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 Vicky Dominguez Almela

Lecturer

Research interests

  • My work includes the use of individual-based models (IBMs), geographical information systems (GIS) and stable isotopes to increase understandings of invasion patterns and evaluate invasive species eradication programmes. I also use citizen science tools to co-produce knowledge with the general public and increase adaptation pathways to biological invasions.
  • I have mainly work with fish in the past, but recently I have been fascinated by the invasion of the brown pelagic seaweed called sargassum.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Vicky

Email: V.Dominguez-Almela@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Vincent O'connor

Professor of Neurochemistry

Research interests

  • Molecular mechanism of synaptic function and dysfunction
  • Synaptic degeneration
  • Genetic models of synaptic and neuronal dysfunction

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Vincent

Email: V.M.OConnor@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7651

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Dr Violetta Sagun

Senior Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Neutron stars
  • Dark matter
  • Binary neutron star mergers
Connect with Violetta

Email: V.Sagun@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8547

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Professor Vladimir Jiranek

Professor

Research interests

  • Microbiology of beverage fermentations 
  • Cell-cell interations and filamentous/invasive growth in yeast
  • How has yeast evolved to survive in nature and interact with insects 

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Vladimir

Email: V.Jiranek@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4466

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Dr William King

Lecturer in Plant-Microbe Interactions

Research interests

  • Root microbiome
  • Microbial interactions
  • Microbiome manipulation

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with William

Email: W.L.King@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Xiaohao Cai

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

  • Image/signal/data processing
  • Computer vision
  • Machine learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xiaohao

Email: X.Cai@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +442380593542

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Professor Xize Niu

Professor of Biosensing&Microengineering

Research interests

  • Microfluidics
  • Lab-on-a-chip
  • Sensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xize

Email: X.Niu@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2367

Dr Xu Fang

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Metasurfaces for automotive sensing and healthcare
  • Extreme light manipulation at the nanoscale

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xu

Email: X.Fang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2852

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Dr Xuan Li PhD

Lecturer B-Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

  • Novel miniature ultrasonic surgical device design
  • Ultrasonically assisted machining and manufacturing
  • New generation of piezoelectric materials

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xuan

Email: X.Li@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Xunli Zhang PhD, DIC, FRSC, CChem, CEng

Professor of Bioengineering

Research interests

  • Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies
  • Biomedical and Chemical Engineering
  • Nanomaterials

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Xunli

Email: XL.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5099

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