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

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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.

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Emeritus Professor David Coggon OBE MA PhD DM FRCP FFOM FFPH FMedSci

Research interests

  • Relationship of musculoskeletal disorders to work
  • Health effects of chemical pollutants
  • Occupational risks of Covid-19
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Dr David Evans

Royal Society University Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Cenozoic palaeoclimate and palaeoceanography
  • Biomineralisation
  • The geochemistry of low-temperature minerals

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor David Harrowven

Professor of Chemistry

Research interests

  • Organic synthesis
  • Natural products total synthesis
  • Radical and diradical chemistry
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Professor David Owen

Professor in Politics

Research interests

  • 1) Post-Kantian social and political philosophy from Nietzsche to Foucault, and the Frankfurt School.
  • 2) The Ethics and Politics of Migration
  • 3) Democratic Theory and Practice

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor David Richards BEng MSt PhD CEng FICE

Professor in Ground Engineering
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Professor David Sear

Professor
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Mr Dickon Buckland

Principal Research Fellow
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Dr Dina Lupin BA, LLB, LLM, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Environmental and human rights law
  • Silencing
  • Epistemic injustice

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Dominic Hudson

Shell Professor in Ship Efficiency

Research interests

  • All aspects of hydrodynamics, 
  • particularly as related to ship design,
  • operation for energy efficiency. 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Dominic Taunton

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • My research interests lie in improving the design and operation of ships and other maritime artefacts, in particular high speed craft such as semi-displacement catamarans and hard chine planning craft, through the development of accurate but efficient tools for predicting and evaluating their performance.
  • Experimental Hydrodynamics | This research focuses on the efficient use of experiments at both model and full-scale to measure the hydrodynamic performance of various ship types and maritime artefacts from wave energy devices to aircraft ditching on water. Recent research has looked at methods for quiescent period prediction for safe launch and recovery
  • Human Element | This research developed from a project to integrate human performance into the design of high speed planning craft. This integration of the human element into the design process has resulted in collaborations with human element experts in order to improve ship design and operation. This approach has led to the development of human like autonomy behaviours to improve the seakeeping and fuel consumption of autonomous surface vehicles.
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