Staff Lead researcher Professor Mark Spearing Vice-President (Research & Enterprise) Connect with Mark Email: s.m.spearing@soton.ac.uk Other researchers Professor William Powrie Professor of Geotechnical Engineering Research interests Railway track and trackbed behaviour and performance. Geotechnical transportation infrastructure (earthworks, retaining walls, tunnels). Connect with William Email: w.powrie@soton.ac.uk Doctor Steve Boyd Associate Professor Research interests Maritime Composites Experimental and Numerical mechanics Connect with Steve Email: s.w.boyd@soton.ac.uk AP Professor Anna Peacock Professor of Photonics Research interests Nonlinear Optics Fibre optics Connect with Anna Email: acp@orc.soton.ac.uk Doctor Alex Dickinson Associate Professor Connect with Alex Email: alex.dickinson@soton.ac.uk Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups Bioengineering Group We apply engineering principles to the fields of biology and healthcare.