Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

Our people

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 Shiyang Tang PhD, BEng, FHEA, CEng, MRSC, MIET

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Liquid metal
  • Intelligent microfluidics
  • Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Simon Cox

Head of Department

Research interests

  • My research focusses on computational tools, technologies and platforms and how they enable i…
  • High Performance and novel Computing SystemsCloud Computing and commercial distributed comput…
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Dr Sofia Michopoulou PhD

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Sonia Zakrzewski

Prof of Bioarchaeology & BioAnthropology

Research interests

  • bioarchaeology and palaeopathology
  • disAbility, impairment, injury and disease
  • race, migration and mobility

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Srinandan Dasmahapatra

Associate Professor
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Professor Stefan Bleeck

Prof of Hearing Science and Technology

Research interests

  • The intersection of hearing science, audiology, and signal processing
  • Bio-inspired auditory modeling
  • Speech intelligibility in noise

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Stephan Onggo PhD, SFHEA

Professor of Business Analytics

Research interests

  • Simulation Modelling Methodology (hybrid simulation, discrete-event simulation, agent-based s…
  • Simulation for real-time decision making (digital twin, symbiotic simulation)
  • Simulation Applications in healthcare, supply chain and disaster management

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Professor Stephen Beers

Professor of Immunology & Immunotherapy

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Professor Steve Darby

Associate Dean Research

Research interests

  • River and coastal flooding - relationships between geomorphology and flooding in rivers and d…
  • Biogeomorphology - interactions between river processes and life
  • River bank erosion processes

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Stuart Clarke PhD FRCPath FFPH

Professor of M'biology and Public Health

Accepting applications from PhD students

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