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.

Dr Jorn Cheney

Lecturer in Natural Sciences

Research interests

Locomotion
Wing morphing
Tissues and tissue mechanics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jorn

Email: J.Cheney@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Jorn Lakowski

Associate Professor

Research interests

Retinal Disease Modelling
Retinal Development
Drug Screening

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Jorn

Email: J.Lakowski@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Judith Holloway BSc (Hons), PhD, PGCert, PFHEA, NTF

Research interests

HACASE: A simple effective educational model for session design: Prof Holloway has designed an educational model for teaching which is applicable across any teaching activity. Current research activity is evaluating its effectiveness in clinical teaching including allergy to different learners from patients to undergraduates and multi-professional healthcare professionals.
MSc Allergy education: Prof Holloway's team explore innovations and the effectiveness of teaching on the MSc Allergy, to disseminate their experiences for the benefit of other courses around the University and more widely.
Allergy bitesize education (short e-courses for CPD): Prof Holloway has led the development of short e-courses, including an Anaphylaxis Toolkit which provide Gain and Train learning for healthcare professionals on how to effectively teach patients this important topic.

Connect with Judith

Email: J.Holloway@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Juerg Matter

Professor of Geoengineering&Carbon Manag

Connect with Juerg

Email: J.Matter@southampton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3042

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Professor Juliet Gray

Professor

Research interests

Fc modification of monoclonal antibodies to improve effector function

Connect with Juliet

Email: J.C.Gray@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380597930

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Professor Kai Yang

Professor

Research interests

Electronic textile materials and manufacturing
Wearable medical devices (e.g. stroke rehabilitation, pain management)
Digital healthcare

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kai

Email: ky2e09@soton.ac.uk

Google Scholar

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Professor Karl Staples PhD CBiol FRSB FHEA

Associate Dean Enterprise

Research interests

Chronic Respiratory Disease e.g. Asthma, COPD
Host-pathogen Interactions
Ex vivo models of the human lung

Connect with Karl

Email: K.Staples@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9250

Google Scholar

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Dr Kate Farrahi

Associate Professor

Research interests

the intersection of machine learning and digital health
developing machine learning methods for human sensing using vision- and wearable-based technologies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kate

Email: K.Farrahi@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2722

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