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 Christoph Witzel

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Researching the subjective reality of colour and other things we usually take for granted. 🌈

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 in Functional Genomics

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 hi…
  • demonstration that maternal vitamin D insufficiency is associated with sub-optimal bone miner…
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

  • Hearing, Mental Health and Healthy Ageing
  • Environmental Exposures and Health Equity
  • Health Services and Systems Research

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Dalia

Email: D.Tsimpida@soton.ac.uk

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