Our people
Meet the geospatial experts working in our interdisciplinary team.

Doctor Samantha Cockings
Associate ProfessorAutomated zone design
Spatiotemporal population modelling
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail:S.Cockings@soton.ac.ukTel:+44 23 8059 5519Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Doctor Shahram Heydari
Lecturer in TransportationTransport and health (traffic injury, traffic related air pollution, travel behaviour)
Accepting applications from PhD students
Professor Shengjie Lai
ProfessorLai is interested in understanding the transmission dynamics and intervention effective
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail:Shengjie.Lai@soton.ac.ukAddress: B39, West Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Professor Simon Blainey
Rail demand and operations modelling
GIS and transport
Email:S.P.Blainey@soton.ac.ukTel:+44 23 8059 2834Address: Boldrewood Campus, Burgess Road, Southampton, SO16 7QF
Professor Simon Kemp
Professor of Education for Sustainable DevelopmentEducation for Sustainable Development
Waste Management
Email:S.Kemp@soton.ac.ukTel:+44 23 8059 5868Address: B44, West Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ
Doctor Somnath Paramanik
Research FellowCrop disease/stress detection; Hyperspectral, LiDAR Remote Sensing
Accepting applications from PhD students
Doctor Songyan Zhu
Lecturer in Geospatial Data ScienceAccepting applications from PhD students
Mrs Thea Woods
Senior Enterprise Fellow (GIS Analyst)geospatial analysis
migration mapping
human mobility
Tel:+44 23 8059 8997Address: B39, West Highfield Campus, University Road, Southampton, SO17 1BJ