Dix, J. K. (2004). Acoustic backscatter at very high frequencies from rough seabeds. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(4), p.2575.
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Hurrell, A. M. (2004). Development of a new diagnostic sensor for extra-corporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 1, 134-139. DOI: 10.1088/1742-6596/1/1/031
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., & Leighton, T. G. (2004). Electrochemical measurements of the effects of inertial acoustic cavitation by means of a novel dual microelectrode. Electrochemistry Communications, 6(11), 1174-1179. DOI: 10.1016/j.elecom.2004.09.013
Leighton, T. G. (2004). From seas to surgeries, from babbling brooks to baby scans: bubble acoustics at ISVR. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 26(1), 357-381.
Leighton, T. G. (2004). From seas to surgeries, from babbling brooks to baby scans: the acoustics of gas bubbles in liquids. International Journal of Modern Physics B, 18(25), 3267-3314. DOI: 10.1142/S0217979204026494
Leighton, T. G., Meers, S. D., & White, P. R. (2004). Propagation through nonlinear time-dependent bubble clouds and the estimation of bubble populations from measured acoustic characteristics. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 460(2049), 2521-2550. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2004.1298
Dezhkunov, N. V., & Leighton, T. G. (2004). Study into correlation between ultrasonic capillary effect and sonoluminescence. Journal of Engineering Physics and Thermophysics, 77(1), 53-61. DOI: 10.1023/B:JOEP.0000020719.33924.aa
Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2004). The sound of Titan: a role for acoustics in space exploration. Acoustics Bulletin, 29(4), 16-23.
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Watson, Y. E. (2004). The use of acoustoelectrochemistry to investigate rectified diffusion. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 11(3-4), 217-221. DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2004.01.023
Leighton, T. G., Richards, S. D., & White, P. R. (2004). Trapped within a 'wall of sound': a possible mechanism for the bubble nets of the humpback whales. Acoustics Bulletin, 29(1), 24-29.
Birkin, P. R., Power, J. F., Vinçotte, A. M. L., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). A 1 kHz resolution frequency study of a variety of sonochemical processes. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 5(19), 4170-4174. DOI: 10.1039/b303124a
Leighton, T. G., Farhat, M., Field, J. E., & Avellan, F. (2003). Cavitation luminescence from flow over a hydrofoil in a cavitation tunnel. Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 480, 43-60. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003003732
Gutowski, M., Bull, J. M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T., Hogarth, P., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). Chirp sub-bottom profiler source signature design and field testing. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 5, EAE03A-01556.
Watson, Y. E., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). Electrochemical detection of bubble oscillation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 10(2), 65-69. DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4177(02)00149-9
Birkin, P. R., Power, J. F., Abdelsalam, M. E., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). Electrochemical, luminescent and photographic characterisation of cavitation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 10(4-5), 203-208. DOI: 10.1016/S1350-4177(02)00155-4
Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., Petley, G. W., White, P. R., & Chivers, R. C. (2003). Estimation of critical and viscous frequencies for Biot theory in cancellous bone. Ultrasonics, 41(5), 365-368. DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(03)00107-0
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Power, J. F., Simpson, M. D., Vinçotte, A. M. L., & Joseph, P. F. (2003). Experimental and theoretical characterization of sonochemical cells. Part 1. Cylindrical reactors and their use to calculate the speed of sound in aqueous solutions. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 107(2), 306-320. DOI: 10.1021/jp014532t
Richards, S. D., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). High frequency sonar performance predictions for littoral operations: the effect of suspended sediments and microbubbles. Journal of Defence Science, 8(1), 1-7.
Richards, S. D., Leighton, T. G., & Brown, N. R. (2003). Sound absorption by suspensions of nonspherical particles: measurements compared with predictions using various particle sizing techniques. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 114(4), 1841-1850. DOI: 10.1121/1.1610449
Richards, S. D., Leighton, T. G., & Brown, N. R. (2003). Visco-inertial absorption in dilute suspensions of irregular particles. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 459(2037), 2153-2167. DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2003.1126
Brothers, R., Page, S., Heald, G. J., Leighton, T. G., Simpson, M. D., & Dix, J. K. (2002). Analysis of very high frequency propagation in sediments: experimental results and modelling. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112(5), 2394.
Birkin, P. R., Power, J. F., Leighton, T. G., & Vincotte, A. M. L. (2002). Cathodic electrochemical detection of sonochemical radical products. Analytical Chemistry, 74(11), 2584-2590. DOI: 10.1021/ac010964o
Gutowski, M., Bull, J., Henstock, T., Dix, J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T., & White, P. (2002). Chirp sub-bottom profiler source signature design and field testing. Marine Geophysical Researches, 23(5-6), 481-492. DOI: 10.1023/B:MARI.0000018247.57117.0e
Birkin, P. R., Watson, Y. E., Leighton, T. G., & Smith, K. L. (2002). Electrochemical detection of faraday waves on the surface of a gas bubble. Langmuir, 18(6), 2135-2140. DOI: 10.1021/la0111001
Richards, S. D., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2002). High frequency sonar variability in littoral environments: Absorption by irregular particles and bubbles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112(5), p. 2309.
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Morfey, C. L., Clarke, J. W. L., Heald, G. J., Dumbrell, H. A., & Holland, K. R. (2002). The effect of reverberation on the damping of bubbles. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 112(4), 1366-1376. DOI: 10.1121/1.1501895
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Watson, Y. E., & Power, J. F. (2001). Acoustoelectrochemistry. Acoustics Bulletin, 26(5), 24-37.
Cunningham, K. B., Coleman, A., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2001). Characterising in vivo acoustic cavitation during lithotripsy with time-frequency methods. Acoustics Bulletin, 26(5), 10-16.
Birkin, P. R., Watson, Y. E., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Efficient mass transfer from an acoustically oscillated gas bubble. Chemical Communications, 24, 2650-2651. DOI: 10.1039/b107616g
Birkin, P. R., Power, J. F., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Electrochemical evidence of H• produced by ultrasound. Chemical Communications, 21, 2230-2231. DOI: 10.1039/b107617p
Yim, G. T., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Estimation of the time, location and natural frequency of entrained bubbles, through identification of individual bubble signatures in a severely overlapping, noisy surf zone environment (presented at Acoustical Oceanography 2001, Southampton). Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 23(2), 250-256.
Richards, S. D., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Sonar performance in coastal environments: suspended sediments and microbubbles. Acoustics Bulletin, 26(1), 10-17.
Leighton, T. G. (2001). Surf zone bubble spectrometry: The role of the acoustic cross section (Plenary Address given at the Inaugural Award of the Medwin Prize for Acoustical Oceanography). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 110(5), p.2694.
Leighton, T. G., Meers, S. D., Simpson, M. D., Clarke, J. W. L., Yim, G. T., Birkin, P. B., ... Richards, S. D. (2001). The Hurst Spit Experiment: the characterisation of bubbles in the surf zone using multiple acoustic techniques (paper presented at Acoustical oceanography 2001). Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 23(2), 227-234.
Meers, S. D., Leighton, T. G., Clarke, J. W. L., Heald, G. J., Dumbrell, H. A., White, P. R., ... Griffiths, G. (Ed.) (2001). The importance of bubble ring-up and pulse length in estimating the bubble distribution from propagation measurements. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, 23(2), 6pp.
Maksimov, A. O., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Transient processes near the threshold of acoustically driven bubble shape oscillations. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 87(3), 322-32.
Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., Petley, G. W., & White, P. R. (2001). Ultrasonic assessment of bone health. Acoustics Bulletin, 26(5), 17-23.
Clarke, J. W. L., & Leighton, T. G. (2000). A method for estimating time-dependent acoustic cross-sections of bubbles and bubble clouds prior to the steady state. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(4), 1922-1929.
Hughes, E. R., Petley, G. W., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2000). A stratified model for ultrasonic wavesin bone. Osteoporosis International, 11(Supplement 3), p.S34.
Hughes, E. R., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Petley, G. W. (2000). Recent advances in the understanding of ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone. Osteoporosis International, 11(Supplement 1), S33-S34.
Ball, G. J., Howell, B. P., Leighton, T. G., & Schofield, M. J. (2000). Shock-induced collapse of a cylindrical air cavity in water: a Free-Lagrange simulation. Shock Waves, 10(4), 265-276. DOI: 10.1007/s001930000060
Leighton, T. G., Cox, B. T., & Phelps, A. D. (2000). The Rayleigh-like collapse of a conical bubble. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 107(1), 130-142. DOI: 10.1121/1.428296
Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., Petley, G. W., & White, P. R. (1999). Ultrasonic propagation in cancellous bone: a new stratified model. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 25(5), 811-821. DOI: 10.1016/S0301-5629(99)00034-4
Leighton, T. G., Ramble, D. G., Phelps, A. D., Morfey, C. L., & Harris, P. P. (1998). Acoustic detection of gas bubbles in a pipe. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 84(5), 801-814.
Brown, N. R., Leighton, T. G., Richards, S. D., & Heathershaw, A. D. (1998). Measurement of viscous sound absorption at 50-150 kHz in a model turbid environment. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 104(4), 2114-2120. DOI: 10.1121/1.423725
Phelps, A. D., & Leighton, T. G. (1998). Oceanic bubble population measurements using a buoy-deployed combination frequency technique. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 23(4), 400-410. DOI: 10.1109/48.725234
Ramble, D. G., Phelps, A. D., & Leighton, T. G. (1998). On the relation between surface waves on a bubble and the subharmonic combination-frequency emission. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 84(5), 986-988.
Leighton, T. G., White, P., & Schneider, M. F. (1998). The detection and dimension of bubble entrainment and comminution. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 103(4), 1825-1835. DOI: 10.1121/1.421374
Leighton, T. G., Phelps, A. D., Cox, B. T., & Ho, W. L. (1998). Theory and preliminary measurements of the Rayleigh-like collapse of a conical bubble. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 84(6), 1014-1024.
Barnett, S. (Ed.), Ziskin, M., Maeda, K., Nyborg, W., ter Haar, G., Rott, H-D., ... Williams, R. (1998). World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, task group report for safety committee of the WFUMB: conclusions and recommendations on thermal and non-thermal mechanisms for biological effects of ultrasound. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 24(7).
Leighton, T. G., Ho, W. L., & Flaxman, R. (1997). Sonoluminescence from the unstable collapse of a conical bubble. Ultrasonics, 35(5), 399-405. DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(97)00014-0
O'Leary, R., Sved, A. M., Davies, E. H., Leighton, T. G., Wilson, M., & Kieser, J. B. (1997). The bactericidal effects of dental ultrasound on Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans and Porphyromonas gingivalis - an in vitro investigation. Journal of Clinical Periodonology, 24(6), 432-439. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-051X.1997.tb00208.x
Leighton, T. G., Ramble, D. G., & Phelps, A. D. (1997). The detection of tethered and rising bubbles using multiple acoustic techniques. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 101(5), 2626-2635. DOI: 10.1121/1.418503
Phelps, A. D., & Leighton, T. G. (1997). The subharmonic oscillations and combination-frequency emissions from a resonant bubble: their properties and generation mechanisms. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 83(1), 59-66.
Phelps, A. D., Ramble, D. G., & Leighton, T. G. (1997). The use of a combination frequency technique to measure the surf zone bubble population. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 101(4), 1981-1989. DOI: 10.1121/1.418199
Leighton, T. G., Phelps, A. D., Ramble, D. G., & Sharpe, D. A. (1996). Comparison of the abilities of eight acoustic techniques to detect and size a single bubble. Ultrasonics, 34, 661-667. DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(96)00053-4
Phelps, A. D., & Leighton, T. G. (1996). High resolution bubble sizing through detection of the subharmonic response with a two frequency excitation technique. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99(4), 1985-1992. DOI: 10.1121/1.415385
Leighton, T. G. (1995). Acoustic bubble detection - II. The detection of transient cavitation. Environmental Engineering, 8, 16-25.
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Marsden, M. A. (1995). Applications of one-dimensional bubbles to lithotripsy, and to diver response to low frequency sound. Acta Acustica united with Acustica, 3, 517-529.
Leighton, T. G. (1995). Bubble population phenomena in acoustic cavitation. Ultrasonics Sonochemistry, 2(2), S123-S136. DOI: 10.1016/1350-4177(95)00021-W
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Marsden, M. A. (1995). The one-dimensional bubble: an unusual oscillator, with applications to human bioeffects of underwater sound. European Journal of Physics, 16(6), 275-281. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/16/6/006
Leighton, T. G. (1994). Acoustic bubble detection - I. The detection of stable gas bodies. Environmental Engineering, 7, 9-16.
Coleman, A. J., Whitlock, M., Leighton, T. G., & Saunders, J. E. (1993). The spatial distribution of cavitation induced acoustic emission, sonoluminescence and cell lysis in the field of a shock wave lithotripter. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 38(11), 1545-1560. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/38/11/001
Coleman, A. J., Choi, M. J., Saunders, J. E., & Leighton, T. G. (1992). Acoustic emission and sonoluminescence due to cavitation at the beam focus of an electrohydraulic shock wave lithotripter. Ultrasound in Medicine & Biology, 18(3), 267-281.
Leighton, T. G., Fagan, K. J., & Field, J. E. (1991). Acoustic and photographic studies of injected bubbles. European Journal of Physics, 12(2), 77-85. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/12/2/006
Leighton, T. G., Lingard, R. J., Walton, A. J., & Field, J. E. (1991). Acoustic bubble sizing by the combination of subharmonic emissions with an imaging frequency. Ultrasonics, 29(4), 319-323. DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(91)90029-8
Leighton, T. G., Walton, A. J., & Pickworth, M. J. W. (1991). Primary Bjerknes forces. European Journal of Physics, 11(1), 47-50. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/11/1/009
Leighton, T. G., Wilkinson, M., Walton, A. J., & Field, J. E. (1990). Studies of non-linear bubble oscillations in a simulated acoustic field. European Journal of Physics, 11(6), 352-358. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/11/6/007
Leighton, T. G., Pickworth, M. J. W., Tudor, J., & Dendy, P. P. (1990). Studies of the cavitational effects of clinical ultrasound by sonoluminescence: 5. Search for sonoluminescence in vivo in the human cheek. Ultrasonics, 28(3), 181-184. DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(90)90083-Z
Leighton, T. G., Walton, A. J., & Field, J. E. (1989). High-speed photography of transient excitation. Ultrasonics, 27(6), 370-373. DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(89)90036-X
Pickworth, M. J. W., Dendy, P. P., Leighton, T. G., Worpe, E., & Chivers, R. C. (1989). Studies of the cavitational effects of clinical ultrasound by sonoluminescence: 3. Cavitation from pulses a few microseconds in length. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 34(9), 1139-1151. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/34/9/001
Pickworth, M. J. W., Dendy, P. P., Twentyman, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (1989). Studies of the cavitational effects of clinical ultrasound by sonoluminescence: 4. The effect of therapeutic ultrasound on cells in monolayer culture in a standing wave field. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 34(11), 1553-1560.
Leighton, T. G. (1989). Transient excitation of insonated bubbles. Ultrasonics, 27(2), 50-53. DOI: 10.1016/0041-624X(89)90009-7,
Leighton, T. G., Pickworth, M. J. W., Walton, A. J., & Dendy, P. P. (1988). Studies of the cavitational effects of clinical ultrasound by sonoluminescence: 1. Correlation of sonoluminescence with the standing wave pattern in an acoustic field produced by a therapeutic unit. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 33(11), 1239-1248. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/33/11/002
Pickworth, M. J. W., Dendy, P. P., Leighton, T. G., & Walton, A. J. (1988). Studies of the cavitational effects of clinical ultrasound by sonoluminescence: 2. Thresholds for sonoluminescence from a therapeutic ultrasound beam and the effect of temperature and duty cycle. Physics in Medicine and Biology, 33(11), 1249-1260. DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/33/11/003
Leighton, T. G. (1988). The frequency analysis of transients. European Journal of Physics, 9(1), 69-70. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/9/1/013
Leighton, T. G., & Walton, A. J. (1987). An experimental study of the sound emitted from gas bubbles in a liquid. European Journal of Physics, 8(2), 98-104. DOI: 10.1088/0143-0807/8/2/005

Books

Leighton, T. G., Heald, G. J., Griffiths, H., & Griffiths, G. (Eds.) (2001). Acoustical oceanography. (Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics; Vol. 23, No. Part 2). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Leighton, T. G., Heald, G. J., Griffiths, H., & Griffiths, G. (Eds.) (2001). Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Conference on Acoustical Oceanography. Bath, UK: Bath University Press.
Leighton, T. G. (Ed.) (1997). Natural physical processes associated with sea surface sound. Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.

Book Chapters

Neenan, S., Piper, R., White, P., Kemp, P., Leighton, T., & Shaw, P. (2016). Does masking matter? Shipping noise and fish vocalizations. In A. Popper, & A. Hawkins (Eds.), The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II (pp. 747-753). (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Vol. 875). New York, NY: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_91
Birkin, P., Offin, D., & Leighton, T. (2007). Cavitation, shockwaves and electrochemistry - an experimental and theoretical approach to a complex environment. In 19th International Congress on Acoustics Madrid, Spain: Sociedad Española de Acústica.
Leighton, T. G., Birkin, P. R., Hodnett, M., Zeqiri, B., Power, J. F., Price, G. J., ... Coleman, A. J. (2005). Characterisation of measures of reference acoustic cavitation (COMORAC): an experimental feasibility trial. In A. A. Doinikov (Ed.), Bubble and Particle Dynamics in Acoustic Fields: Modern Trends and Applications (pp. 37-94). Trivandrum, India: Research Signpost.
Leighton, T. G., & Phelps, A. D. (2002). Combination frequencies involving subharmonics. In W. L. Nyborg (Ed.), Bubble Detection and Cavitation Monitoring (pp. 24-27). (ANSI Technical Reports; No. ANSI S1.24 TR-2). New York, USA: Acoustical Society of America.
Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2002). Electrochemical techniques of single bubble events. In W. L. Nyborg (Ed.), Bubble Detection and Cavitation Monitoring (pp. 60-63). (ANSI Technical Report; No. S1.24 TR-2002). New York, USA: Acoustical Society of America.
Leighton, T. G., & Dahl, P. (2002). Measurement of bubble populations in the sea. In W. L. Nyborg (Ed.), Bubble Detection and Cavitation Monitoring (pp. 70-73). (ANSI Technical Reports; No. ANSI S1.24 TR-2). New York, USA: Acoustical Society of America.
Maksimov, A., Sosedko, E. V., & Leighton, T. G. (2002). Nonlinear transient bubble oscillations. In Abstracts of the 16th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Moscow, Russia, 19-23 August 2002 (pp. 102-103). Moscow, Russia: International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics.
Richards, S. D., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Acoustic sensor performance in coastal waters: solid suspensions and bubbles. In Acoustical Oceanography: Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Conference on Acoustical Oceanography, 9 - 12 April 2001 (Vol. 23, pp. 399-406). Institute of Acoustics.

Conferences

Fletcher, M. D., Lloyd Jones, S., Dolder, C. N., White, P., Leighton, T., & Lineton, B. (2018). Adverse effects of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound on humans. The Journal of The Acoustical Society of America, 143(3), 1. [1864]. DOI: 10.1121/1.5036113
Leighton, T. (2018). Efficacy of a novel ultrasonically activated water stream for removal of antimicrobial resistant biofilms.
Fletcher, M., Dolder, C., White, P., Leighton, T., & Lineton, B. (2018). High levels of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound in public and work places. In British Society of Audiology Basic Auditory Science 2018 Seafield: British Society of Audiology.
Zhu, M., Leighton, T., & Birkin, P. R. (2017). A method of estimating the value of in situ surface tension on a bubble wall. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3607. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987723
Leighton, T. (2017). Climate change, dolphins, spaceships and antimicrobial resistance: the impact of bubble acoustics. Paper presented at 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, London, United Kingdom.
Fletcher, M., Lloyd Jones, S., Dolder, C., White, P., Leighton, T., & Lineton, B. (2017). Effects of very high-frequency sound and ultrasound on humans. In British Society of Audiology Basic Auditory Science Meeting British Society of Audiology.
Mistry, N., White, P., & Leighton, T. (2017). Efficacy of up and down-chirps for two-pulse sonar techniques. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3608. DOI: 10.1121/1.4987725
Dolder, C., Dennison, S., Symmonds, M., & Leighton, T. (2017). Exposure measurements for ultrasound in air. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3868. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4988649
Chen, L., Norwood, C., White, P., & Leighton, T. (2017). Study of bubble formation dynamics based on associated acoustic radiation. Paper presented at 24th International Congress on Sound and Vibration, London, United Kingdom.
Leighton, T., Secker, T., Dolder, C., Voegeli, D., & Keevil, W. (2017). Ultrasonic activated stream cleaning of a range of materials. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 141(5), 3868. DOI: 10.1121/1.4988650
Mistry, N., White, P., & Leighton, T. (2016). Enhanced target detection and classification using two-pulse sonar methods. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 140(4), 2968. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4969181
Deleau, M., Leighton, T., White, P., & Kemp, P. (2016). Understanding the impact of human sounds on eel behaviour, a way to develop behavioural guidance techniques.
Dogan, H., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2015). Acoustic inversion for gas bubble distributions in marine sediments: mercury results. Paper presented at Seabed and Sediment Acoustics: Measurements and Modelling, United Kingdom.
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. (2015). Sonar equations for planets and moons. Paper presented at ICSV22: 22nd International Congress on Sound and Vibration, Italy.
Leighton, T. G., Zhu, M., & Birkin, P. R. (2014). A technique to measure the real surface tension on a bubble wall. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics (UA2014), Greece.
Leighton, T. (2014). Bubble acoustics. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 12th UK Particle Technology Forum 2014 in conjunction with PSA2014, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Leighton, T. (2014). Bubble acoustics: from whales to other worlds. In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics, Birmingham, UK, 15-16 October 2014 (pp. 58-86). (Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics; No. 36:3). St. Albans, GB: Institute of Acoustics.
Dogan, H., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2014). Comparison of theories for acoustic wave propagation in gassy marine sediments. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics (UA2014), Greece.
Banda, N., Birkin, P. R., Offin, D. G., & Leighton, T. G. (2014). Investigation of capillary wave formation on water streams with internally propagating ultrasound. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 7th Forum Acusticum, Poland.
Leighton, T. G., Zhu, M., & Birkin, P. (2014). Measurement of the surface tension on a bubble wall. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 7th Forum Acusticum, Poland.
Berges, B. J. P., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Tomczyk, M. (2014). Passive acoustic quantification of gas releases. Paper presented at 2nd International Conference and Exhibition on Underwater Acoustics (UA2014), Greece.
Leighton, T. G., Birkin, P., & Offin, D. (2013). A new approach to ultrasonic cleaning. 075029-075029. Paper presented at International Congress on Acoustics, Canada.DOI: 10.1121/1.4799209
Leighton, T. G., Chua, G-H., & White, P. (2013). Use of dolphin-like pulses to enhance target discrimination and reduce clutter. 075045-075045. Paper presented at International Congress on Acoustics, Canada.DOI: 10.1121/1.4798771
Berges, B. J. P., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Tomczk, M., & Wright, I. C. (2012). Acoustic detection of seabed gas leaks, with application to carbon capture and storage (CCS), and leak prevention for the oil and gas industry: preliminary assessment of use of active and passive acoustic inversion for the quantification of underwater gas releases. In Proceedings of 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (pp. 146-152). Heraklion, Greece: Secretariat, European Conference on Underwater Acoustics.
Tomczk, M., Bohrmann, G., Berges, B. J. P., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Wright, I. C. (2012). Detection, localization and quantification of the emissions of gas from the seabed in fieldwork and experimental studies using active sonar systems. 605-612. Paper presented at 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA2012), United Kingdom.
Wong, K. A., Fedele, F., Phillips, D. I. W., Leighton, T. G., Coleman, A., & Thomas, K. (2012). Use of a passive acoustic sensor to predict success of ESWL treatment based on initial 500 shocks. Poster session presented at 27th Annual European Association of Eurology (EAU) Congress, France.
Chua, G. H., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2012). Use of clicks resembling those of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) with biased pulse summation sonar (BiaPSS) to improve target discrimination in bubbly water. 1903-1908. Paper presented at 11th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (ECUA2012), United Kingdom.
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. G. (2011). Effects of compressibility on the radiation and viscous damping terms in the scattering and extinction cross-sections of a single spherical bubble: a puzzle solved and a puzzle posed. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 923-930). Heraklion, Greece: Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Culver, R. L., Park, J. D., Leighton, T. G., & Coles, D. G. H. (2011). Variations in signal phase and beamformer gain due to bubble scattering. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 933-940). Heraklion, Greece: Institute of Applied and Computational Mathematics.
Leighton, T. G., & Petculescu, A. (2010). Extraterrestrial music. In Proceedings of the 1st EAA Congress on Sound and Vibration (EuroRegio 2010) European Acoustics Association & Slovenian Acoustical Society.
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Offin, D. G., & Vian, C. J. B. (2010). Observations of bubble clusters within different cavitation environments - electrochemistry, acoustics and imaging studies. Paper presented at 20th International Congress on Acoustics, ICA 2010, Australia.
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Offin, D. G., & Vian, C. J. B. (2010). Towards the understanding of a complex cavitation environment - electrochemistry, acoustics and imaging observations. In Proceedings of Internoise 2010 - Noise and Sustainability (pp. 9pp). International Institute of Noise Control Engineering.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., White, P. R., Chua, G. H., & Dix, J. K. (2010). Wake penetrating sonar. Paper presented at 1st EAA Congress on Sound and Vibration (EuroRegio 2010), Slovenia.
Coles, D. G. H., Hsueh, P-C., & Leighton, T. G. (2009). Acoustic and optical measurements of bubble populations in the Atlantic ocean and the modeling of gas transfer through these bubble clouds. In J. S. Papdakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 747-752). Heraklion, Greece: IACM.
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Finfer, D. C. (2009). Hypotheses on the acoustics of whales, dolphins and porpoises in bubbly water. In J. S. Papdakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 3-14). Heraklion, Greece: IACM.
Mantouka, A., Leighton, T. G., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., & White, P. R. (2009). Inferring bubble populations in intertidal sediments from attenuation and scattering measurements. In J. S. Papdakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 733-738). Heraklion, Greece: Institute of Applied & Computational Mathematics (IACM).
Leighton, T. G. (2009). The Nine O'Clock Show. Interview on ultrasound. Interview on ultrasound, .
Smith, N., Fedele, F., Hegarty, N., Glass, J., Coleman, A., Leighton, T. G., & Thomas, K. (2009). Use of a passive acoustic sensor to monitor lithotripsy (Poster). Paper presented at American Urological Association Annual Meeting, .
Robb, G. B. N., Hayman, G., Theobald, P. D., Humphrey, V. F., Robinson, S. P., Leighton, T. G., ... Best, A. I. (2008). A method for calibrating hydrophones immersed in sandy sediment. In Proceedings of Acoustics '08 Paris (pp. 1543-1548). Paris, France: European Acoustics Association.
Leighton, T. G., Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., McCarthy, C., Ryves, S., Hurrell, A. M., ... White, P. R. (2008). Clinical studies of real-time monitoring of lithotripter performance using passive acoustic sensors. In A. P. Evan, J. E. Lingeman, J. A. McAteer, & J. C. Williams Jr (Eds.), Renal Stone Disease 2: 2nd International Urolithiasis Research Symposium (pp. 256-277). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1049, No. (1)). Melville, USA: American Institue of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.2998033
Maksimov, A., Winkels, K., Birkin, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Hopf bifurcation in acoustically excited Faraday ripples on a bubble wall. In B. O. Endlo, C. M. Hedberg, & L. Kari (Eds.), Nonlinear Acoustics: Fundamentals and Applications (pp. 229-232). (AIP Conference Proceedings; Vol. 1022). Melville, New York: Springer. DOI: 10.1063/1.2956193
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Finfer, D. C., Zakharia, M. E. (Ed.), Cassereau, D. (Ed.), & Luppe, F. (Ed.) (2008). Hypotheses regarding exploitation of bubble acoustics by cetaceans. 77-82. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 9th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, .
Saunders, K. J., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Models for predicting nitrogen tensions and decompression sickness risk in diving beaked whales. 82-89. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics: Underwater Noise Measurement, Impact and Mitigation 2008 Conference, .
Saunders, K. J., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Models for predicting nitrogen tensions in diving odontocetes. 88. Poster session presented at 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society - Marine Mammals in Time: Past, Present And Future, .
Saunders, K., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Models for prediction nitrogen tissue tensions in diving odontocetes. 88. Paper presented at 22nd Annual Conference of the European Cetacean Society, 'Marine Mammals in Time: Past, Present and Future', .
Fedele, F., Smith, N., Leighton, T. G., Coleman, A., Thomas, K., Hegarty, N., & Glass, J. (2008). Use of a passive acoustic sensor to monitor lithotripsy. Paper presented at South Thames Regional Urology Meeting, .
Coles, D. G. H., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). Autonomous spar-buoy measurements of bubble populations under breaking waves in the Sea of the Hebrides. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 543-548). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Finfer, D. C., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). Biological sources of ambient noise in the North East Atlantic Ocean. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 1223-1228). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2007). Cavitation and cetacean. 1-31. Paper presented at 19th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA2007MADRID), .
Birkin, P. R., Offin, D., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). Cavitation, shockwaves and electrochemistry: an experimental and theoretical approach to a complex environment. 1-6. Paper presented at 19th International Congress on Acoustics (ICA 2007), .
Mantouka, A., Leighton, T. G., & Humphrey, V. F. (2007). Enhancement of nonlinearity and parametric sonar using bubbles. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 577-582). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Hayman, G., Theobald, P., Robb, G. B. N., Robinson, S., Humphrey, V., Leighton, T. G., ... Best, A. I. (2007). Hydrophone performance in sediment. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 453-458). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Fox, P. D., Bleeck, S., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Humphrey, V. F. (2007). Initial results on size discrimination of similar underwater objects using a human hearing model. In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (pp. 233-239). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Robb, G. B. N., Leighton, T. G., Humphrey, V. F., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., & Klusek, Z. (2007). Investigating acoustic propagation in gassy marine sediments using a bubbly gel mimic. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 31-38). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Moat, B. I., Pascal, R. W., Strokosz, M. A., Coles, D. G. H., Comben, D. H., Cansdale, A. G., ... Woolf, D. K. (2007). Measurements of breaking waves using a unique free-floating spar buoy. Poster session presented at AMS 15th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, .
Finfer, D. C., White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Hadley, M., & Harland, E. (2007). On clicking sounds in UK waters and a preliminary study of their possible biological origin. In 4th International Conference on Bio-Acoustics (pp. 209-216). (Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics; Vol. 29, pt.3). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2007). Sonar which penetrates bubble clouds. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 555-562). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., Grover, E., & White, P. R. (2007). Spiral bubble nets of humpback whales: an acoustic mechanism. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 583-588). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). The influence of radiation damping on through-resonance variation in the scattering cross-section of gas bubbles. In J. S. Papadakis, & L. Bjorno (Eds.), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements, Technologies and Results (pp. 571-576). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Humphrey, V. F., Ryves, S., ... Finfer, D. C. (2006). An ultrasound based passive monitoring system for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference (pp. 770-773). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Ryves, S., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Humphrey, V. F., ... Hurrell, A. M. (2006). An ultrasound-based passive monitoring system for extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006: Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers, .
Maksimov, A. V., Leighton, T. G., & Birkin, P. R. (2006). Dynamics of a tethered bubble. Paper presented at Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Pennsylvania, USA, .
White, P. R., Finfer, D. C., Leighton, T. G., Powles, C., & Baumann, O. N. (2006). Localisation of whales using acoustics. 48-59. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006: Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers, .
Finfer, D. C., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2006). Marine mammals, noise and sonar in shallow coastal bubbly waters. 69-74. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006: Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers, .
Finfer, D. C., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2006). Marine mammals, noise, and sonar in shallow coastal bubbly waters. In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference (pp. 69-74). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Robb, G. B. N., Leighton, T. G., Dix, J. K., Best, A. I., Humphrey, V. H., & White, P. R. (2006). Measuring bubble populations in gassy marine sediments: a review. In Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference. 2006 (pp. 60-68). St. Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
McLaughlan, J., Rivens, I., TerHaar, G., Shaw, A., Leighton, T. G., Humphrey, V. F., ... Vian, C. (2006). The design and implementation of a passive cavitation detection system for use with ex vivo tissue. Paper presented at Proceedings of 17th International Symposium on Nonlinear Acoustics, Pennsylvania, USA, 18-22 Jul 2005, .
McLaughlan, J., Rivens, I., ter Haar, G., Shaw, A., Leighton, T., Humphrey, V., ... Vian, C. (2006). The design and implementation of a passive cavitation detection system for use with ex vivo tissue. In Therapeutic Ultrasound: 5th International Symposium on Therapeutic Ultrasound. AIP Conference Proceedings (pp. 338-342). Melville, USA: American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.2205493
Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., Finfer, D. C., & Grover, E. J. (2006). The sound of seas in space: the 'waterfalls' of Titan and the ice seas of Europa. 75-97. Paper presented at Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference 2006: Futures in Acoustics: Today's Research - Tomorrow's Careers, .
Upstill-Goddard, R., Nightingale, P., Srokosz, M., Leighton, T., Watson, A., Goldson, L., ... Yelland, M. (2006). The UKSOLAS Deep Ocean Gas Exchange Experiment (DOGEE-SOLAS). UK SOLAS Surface Ocean - Lower Atmosphere Study. Annual Science Meeting, .
Bull, J. M., Gutowski, M., Dix, J. K., Henstock, T. J., Hogarth, P., Leighton, T. G., ... Bjorno, L. (Ed.) (2005). 3D chirp sub-bottom imaging system: design and first 3D volume. 777-782. Paper presented at International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies & Results, .
Robb, G. B. N., Dix, J. K., Best, A. I., Bull, J. M., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Seal, A. (2005). The compressional wave and physical properties of inter-tidal marine sediments. 1087-1092. Paper presented at 1st International Conference on Underwater Acoustic Measurements: Technologies and Results, .
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Hurrell, A. M. (2004). A new sensor for detecting and characterising acoustic cavitation in vivo during ESWL. 422-432. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Spring Conference, Southampton, UK, 29-30 March 2004, .
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Hurrell, A. M. (2004). Development of a new diagnostic device for extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy. 4pp. Paper presented at Proceedings of MEDICON 2004: X Mediterranean Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering 'Health in the Information Society', Ischia, Italy, 31 Jul-5 Aug 2004, .
White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Yim, G. T. (2004). Exploitation of higher order statistics to compute bubble cloud densities: evading Olber's paradox. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (pp. 223-228). European Conference on Underwater Acoustics.
Leighton, T. G., Richards, S. D., & White, P. R. (2004). Marine mammal signals in bubble water. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Symposium on Bio-sonar and Bioacoustics Systems, Loughborough, UK, 16 Sep 2004, .
Leighton, T. G., Richards, S. D., & White, P. R. (2004). Marine mammal signals in bubbly water. In Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics Symposium on Bio-sonar and Bioacoustics Systems Institute of Acoustics.
Leighton, T. G. (2004). Nonlinear bubble dynamics and the effects on propagation through near-surface bubble layers. In M. B. Porter, M. Siderius, & K. Kuperman (Eds.), Proceedings of High Frequency Ocean Acoustics: High Frequency Ocean Acoustics Conference (pp. 180-193). Melville, New York: American Institute of Physics. DOI: 10.1063/1.1843012
Leighton, T. G., Dumbrell, H. A., Heald, G. J., & White, P. R. (2004). The possibility and exploitation of nonlinear effects in the near-surface oceanic bubble layer. 205-210. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Seventh European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, Delft, Holland, 5-8 July 2004, .
Brothers, R. J., Robb, G., Leighton, T. G., Heald, G. J., White, P. R., & Dix, J. K. (2004). Very high frequency backscatter from a rough sediment. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (pp. 613-618). Delft, The Netherlands: Delft University of Technology.
Richards, S. D., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2004). Volume absorption and volume reverberation due to microbubbles and suspended particles in a ray-based sonar performance model. In Proceedings of the 7th European Conference on Underwater Acoustics (pp. 173-178). European Conference on Underwater Acoustics.
Birkin, P. R., Leighton, T. G., & Watson, Y. E. (2003). Acoustoelectrochemistry to investigate bubble phenomena: rectified diffusion. 101-106. Paper presented at 4th International Conference on Applications of Power Ultrasound in Physical and Chemical Processing, .
Leighton, T. G., Birkin, P. R., Maksimov, A. O., Watson, Y. E., & White, P. R. (2003). Study of the growth of surface waves from instabilities on the walls of gas bubbles. Paper presented at Bifurcations 2003: The Use and Control of Chaos, .
Fedele, F., Coleman, A. J., & Leighton, T. G. (2003). Use of cylindrical PVdF hydrophone in a study of cavitation adjacent to stone phantoms during extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. Paper presented at IPEM Annual Scientific Meeting, .
Jamaluddin, A. R., Ball, G. J., & Leighton, T. G. (2002). Free-Lagrange simulations of shock/bubble interaction in shcok wave lithotripsy. Paper presented at Second International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, ICCFD, .
Jamaluddin, A. R., Ball, G. J., & Leighton, T. G. (2002). Free-lagrange simulations of shock/bubble interaction in shock wave lithotripsy. In S. Armfield, P. Morgan, & K. Srinivas (Eds.), Computational Fluid Dynamics 2002: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Computational Fluid Dynamics, Iccfd (pp. 541-546). London, UK: Springer-Verlag.
Robb, G., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., Leighton, T. G., Harris, A., Riggs, J. S., ... Partyka, A. (Ed.) (2002). Frequency dependence of acoustic waves in marine sediments. 43-49. Paper presented at Proceedings of the Sixth European Conference on Underwater Acoustics, .
Dezhkunov, N. V., & Leighton, T. G. (2002). The use of capillary as a sensor of cavitation. In O. V. Rudenko, & O. A. Sapozhnikov (Eds.), Nonlinear acoustics at the beginning of the 21st century (pp. 1163-1166). Moscow, Russia: Moscow State University, Faculty of Physics.
Yim, G. T., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2001). Estimation of the time, location and natural frequency of entrained bubbles, through identification of individual bubble signatures in a severely overlapping, noisy surf zone environment. In Acoustical Oceanography. Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (pp. 250-256). St Albans, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Birkin, P. R., Watson, Y. E., Smith, K. L., Leighton, T. G., & Simpson, M. D. (2001). Measurement of species flux from a bubble using an acousto-electrochemical technique. In T. G. Leighton, G. J. Heald, H. Griffiths, & G. Griffiths (Eds.), 'Acoustical Oceanography', Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics (pp. 242-249). (Proceedings of the Institute of Acoustics; Vol. 23, No. 2). London, UK: Institute of Acoustics.
Leighton, T. G. (2001). The acoustics of gas bubbles in liquids. Paper presented at Anglo-French Physical Acoustics Conference 2001, .
Petley, G. W., Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., & White, P. R. (2000). A stratified model of ultrasonic propagation in bone: implications for osteoporosis. Paper presented at 6th Annual National Conference of the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, .
Ball, G. J., Howell, B. P., Leighton, T. G., & Schofield, M. J. (2000). Shock-induced collapse of a cylindrical air cavity in water: a Free-Lagrange simulation. 1363-1368. Paper presented at Proceedings of the 22nd International Symposium on Shock Waves, .

Reports

Leighton, T. (2017). To stop AMR once and for all: stop killing the bugs! (EPSRC Blog). EPSRC.
Leighton, T. (2016). Are you sufficiently worried about superbugs? (Evidence to Policy). University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. (2016). Deep Dive: Should we be more pessimistic about the apocalypse? University of Southampton.
Dogan, H., & Leighton, T. G. (2015). Dynamics of gas bubbles in viscoelastic media accounting for high amplitude pulses and second harmonic emissions. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 337). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Bryant, G., Hewitt, P., Hope, J., Howard, C., Ironside, J., Knight, R., ... Woodhead, K. (2015). Minimise transmission risk of CJD and vCJD in healthcare settings. Report on the Prevention of CJD and vCJD by Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens' Transmission Spongiform Encephalopathy (ACDP TSE) Subgroup. Department of Health, UK.
Hannis, S., Chadwick, A., Pearce, J., Jones, D., White, J., Wright, I., ... Leighton, T. (2015). Review of offshore monitoring for CCS Projects, 2015/02, July, 2015. Cheltenham, GB: IEA Environmental Projects Ltd.
McLaughlan, J., Rivens, I., Leighton, T. G., & ter Haar, G. (2010). Commentary on the detection of bubble activity generated in ex-vivo tissue by high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) with respect to the generation of therapeutic lesions in tissue for the treatment of cancer. (ISVR Technical Report 330). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Saunders, K. J., White, P. R., & Leighton, T. G. (2010). Could bubble growth by rectified diffusion produce macroscopic bubbles in the tissues of beaked whales? (ISVR Technical Report; No. 331). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Ainslie, M. A., & Leighton, T. G. (2010). Models for the scattering cross-section of a single gas bubble: a critical review. (TNO Technical Reports; No. TNO-DV 2010 A316). Netherlands: TNO: Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research.
Baik, K., Jiang, J., & Leighton, T. G. (2009). First stage investigations of acoustic wave propagation in a liquid-filled cylindrical tube with and without bubbles. (ISVR Technical Reports; No. 328). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Baik, K., Jiang, J., & Leighton, T. G. (2009). Theoretical investigation of phase velocity, group velocity and attenuation of acoustic waves in a liquid-filled cylinder. (ISVR Technical Report 329). Southampton: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2008). The effect of fluid loading on the generation of extraterrestrial sound. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 325). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Mantouka, A., & Leighton, T. G. (2008). Theory for the dynamics of acoustically-excited gas bubbles in porous media (with specific application to marine sediment). (ISVR Technical Report; No. 324). University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). A method for estimating sound speed and the void fraction of bubbles from sub-bottom sonar images of gassy seabeds. (ISVR Technical Reports; No. 320). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Derivation of the Rayleigh-Plesset equation in terms of volume. (ISVR Technical Reports; No. 308). Southampton, UK: Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton.
Robb, G. B. N., Leighton, T. G., Humphrey, V. F., Best, A. I., Dix, J. K., & Klusek, Z. (2007). Investigating acoustic propagation in gassy marine sediments using a bubbly gel mimic. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 315). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G., Finfer, D. C., & White, P. R. (2007). Ocean acoustic circumpropagation in the ice seas of Europa. (ISVR Technical Reports; No. 319). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Preliminary considerations on principles for the determination of difficult bubble parameters in situ through Megafrexel high speed photographic observation. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 321). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
White, P. R., Leighton, T. G., Saunders, K., & Jepson, P. (2007). Review of the mechanisms by which anthropogenic noise may cause cetacean strandings. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 316). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G., & Evans, R. C. P. (2007). Studies into the detection of buried objects (particularly optical fibres) in saturated sediment. Part 1: background. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 309). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G., & Evans, R. C. P. (2007). Studies into the detection of buried objects (particularly optical fibres) in saturated sediment. Part 2: design and commissioning of test tank. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 310). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Evans, R. C. P., & Leighton, T. G. (2007). Studies into the detection of buried objects (particularly optical fibres) in saturated sediment. Part 3: experimental investigation of acoustic penetration of saturated sediment. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 311). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Evans, R. C. P. (2007). Studies into the detection of buried objects (particularly optical fibres) in saturated sediment. Part 4: experimental investigations into the acoustic detection of objects buried in saturated sediment. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 312). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Evans, R. C. P. (2007). Studies into the detection of buried objects (particularly optical fibres) in saturated sediment. Part 5: an acousto-optic detection system. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 313). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). The use of acoustics in space exploration. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 314). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Theory for acoustic propagation in materials which can support stress and which contain gas bubbles, with applications to acoustic effects in marine sediment and tissue. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 974). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (2007). Theory for acoustic propagation in solid containing gas bubbles, with applications to marine sediment and tissue. (ISVR Technical Reports; No. 318). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton.
Brown, N. R., Leighton, T. G., & Richards, S. D. (2003). Experimental procedures for measuring the viscous sound absorption of suspended particles via a reverberation technique. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 916). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Leighton, T. G., Brown, N. R., & Richards, S. D. (2002). Effect of acoustic absorption by hydrophone and cable on a reverberation technique for measuring sound absorption coefficient of particulate suspensions. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 299). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Robb, G. B. N., White, P. R., Bull, J. M., Best, A. I., Leighton, T. G., & Dix, J. K. (2002). The estimation of geoacoustic properties from broadband acoustic data, focusing on instantaneous frequency techniques. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 298). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Hughes, E. R., Leighton, T. G., Petley, G. W., & White, P. R. (2001). A review of scattering models for ultrasonic propagation in the trabecular bone. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 293). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research.
Leighton, T. G., Farhat, M., Field, J. E., & Avellan, F. (2001). Luminescence from hydrodynamic cavitation: Method and preliminary analysis. (ISVR Technical Report 294). Southampton, UK: University of Southampton, ISVR.
Leighton, T. G., Cox, B. T., & Phelps, A. D. (1999). The Rayleigh-like collapse of a conical bubble: simultaneous pressure and photographic records. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 282). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Hubbock, E., Leighton, T. G., White, P. R., & Petley, G. (1998). A theoretical study of factors affecting the Biot slow wave in cancellous bone. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 271). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G., Pelphs, A. D., & Simpson, M. D. (1998). Oceanic bubble sizing: measurements and proposed studies. (IVR Technical Report; No. 273). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.
Leighton, T. G. (1997). A strategy for the development and standardisation of measurement methods for high power/cavitating ultrasonic fields: review of cavitation monitoring techniques. (ISVR Technical Report; No. 263). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.

Working Paper

Leighton, T. G., Clarke, J. W. L., Heald, G. J., Dumbrell, H. A., & Evans, R. C. (1999). Application of the nonlinear acoustic scatter cross-section to the use of clinical ultrasound contrast agents. (ISVR Technical Memorandum; No. 835). Southampton, GB: University of Southampton.

Title	Module Code	Programme Roe
Underwater Acoustics¹	ISVR3065 Acoustical Engineering	Acoustics & Module Coordinator
Underwater Acoustics¹	ISVR6037 MSc	Sound & Vibration Studies Coordinator

Tim’s lecturing varies in style from formal lectures, to discussions exploring particular questions amongst groups containing class members as diverse as medics, engineers, zoologists, chemists and physicists.

Tim’s lecturing varies in style form formal lectures, to discussions exploring particular questions amongst groups containing class members as diverse as medics, engineers, zoologists, chemists and physicists. The two example videos below show (top panel) a formal lecture, and (lower/left panel) a discussion to teach some basic principles of ocean acoustics by enabling to group of students to work out why an assassin duck would fail in certain weather conditions.

Do dolphins think nonlinearly?

The sounds of voices and waterfalls on other planets

Invention outperforms clinicians monitoring kidney treatment in patients

StarStream - Cleaning with low volumes of cold water

Detecting leaks from undersea gas pipelines, seabed methane reserves, and carbon capture and storage facilities

Whales hunt with wall of sound

Bubble detectors invented for the USA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory $1.4 billion Spallation Neutron Source

Dolphin-inspired radar for finding bombs, bugs and catastrophe victims

Prof Tim Leighton highlights need to tackle superbugs in invited addresses to the first RCUK Research Innovation and Grow conference

Are some people suffering as a result of increasing mass exposure of the public to ultrasound in air?

Seabed creatures (and their beneficial effects on the environment) can be affected by man-made sound

List (with downloadable titles) of Prof Leighton’s TV and radio appearances

Career history

Having obtained a Magdalene College Scholarship to study for his first degree, he graduated in 1985 from the University of Cambridge with a Double First Class Degree in Physics and Theoretical Physics, and the highest mark of the year for an experimental project. He obtained a PhD at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge, in 1988. He was then awarded Senior and Advanced Research Fellowships at Magdalene College (Cambridge University) and the Engineering and Physics and Science Research Council (EPSRC), which included three periods of work at the Institut de Machines Hydrauliques et de Mecanique des Fluides (Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland).

Then, at the age of 28, he joined ISVR as Lecturer in Underwater Acoustics, and in the same year (1992) he completed the monograph The Acoustic Bubble (Academic Press), and at 35 he was awarded a Personal Chair. After serving a chair of Acoustics, he became Associate Deam with the responsibility for Research in the Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, and led the REF2014 submission which was ranked not only the most powerful in the UK in the category of General Engineering, but also the most powerful entry in the UK in any branch of engineering (click here for details). He has now stepped down for that position in order to found and lead NAMRIP and HEFUA

He is author of over 400 other publications (available here), and appears on radio and TV across the world (available here). A précis of the impact following from his research activity can be found here.

He has served on advisory groups including:

Founding Chairman, Health Effects of Ultrasound in AIr (HEFUA)
Founding Chairman, Network on Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Prevention (NAMRIP)
Government of the United Kingdom's Working Group of the Advisory Committee on Dangerous Pathogens Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies Sub Group
Scientific Expert Group of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection
Defence Scientific Advisory Council (DSAC), Ministry of Defence (MoD)
World Federation of Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Safety Work Group
Ministry of Defence Brains Trust, under the MoD Science and Technology Rapid Assistance to Operations (STRATOS) programme
Maritime Mine Countermeasures Workgroup, DSAC, MoD
Scoping Group on Ultrasound and Infrasound Safety, Health Protection Agency
Work Group 22 of Accredited Standards Committee S1 of Acoustical Society of America.

Biographies

Kenward, M. (2017) A talent for bursting bubbles. Ingenia, 73, 38-42
Webb, J. (2016) Resistance fighter takes the battle to microbes, New Scientist 229(3066), 32-33 (doi: 10.1016/S0262-4079(16)30523-1)

Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci
Engineering, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton. SO17 1BJ United Kingdom

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