Staff Lead researchers MS Professor Martin Solan Professor of Marine Ecology Research interests Biodiversity ecosystem function bioturbation benthic ecology Connect with Martin Email: M.Solan@soton.ac.uk Other researchers SC 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… Connect with Simon Email: S.J.Cox@soton.ac.uk Professor Jasmin Godbold Professor Research interests Changes in seafloor biodiversity and ecosystem functioning Effect of human activities and environmental change on species-environment interactions Trait-expression in benthic invertebrates and how this is affected by climate change and pres… Connect with Jasmin Email: J.A.Godbold@soton.ac.uk Professor Blair Thornton Professor of Marine Autonomy Research interests seafloor 3D visual reconstruction: development of deep-sea imaging hardware and processing pi… automated interpretation of data: development of AI methods for rapid scalable interpretation… robotics: development of low-cost, long endurance seafloor imaging floats and highly intellig… Connect with Blair Email: B.Thornton@soton.ac.uk Professor Susan Gourvenec FREng, FICE, FIEAust, PhD, BEng Prof Offshore Geotechnical Engineering Connect with Susan Email: Susan.Gourvenec@southampton.ac.uk Research outputs