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 Kif Liakath-Ali MSc, MPhil, PhD.

Lecturer in Advanced Cell Biology

Research interests

Regulation of RNA splicing
RNA Splicing Misregulation in Neurodegeneration
Ribosomes and Alternative Splicing

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Kif

Email: kif.liakath-ali@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Kirsten Poore

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Kirsten

Email: kpoore@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380598151

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Professor Koushik Maharatna PhD

Prof Signal Processing System Design

Connect with Koushik

Email: km3@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9322

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Dr Lam Khuat

Senior Research Fellow Gould Fellowship

Research interests

Graft-versus-host disease and graft-versus-tumour effect
Haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
The interplay between the gut microbiome, metabolism, and the immune system

Connect with Lam

Email: L.Khuat@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Lauren Nadler BA MRes PhD

Lecturer in Marine Biology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Lauren

Email: L.Nadler@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380594806

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Dr Lex Kraaijeveld

Principal Teaching Fellow

Connect with Lex

Email: A.R.Kraaijeveld@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3436

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Dr Libo Li

Lecturer in Business Analytics

Research interests

Time-to-event analysis
Text analytics
Network analytics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Libo

Email: Libo.Li@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 1874

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Dr Liku Tezera BM, MSc , PhD, FHEA

Senior Research Fellow

Connect with Liku

Email: L.Tezera@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Lindsey Cherry PhD, FFPM RCSP (Glasg.), FHEA, BSc (hons)

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Lindsey

Email: L.Cherry@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5278

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Professor Lindy Holden-Dye BSc, MSc, PhD, FRSB, FBPhS

PROFESSOR OF NEUROSCIENCES

Research interests

Neuropharmacology
Invertebrate neuroscience
Nematode neurobiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Lindy

Email: L.M.Holden-Dye@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9006

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