Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

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.

Igor Vorechovsky

Research interests

  • Disease gene identification
  • Alternative RNA processing
Connect with Igor

Email: igvo@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206425

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Dr Indu Bodala PhD

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

  • Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
  • Social Robots
  • Affective Computing

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Indu

Email: I.P.Bodala@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Ingrid Muller BSc, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, FHEA

Professor

Research interests

  • Self-management of long-term conditions
  • Behavioural health interventions
  • Digital health

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ingrid

Email: I.Muller@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ioannis

Email: izk@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 0160

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Dr Iris Nandhakumar

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Scanning Probe Microscopy
  • Carbon nanotubes
  • Nanoscale materials

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Iris

Email: iris@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6877

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Professor Ivan Haigh

Professor

Research interests

  • I currently have 8 active research grants (4 as principle investigator (PI)) worth £4.8M. 
  • I am the PI on two international grants that started in 2019, both looking at compound floodi…
  • In 2021, I was awarded a 3-year (50% of my time) prestigious Knowledge Exchange Fellowship fu…

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ivan

Email: I.D.Haigh@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6501

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Professor Ivo Tews

Professor

Research interests

  • Natural products biosynthesis: a complex cascade of catalytic steps in vitamin B6 biosynthesi…
  • Bacterial biofilms: understanding of RedOx regulated phosphodiesterase activity in dispersal …
  • Cancer immunology: together with Cancer Immunology at Southampton we use a structure based ap…
Connect with Ivo

Email: Ivo.Tews@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4415

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Professor Jacek Brodzki

Head of School

Research interests

  • Topological data analysis
  • Applications of topology to medicine, biology, chemistry, physics, computer science
  • Noncommutative Geometry

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jacek

Email: J.Brodzki@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3648

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Dr Jack Lawrence

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Jack

Email: J.Lawrence@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5935

Mr Jack Stubbs MSci

Research interests

  • Natural products biosynthesis: a complex cascade of catalytic steps in vitamin B6 biosynthesi…
  • Time-resolved serial crystallography: experiments using microcrystals at room temperature, pe…
  • Droplet microfluidics: producing homogenous microcrystal slurries for serial experiments
Connect with Jack

Email: J.R.Stubbs@soton.ac.uk

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