Diagram represents a network of applications by Institute for Life Sciences Members for collaborative projects.
Institute for Life Sciences

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.

Professor Michael Boniface CEng, FIET

Professorial Fellow in Information Techn

Research interests

  • Artifical intelligence for health systems
  • Human centred interactive systems
  • Federated systems management 
Connect with Michael

Email: M.J.Boniface@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8866

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Dr Michal Kalkowski PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Non-destructive testing
  • Material characterisation and imaging with ultrasound
  • Guided waves

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Michal

Email: M.Kalkowski@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8520

Professor Mike Grocott BSc MSc MBBS MD FRCA FRCP FFICM GChPOM (ANZCA)

Professor of Anaesthesia & Critical Care

Research interests

  • Perioperative Care, Critical Care, Prehabilitation, Hypoxia, Integrative Physiology, Clinical Trials, Health Services Research, Health Economics.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Mike

Email: mike.grocott@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208449

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Dr Mirella Cosma Spalluto PhD

Senior Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Mirella Cosma

Email: C.Spalluto@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 5193

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Professor Myron Christodoulides

Professor of Bacteriology
Connect with Myron

Email: M.Christodoulides@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205120

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Dr Nathan Huneke MBChB MRes MRCPsych

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer

Research interests

  • Experimental medicine
  • Neuroimaging
  • Placebo and nocebo effects
Connect with Nathan

Email: N.Huneke@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Nazrul Islam MBBS, MSc, MPH, PhD

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nazrul

Email: Nazrul.Islam@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Neil J. Gostling BSc PhD FLS

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Evolutionary Biology
  • Palaeobiology
  • Molecular Biology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Neil J.

Email: N.J.Gostling@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8141

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Professor Neil White BSc, PhD, DSc, CEng, CPhys, FIET, FInstP, SMIEEE

Professor in Intelligent Sensor Systems

Research interests

  • Medical sensors
  • Intelligent sensor systemS
  • Energy harvesting

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Neil

Email: nmw@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3765

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Dr Nela Nikolic

Lecturer in Microbiology

Research interests

  • Roles of accessory genetic elements in bacterial resilience
  • Phenotypic heterogeneity and individual behaviors underlying stress adaptation in bacterial populations
  • Dynamic interactions between bacterial viruses (phages) and bacterial populations

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nela

Email: N.Nikolic@soton.ac.uk

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