Southampton well-represented across panels preparing for REF2021

Leading academics from across a range of disciplines at the University of Southampton will take frontline roles as panel members for the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF).

Over 4,000 nominations were made for roles across the four main panels and the 34 sub-panels. The panel members include leading researchers and individuals with expertise in the wider use and benefits of research, as well as members with an international perspective on the main panels.

The group of 17 from Southampton is spread across 13 sub-panels, including:

Clinical Medicine (Sub-Panel 1) –

• Professor Diana Eccles , Assessment Phase
• Professor Cyrus Cooper , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care (Sub-Panel 2) -

• Professor Paul Little , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy (Sub-Panel 3) –

• Professor Joanna Adams , Assessment Phase
• Professor Dame Jill Macleod Clarke , Assessment Phase

Biological Sciences (Sub-Panel 5) -

• Professor Gail Taylor (Southampton and University of California, Davis), Assessment Phase

Agriculture, Veterinary and Food Science (Sub-Panel 6) -

• Professor Guy Poppy (Southampton and Food Standards Agency), Criteria and Assessment Phase

Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences (Sub-Panel 7) -

• Professor Tim Minshull , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Chemistry (Sub-Panel 8) -

• Professor Phil Bartlett , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Computer Science and Informatics (Sub-Panel 8) –

• Professor Dame Wendy Hall , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Physics (Sub-Panel 9) –

• Professor Stefano Moretti , (Southampton and NExT Institute) Assessment Phase

Engineering (Sub-Panel 12) -

• Professor Bashir Al-Hashimi , Assessment Phase
• Professor William Powrie , Criteria and Assessment Phase

Archaeology (Sub-Panel 15) -

• Professor Stephanie Moser , Assessment Phase

Education (Sub-Panel 23) -

• Professor Anthony Kelly , Criteria and Assessment Phase

English Language and Literature (Sub-Panel 27) -

• Professor John McGavin , Assessment Phase

Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen Studies (Sub-Panel 33) -

• Professor Tim Bergfelder , Assessment Phase

Professor Cyrus Cooper and Professor Dame Wendy Hall will both serve as interdisciplinary members on a main panel and interdisciplinary advisers on a sub-panel.

Further sub-panel members and assessors will be appointed in 2020, following a survey of institutions’ intentions to submit to REF2021.