Staff Lead researcher CB Emeritus Professor Charles Banks Research interests Controlled anaerobic and aerobic biodegradation of municipal and industrial solid wastes Concepts for an integrated farming system for non competitive food and fuel production Energy production from digestion of crops and agricultural wastes Connect with Charles Email: c.j.banks@soton.ac.uk Other researchers SH Emeritus Professor Sonia Heaven Professorial Fellow-Research Connect with Sonia Email: s.heaven@soton.ac.uk Professor Timothy Leighton FRS FREng FMedSci ScD Professor of Ultrasonics Connect with Timothy Email: t.g.leighton@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Acoustics Group Our group’s research topics range from the protection of marine mammals to the medical use of ultrasonics and the environmental effects of aircraft noise.