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 Robert Nicholls

Professor in Coastal Engineering

Research interests

long-term coastal engineering and management
the issues of coastal impacts and adaptation to climate change, with an emphasis on sea-level rise
the assessment of the future of deltaic areas, which are the most threatened coastal setting in the coming century

Connect with Robert

Email: R.J.Nicholls@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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Professor Robert Read

Chair of Infectious Diseases

Connect with Robert

Email: R.C.Read@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206455

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Dr Robin Rumney

Lecturer

Connect with Robin

Email: R.M.Rumney@soton.ac.uk

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Dr Rodolphe Herve

Senior Research Fellow

Connect with Rodolphe

Email: R.Herve@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381205711

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Professor Rohan Lewis PhD, FTPS

Prof of Placental&Integrative Physiology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rohan

Email: Rohan.Lewis@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208663

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Dr Rosalia Moreddu

Lecturer

Research interests

Biosystems
Bioelectricity
Metastasis

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rosalia

Email: R.Moreddu@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Roxi Carare

Head of School

Research interests

Causes and new therapeutic strategies for dementias and other neurodegenerative diseases
New early diagnostic measures in dementia based on biomarkers from the nose
Drug delivery to the brain

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Roxi

Email: R.O.Carare@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7909518498

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Professor Ruihua Hou MD, MSc, PhD, SFHEA

Professor of Biological Psychiatry

Research interests

1) Psychoneuroimmunology studying how psychological processes, the central nervous system, and the immune system interact and impact mental health;
2) human psychopharmacology focusing on the role of the locus coeruleus in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, and novel interventions targeting the locus coeruleus-noradrenergic pathway;
3) neuroinflammatory mechanisms underlying anxiety and affective disorders as well as comorbid anxiety, depression, and fatigue in inflammatory and autoimmune conditions.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Ruihua

Email: R.Hou@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 238231 0780

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