Our people

Meet the experts behind our microbiology research.

Professor Charles Keevil

Professor of Environmental Health Care
Email:C.W.Keevil@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4726

Doctor Chengchen Zhang

Lecturer

Therapeutic and biosensing platforms

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:Chengchen.Zhang@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6813

Doctor Fatima Pereira

Lecturer in Molecular & Cellular Bioscience

Gut microbiome

Host-microbiota crosstalk

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:f.c.pereira@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2380594294

Doctor Franklin Nobrega

Associate Professor
Email:F.Nobrega@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2380 590263 (20263)

Professor Jeremy Webb

Professor of Microbiology

Microbial biofilms and their control

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.S.Webb@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4390

Professor Jo Slater-Jefferies

Chief Executive Officer (National Biofilms Innovation Centre)
Email:josj@biofilms.ac.uk

Doctor Marc Dumont

Lecturer in Environmental Microbiology

Methanotrophs and methane cycling

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:M.G.Dumont@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 4369

Doctor Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience

Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:N.Nikolic@soton.ac.uk

Doctor Rodolphe Hervé

Containment Level 3 Laboratory Manager

Surgical instruments decontamination

Email:R.Herve@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 2381205711

Professor Ronan McCarthy

Professor of Microbial Biofilms
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:Ronan.McCarthy@soton.ac.uk