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.

Professor Liudi Jiang BSc MSc PhD CEng CPhys FIET

Professor of Materials & Electromec Syst

Research interests

  • Wearable sensors
  • Healthcare technologies
  • Musculoskeletal biomechanics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Liudi

Email: L.Jiang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8748

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Dr Luca Di Gregorio

Senior Teaching Fellow

Research interests

  • Medical and Health Humanities
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • History and Theory of Psychoanalysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Luca

Email: L.Di-Gregorio@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Lucy Gates

Lecturer in Medical Technology & Design

Research interests

  • Global musculoskeletal health and disease; with particular interest in lower limb mobility
  • Epidemiology of vertebral fractures
  • Epidemiology of Knee and foot osteoarthritis
Connect with Lucy

Email: L.Gates@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Lucy Green

Professor

Research interests

  • Fetal physiology and nutrition
  • Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD)
  • Equality and diversity in research, education and public engagement

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Lucy

Email: L.R.Green@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9307

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Dr Luis Yanez-Guerra

Lecturer in Pharmacology

Research interests

  • Evolution of the nervous system (non-bilaterian animals_
  • Pharmacology
  • Receptor deorphanisation (GPCRs)

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Luis

Email: L.A.Yanez-Guerra@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7521167566

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Professor Lyn Ellett

Professor of Psychology & Mental Health

Research interests

  • My research interests are mainly in the area of psychosis.
  • My current work focuses on:
  • 1.    Paranoia in the general population

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Lyn

Email: L.A.Ellett@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7802

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Professor m.c. Schraefel phd, cscs, ceng, fbcs

Professor
Connect with m.c.

Email: mc@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8372

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Professor Maggie Donovan-Hall

Professor
Connect with Maggie

Email: mh699@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8880

Professor Mahesan Niranjan

ISIS Chair
Connect with Mahesan

Email: mn@ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Dr Majid Zamani

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Implantable brain-machine interface (iBMI).
  • Hardware-efficient processing frameworks (Implantable and wearable devices).
  • Applied AI in biomedical engineering.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Majid

Email: M.Zamani@soton.ac.uk

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