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 Chieh-Hsi Wu

Lecturer in Statistics

Research interests

  • Statistical methods
  • Phylogenetics
  • Forensic science

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chieh-Hsi

Email: C-H.Wu@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7092

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Dr Chris Franks

Lecturer in Life Sciences
Connect with Chris

Email: C.J.Franks@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7775

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Professor Chris Freeman PhD, BEng, BSc, CEng, FIET

Professor

Research interests

  • Iterative learning and repetitive control theory and their experimental application to indust…
  • Biomechanics 
  • Motor learning and control

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: cf@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3486

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Professor Chris Hauton PhD, FRSB, FMBA

Head of School

Research interests

  • Hauton has worked extensively with colleagues in India and Bangladesh since 2015 and has deve…
  • Research has also included quantifying the potential toxic risk of deep sea mining of mineral…
  • Other activity

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: C.Hauton@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5784

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Dr Chris Kipps

Connect with Chris

Email: christopher.kipps@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Chris McCormick BSc, DPhil, PGCert

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Positive strand RNA virus replication
  • Viral proteases
  • Viral host pathogen interactions

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: cjm@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206993

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Professor Chris Skylaris

Professor of Computational Chemistry

Research interests

  • Development of large-scale electronic structure methods, based on Density Functional Theory w…
  • Development of atomistic and multiscale simulation methods for materials using quantum and cl…
  • Application of these simulation methods to discover advanced materials in technologically rel…

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chris

Email: C.Skylaris@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 9381

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Professor Chrissie Jones BMedSci, BMBS, FRCPCH, PgcertHBE, FHEA, PhD

Prof of Paediatric Infection & Immunity

Research interests

  • Vaccination in pregnancy
  • Infection risk reduction in pregnancy
  • Congenital infections

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Chrissie

Email: C.E.Jones@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206159

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Professor Christian Knigge

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

  • accretion phenomena and associated outflows
  • cataclysmic variables
  • close binaries
Connect with Christian

Email: C.Knigge@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3955

Dr Christina Saville MSc, PhD, AFORS

Lecturer in Healthcare Management

Research interests

  • Safe staffing
  • Operational research techniques applied to healthcare
  • Health workforce
Connect with Christina

Email: C.E.Saville@soton.ac.uk

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