Researcher on boat preparing hydrophone for acoustic surveys of marine mammals in the Antartic
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

Our people

Meet our academic experts and learn more about their research.

Browse the list of our academic members to learn more about our expertise at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI).

If you’re looking to work with someone with specific expertise and need help getting connected, get in touch with us at smmi@southampton.ac.uk.

Join the University of Southampton

The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Professor Paul Hughes BSc. Ph.D.

Professor of Palaeoecology
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Professor Paul Kemp

Professor of Ecological Engineering
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Professor Paul Lewin

Professor of Electrical Power Engineerin

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Paul White

Prof of Statistical Signal Processing

Research interests

  • Signal processing
  • Underwater acoustics and bioacoustics (the way animals, especially marine mammals, use sound)
  • The processing of calls of marine mammals
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Professor Paul Wilson

Professor

Research interests

  • Greenhouse climates
  • Ice sheet instability
  •  Monsoons and Rainfall Deserts and Aridity 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Peter G.R. Smith

Professor in Electronics & Comp Science

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Professor Peter Sunley

Professor in Human Geography

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Professor Peter Wells

Professor

Research interests

  • Heterogeneous Catalysis
  • Operando Spectroscopy
  • Nanoparticle Design

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Philip Leadbitter

Research Fellow (PSDI)

Research interests

  • Digital lab Notebooks and paperless note-taking
  • Human and technological road blocks to paperless note-taking
  • Use of Autonomous Underwater Platforms to further research in remote ocean regions
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Dr Phillip Fenberg

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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