Our people

Meet the experts behind our microbiology research.

Professor Bill Keevil
Email:C.W.Keevil@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4726
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Doctor Chengchen Zhang
Associate Professor
Research interests
Therapeutic and biosensing platforms
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:Chengchen.Zhang@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Fatima Pereira
Associate Professor in Molecular & Cellular Bioscience
Research interests
Gut microbiome
Host-microbiota crosstalk
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:f.c.pereira@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2380594294
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Doctor Franklin Nobrega
Associate Professor
Research interests
Bacterial anti-phage defence and phage counter-defence
Molecular and struc
Email:F.Nobrega@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2380 590263 (20263)
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Professor Jeremy Webb
Professor of Microbiology
Research interests
Microbial biofilms and their control
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.S.Webb@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4390
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies
Chief Executive Officer (National Biofilms Innovation Centre)
Email:josj@biofilms.ac.uk
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Doctor Marc Dumont
Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology
Research interests
Methanotrophs and methane cycling
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:M.G.Dumont@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4369
Address: B85, East Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
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Doctor Nela Nikolic
Lecturer in Microbiology
Research interests
Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:N.Nikolic@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Rodolphe Hervé
Containment Level 3 Laboratory Manager
Research interests
Surgical instruments decontamination
Email:R.Herve@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2381205711
Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, Southampton, SO16 6YD
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Professor Ronan McCarthy
Professor of Microbial Biofilms
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:Ronan.McCarthy@soton.ac.uk
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