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 Christoph Witzel

Associate Professor

Research interests

My main technical expertise is colour psychophysics and behavioural experiments.The main focus of my work has been the role of language and experience in colour perception.More broadly, I am interested in how culture and experience shape automatic assumptions to form our subjective reality.See also "About", and for recent developments and PhD opportunities, see Lab Website.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Christoph

Email: C.Witzel@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4599

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Professor Claire Foster

Professor of Psychosocial Oncology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Claire

Email: C.L.Foster@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 4006

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Dr Claire Jackson

Principal Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Claire

Email: C.L.JACKSON@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208798

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Professor Clive Trueman

Professor

Research interests

Stable isotope ecology in marine settings
Ecophysiology (fishes)
Sclerochronology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Clive

Email: trueman@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 6571

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Emeritus Professor Colin Kennedy

Connect with Colin

Email: crk1@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381204457

Dr Colleen Deane

Lecturer in Muscle Cell Biology

Connect with Colleen

Email: C.S.Deane@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Collin Sones

Principal Research Fellow

Connect with Collin

Email: cls@orc.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3141

Dr Cornelia Blume

Lecturer B

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Cornelia

Email: C.Blume@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Cyrus Cooper

Prof Rheumatology Clinical Epidemiology

Research interests

Key research contributions have been:
discovery of the developmental influences which contribute to the risk of osteoporosis and hip fracture in late adulthood
demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone mineral accrual in childhood

Connect with Cyrus

Email: cc@mrc.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 238077 7624

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Dr Dalia Tsimpida

Lecturer in Gerontology

Research interests

Psychology of Ageing and Mental Health
Sensory Impairments and Mental Health in Ageing Populations
Mental Health Inequalities Across the Lifespan

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Dalia

Email: D.Tsimpida@soton.ac.uk

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