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Learn about our academic experts and their research interests

The head of the Maritime Engineering research group is Professor Alan Murphy.

Doctor Huanhuan Li
Lecturer in Maritime Engineering
Research interests
Maritime safety and security
AI-driven autonomous shipping
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:Huanhuan.Li@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor James Blake
Associate Professor
Research interests
James is interested in the fundamental way that fluid and structures interact and the p
Email:J.I.R.Blake@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 9544
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Doctor Joe Banks
Associate Professor
Research interests
Performance sport engineering;
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:J.Banks@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6625
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Doctor Kang Ren
Lecturer in Maritime Engineering
Research interests
Marine Hydrodynamics/Hydroelasitity;
Sloshing Dynamics;
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:K.Ren@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Melike Kurt
Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
Research interests
Fluid-structure interactions
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:M.Kurt@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Nicholas Townsend
Associate Professor
Research interests
Experimental Hydrodynamics
Marine Renewable Energy
Accepting applications from PhD students
Email:N.C.Townsend@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6524
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Doctor Penny Jeffcoate
Senior Teaching Fellow in Maritime Engineering
Research interests
Tidal Energy - Tidal flow characterisation; Power performance assessment; lab and field
Email:P.Jeffcoate@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Saeed Hosseinzadeh
Postdoctoral Fellow (Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action)
Research interests
Experimental and numerical fluid-sructure interaction (FSI)
Email:S.Hosseinzadeh@soton.ac.uk
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Doctor Seyedvahid Vakili
Senior Research Fellow
Research interests
Sustainable Shipping;
Maritime Engineering;
Maritime Technology;
Email:S.Vakili@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 6627
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Professor Stephen Boyd
Professor
Research interests
Maritime Composites
Experimental and Numerical mechanics
Email:S.W.Boyd@soton.ac.uk
Tel:+44 23 8059 2375
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