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.

Dr Rodolphe Herve

Senior Research Fellow
Connect with Rodolphe

Email: R.Herve@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205711

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Professor Rohan Lewis PhD, FTPS

Prof of Placental&Integrative Physiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rohan

Email: Rohan.Lewis@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208663

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Professor Ronan McCarthy PhD, FHEA, FRSB

Professor in Microbial Biofilms

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ronan

Email: Ronan.McCarthy@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Rosalia Moreddu

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Biosystems
  • Bioelectricity
  • Metastasis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rosalia

Email: R.Moreddu@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Roxi Carare

Head of School

Research interests

  • Causes and new therapeutic strategies for dementias and other neurodegenerative diseases
  • New early diagnostic measures in dementia based on biomarkers from the nose
  • Drug delivery to the brain

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Roxi

Email: R.O.Carare@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7909518498

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Professor Ruihua Hou MD, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Professor of Biological Psychiatry

Research interests

  • 1) Psychoneuroimmunology studying how psychological processes, the central nervous system, an…
  • 2) human psychopharmacology focusing on the role of the locus coeruleus in neurodegenerative …
  • 3) neuroinflammatory mechanisms underlying anxiety and affective disorders as well as comorbi…

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ruihua

Email: R.Hou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 238231 0780

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Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Medical Robotics (Micro/Nano Robotics, Soft Robotics)
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Wearable Devices

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rujie

Email: Rujie.Sun@soton.ac.uk

Dr Russel Torah BEng, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor
Connect with Russel

Email: rnt@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2600

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Dr Ruth Turk

Head of Department
Connect with Ruth

Email: R.Turk@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8928

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Dr Sajjad Taravati

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Metamaterials/metasurfaces/antennas
  • Electromagnetics/telecommunications
  • Superconducting quantum circuits

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sajjad

Email: S.Taravati@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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