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.

Dr Sandra Wilks

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Applied biofilm research
  • Medical devices
  • Infection prevention

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sandra

Email: S.A.Wilks@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2034

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Dr Sandrine Willaime-Morawek

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • How brain development and function are affected by external factors such as maternal diet
  • In vitro stem cells modelling of neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative diseases' molecular and cellular pathology

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sandrine

Email: S.Willaime-Morawek@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381206107

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Dr Sarah Chellappa MD, MPH, PhD.

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sarah

Email: S.L.Chellappa@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +000

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Professor Sarah Ennis

Professor of Genomics

Research interests

  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Big Data
  • Genomics

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Sarah

Email: S.Ennis@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381208614

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Dr Sasan Mahmoodi PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Medical Image Analysis
  • Biometrics
  • Computer Vision 
Connect with Sasan

Email: sm3@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3284

Professor Saul Faust MBBS, PhD, FRCPCH, FFPM(Hon), FHEA, OBE

Professor Paediatric Immunology & Infect
Connect with Saul

Email: s.faust@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 2381204939

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Professor Selin Ahipasaoglu PhD

Professor

Research interests

  • Convex Optimisation
  • Robust Optimisation
  • Discrete Choice Theory and Applications

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Selin

Email: S.D.Ahipasaoglu@soton.ac.uk

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Professor Senthil Murugan Ganapathy

Professorial Fellow-Research

Research interests

  • Integrated Photonic Devices;
  • Point-of-Care Diagnostics;
  • Lab-on-a-Chip;

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Senthil Murugan

Email: smg@orc.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 7811

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Dr Seung Lee

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Chemical biology
  • Antimicrobial resistance
  • Glycan processing enzymes
Connect with Seung

Email: S.S.Lee@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 2987

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Professor Shane Norris PhD, MASSAf, FAAS

Professor of Global Health
Connect with Shane

Email: S.A.Norris@soton.ac.uk

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