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Our people

Learn about our people including their research interests, areas of expertise and their contact details.

 

Management team

  • Professor Matt Middleton, Director of the Southampton Space Institute; Deputy Head of School (Education) in the School of Physics and Astronomy. Matthew leads a team developing new ways to study black holes.
  • Professor Simon Cox, Head of the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics. Simon works on computational tools, technologies and platforms that solve interdisciplinary engineering and science problems.
  • Professor Mark Sullivan, Associate Dean for the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. Mark leads a supernova research group in the School of Physics and Astronomy.

 

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Dr Callum Highmore

Research Fellow
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Dr Charlie Ryan

Associate Professor
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Dr Chris Buckingham CMBE

Commercialisation Manager (Soc Sciences)

Research interests

  • Christopher’s research interests cover a number of topics in the main subject areas of crowdf…
  • His current research interests include:
  • Developing entrepreneurial cognition for games developers

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Professor Christophe Mues

Prof of Data Science and Info Systems

Research interests

  • Much of his research involves applications of predictive and prescriptive analytics in the ar…

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Dr Chuang Xuan

Associate Professor

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Dr Colleen Deane

Lecturer in Muscle Cell Biology
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Dr Cristiano Martinelli

Lecturer
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Professor Damon Teagle

Professor of Geochemistry

Research interests

  • formation and evolution of the ocean crust
  • fluid-rock interactions and Ore mineralisation
  • geochemical analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Daniel Whiter

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Earth's aurora
  • Auroral acceleration and structuring mechanisms
  • Effects of auroral precipitation on the upper atmosphere
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Dr David Baxter

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Innovation management
  • Agile 
  • Knowledge and learning in innovation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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