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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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Professor Simon Cox

Head of Department

Research interests

  • My research focusses on computational tools, technologies and platforms and how they enable i…
  • High Performance and novel Computing SystemsCloud Computing and commercial distributed comput…
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Dr Songyan Zhu

Lecturer of Geospatial Data Science

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Stephen Beeby PhD, FIEEE, FInstP, FIET, CEng, CPhys

Professor of Electronic Systems & Device

Research interests

  • Electronic Textiles
  • Flexible Electronics
  • Smart Materials

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Sybren Drijfhout

Chair in Ocean & Earth
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Dr Taiwo Raphael Tejumola

Lecturer

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Professor Tim Norman

Head of School

Research interests

  • Learning and reasoning under uncertainty
  • AI safety
  • Human-AI collaboration

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Tomas Polcar

Professor of Materials Sci and Tribology
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Dr Waseem Ahmed

Research Fellow
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Professor Ying Cheong

Professor of Reproductive Medicine
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