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.

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

Professor Nuala Mcgrath

Prof of Epidemiology & Sexual Health

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nuala

Email: N.McGrath@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205749

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Professor Nullin Divecha

Professor of Cellular Signalling

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nullin

Email: N.Divecha@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9007

Dr Ondrej Hovorka

Associate Professor

Research interests

Nanorobotics for biomedicine
Computational nanomagnetism
Data science and machine learning

Connect with Ondrej

Email: O.Hovorka@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4898

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Dr Orestis Katsamenis

Lecturer in Biomedical Imaging

Research interests

3D X-ray Histology (XRH)
Microfocus Computed Tomography (μCT) of biological and biogenic materials
μCT for clinical applications

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Orestis

Email: O.Katsamenis@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7574

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Professor Otto Muskens

Professor of Physics

Research interests

Programmable photonic circuits using ultralow loss phase change materials.
Infrared metasurfaces for radiative cooling and defence applications.
Deep learning and AI enabled nanophotonic design.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Otto

Email: O.Muskens@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Owen Rackham MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Owen

Email: O.J.L.Rackham@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Patrick Doncaster

Professor of Ecology

Research interests

Population ecology
Conservation management of forest and freshwater lake ecosystems
Conservation technology and tools for data analysis

Connect with Patrick

Email: cpd@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4352

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Professor Paul Elkington

Director of Inst. for Medical Innovation

Research interests

tuberculosis
immunopathology
diagnosis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Paul

Email: P.Elkington@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205928

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Professor Paul Skipp

Professor of Proteomics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Paul

Email: pjss@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4204

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Dr Pete Lawrence PhD, DClinPsych, MSc, MA (Cantab), AFBPsS, FHEA

Associate Professor

Research interests

Children and young people's development in the face of adversity.
Prevention of common mental health problems in children and young people.
Parents' mental health.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Pete

Email: P.J.Lawrence@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2584

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