Southampton Space Institute

Our people

Learn about our people including their research interests, areas of expertise and their contact details.

 

Management team

  • Professor Matt Middleton, Director of the Southampton Space Institute; Deputy Head of School (Education) in the School of Physics and Astronomy. Matthew leads a team developing new ways to study black holes.
  • Professor Simon Cox, Head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Simon works on computational tools, technologies and platforms that solve interdisciplinary engineering and science problems.
  • Professor Mark Sullivan, Associate Dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Mark leads a supernova research group in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

 

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Dr Elena Sitnikova PhD

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Research interests

  • Development of computational characterisation and design tools for advanced materials
  • Mechanics of composite materials
  • Materials responses and characterisation at high loading rates

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Elina Meliou PhD

Professor of Leadership

Research interests

  • Responsible Leadership
  • Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Work and Career experiences

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Dr Gareth Roberts

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Development of methods for monitoring landscape fire activity using optical and thermal Earth…
  • Quantifying the environmental and health impacts of landscape fires using burned area and the…
  • Validating active fire and Fire Radiative Power retrievals using measurements and models

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Gary Wills PhD, CEng, FHEA, MIET

Research interests

  • Internet of Things (IoT),
  • Data Protection,
  • Information Assurance,
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Professor Gavin Foster

Professor of Isotope Geochemistry

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Professor Geoffrey Hyett

Professor

Research interests

  • Functional materials: photocatalysts, p-type conducivity
  • Mixed anion materials
  • Thin films and chemical vapour deposition

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Professor Gopal Ramchurn

Professor of Artificial Intelligence
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Miss Hannah Blount MSc

Research interests

  • Thermal Physiology
  • Gender differences
  • Aerospace Physiology
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Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis

Associate Professor

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