Our people

Institute for Life Sciences

Our strength lies in our interdisciplinary collaborative network which is made up of over 430 academic members from across all the University’s faculties.

Institute for Life Sciences core team

Professor Max Crispin (Director)

Professor Mary Barker (Deputy Director)

Professor Hywel Morgan (Deputy Director)

Doctor Alexandra Mant (Collaboration Manager)

Janette Thompson (Project Manager)

Snita Bansal - Institute Coordinator

Interested in joining us? Please see details about current academic recruitment opportunities here.

Dr Felino Cagampang PhD

Associate Professor

Connect with Felino

Email: F.Cagampang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381204316

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Professor Fiona Woollard

Professor of Philosophy

Research interests

Philosophy of Pregnancy, Birth and Motherhood/ Parenthood
Normative Ethics.
Applied Ethics.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Fiona

Email: F.Woollard@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Francesco Shankar

Professor of Astrophysics

Research interests

Super-massive Black Hole Demography and Evolution
Galaxy Evolution: Spheroids and Bulges, Environment, High-redshift galaxies
Radio and Broad Absorption Line Active Galactic Nuclei

Connect with Francesco

Email: F.Shankar@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2150

Dr Franchesca Houghton

Associate Professor

Research interests

Pluripotent stem cells
Regenerative medicine
Preimplantation embryo development

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Franchesca

Email: F.D.Houghton@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208731

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Dr Franklin Nobrega BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor

Connect with Franklin

Email: F.Nobrega@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2380 590263 (20263)

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Professor Gabriela Czanner

Professor in Digital Health

Research interests

Spatial statistical models for clinical images to help understand diseases
Longitudinal and spatio-temporal models for early detection, screening and monitoring of diseases
Uncertainty quantification for predictions from statistical and machine learning models

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Gabriela

Email: G.Czanner@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8327

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