Our people

Institute for Life Sciences

Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Institute for Life Sciences core team

Professor Max Crispin (Director)

Professor Mary Barker (Deputy Director)

Professor Hywel Morgan (Deputy Director)

Doctor Alexandra Mant (Collaboration Manager)

Janette Thompson (Project Manager)

Snita Bansal - Institute Coordinator

Interested in joining us? Please see details about current academic recruitment opportunities here.

Professor Adam Prugel-Bennett

Prof of Electronics & Computer Science

Connect with Adam

Email: apb@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4473

Dr Adriana Wilde PhD

Lecturer

Research interests

Safe, inclusive, and secure digital technologies for health to empower people to live independently

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Adriana

Email: A.Wilde@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 0624

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Dr Afaf El-Sagheer

Lecturer in Chemistry

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Afaf

Email: A.H.El-Sagheer@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Age Chapman

Professor of Computer Science

Connect with Age

Email: Adriane.Chapman@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Al Edwards

Associate Professor

Research interests

Affordable microfluidic diagnostics and "µMicro" miniaturised microbiology
Engineering next generation vaccines: formulation and function

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Al

Email: A.D.Edwards@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 0128

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Professor Alain Zemkoho

Professor of Mathematical Optimization

Research interests

Bilevel and hierarchical optimization
First and second order numerical methods for continuous optimization
Nonsmooth and nonconvex optimization

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Alain

Email: A.B.Zemkoho@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3863

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Professor Alan Marchant PhD, SFHEA

Professorial Fellow-Education

Research interests

My previous research interests centred on the role of auxin transport in plant development and the synthesis and function of the plant cell wall. I use my experience in these research areas to inform the teaching that I deliver.

Connect with Alan

Email: A.Marchant@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4363