Research and business enquiries

Business enquiries 

We welcome enquires from organisations and individuals interested in collaborating on research, accessing our services, expertise, and specialist facilities.

Please contact [email protected] to be directed to the right expert or [email protected] if your enquiry is IP related. Please be assured all emails are assigned to a team member and you won’t receive an automated response.

To speak to us directly regarding a business collaboration please call us on +44 (0)23 8059 3095.

If you are interested in becoming a supplier to the University please contact procurement 

For all other enquiries please call the University's main switchboard on +44 (0)23 8059 5000.

University of Southampton staff members can use the internal SharePoint site for further contact information and support.

To contact our Research and Innovation team please select a contact below

RIS Directors

Department coordinators

Research funding development team

Business and Industry Partnerships

Research Information and Systems

Research Ethics and Governance

Research Integrity and Compliance

Research Contracts Team and Enterprise & IP Contracts Team

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property

Enterprise and IP Contracts

Impact Funding

Business acceleration

Public Engagement with Research unit

Public Policy Southampton

Strategic Research Initiatives

RIS Directors

Name	Position	Contact details
Lorna Colquhoun	Director of Research & Innovation Services	+44 (0)23 8059 8573 [email protected]
Diana Galpin	Director of Enterprise and Knowledge Exchange	+44 (0)23 8059 8673 [email protected]
Doug Akins	Director of Research Contracts and Compliance	+44 (0)23 8059 8567 [email protected]
Mylene Ployaert	Director of Research Strategy and Funding	+44 (0)23 8059 4680 [email protected]
Sue Littlemore	Director of Civic and Arts	+44 (0)23 8059 9650 [email protected]

Department Coordinators

Provides administrative support for the RIS Directors and department.

Name	Position	Contact details
Anna Birkett	Departmental Coordinator	+44 (0) 2380 591659 [email protected] [email protected]
Helen Ballem	Department Administrator	+44 (0) 23 8059 1703 [email protected] [email protected]

Research Funding Development

Provides expert funding advice and bid management support for large-scale research initiatives, fellowships and first grants.

For general enquiries please contact [email protected]

Name	Position	Contact details
Ying Chen	Head of Research Funding Development	+44 (0)23 8059 6802 [email protected]
Hannah Fraser	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 4695 [email protected]
Jacqui Ayling	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 9198 [email protected]
Maria Norton	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 80 591376 [email protected]
Emily Nisbet	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 2971 [email protected]
Amy Halls	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 0721 [email protected]
Sarah Billingham	Research Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 7332 [email protected]
Maud Vandereyken	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 5338 [email protected]
Ruth Churchill	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 4663 [email protected]
Stephen Abolins	Research Funding Officer	+44(0)23 8059 5686 [email protected]
Raquel Meco-Melguizo	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 3752 [email protected]
Becky Moss	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 2819 [email protected]
Frances Demuth	Research Funding Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 1734 [email protected]
Maisie Cross	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 8792 [email protected]
Jamie Chadd	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 2970 [email protected]
Silvia Gonzato	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 5761 [email protected]
Alison Tebbutt	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 7738 [email protected]
Christelle Pereira	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 7718 [email protected]
Joanna Jackson	Research Funding Officer	+44 (0)2380 596806 [email protected]
Julia Newman	Senior Bid Development Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8574 [email protected]
Andra Roescu	Senior Bid Development Manager	+44 (0)2380 593846 [email protected]
Taylor North	Administrative Assistant (RFD)	+44 (0)23 8059 0661 [email protected]

Business and Industry Partnerships

Supports and advises on external engagement and corporate collaborations, prioritising a portfolio of strategic corporate partners to deliver large scale, complex and new opportunities, both directly funded and involving third parties.

For general enquiries please contact [email protected]

Name	Position	Contact details
Rosemary Nunn	Head of Business and Industry Partnerships	+44 (0)23 8059 5499 [email protected]
Jackie Milne	Corporate Partnerships Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8560 [email protected]
Charlotte Shearing (maternity Leave)	Corporate Partnerships Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 3894 [email protected]
Andrew Burton	Corporate Partnerships Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8340 [email protected]
Erin Downey	Corporate Partnerships Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5377 [email protected]
Hannah Styles	Corporate Partnerships Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 7582 [email protected]
Kerrie Graham	Business Engagement Manager (SETsquared Scale-Up)	+44 (0)23 8059 1115 [email protected]
Frances Clarke	Business Engagement Manager (SPRINT)	+44 (0)23 805 28975 [email protected]
Justin Lewis	Business Engagement Officer (KTP)	02380 598568 [email protected]

Research Information and Systems

Manages the University’s REF submission, leads the development of the Pure information system and Worktribe pre and post award, provides research analyses to support decision-making, and delivers internal communications celebrating the University’s research and enterprise activities.

Name	Position	Contact details
Gemma Fitzsimmons	Head of Research Information and Systems	+44 (0)23 8059 8849 [email protected]
Jason Milburn	Research Information and Systems Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5547 [email protected]
Lee Chisman	Research Information Systems Specialist	+44 (0)23 8059 2209 [email protected]
Jacob Slater	Research Information Systems Specialist	[email protected]
Vicky Bennett	Systems Support Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 8867 [email protected]
Ben Willmott	Business Intelligence Analyst	+44 (0)23 8059 8672 [email protected]
Tom Corp	Business Intelligence Analyst	[email protected]
Sarah Hartley	Impact Framework Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5208 [email protected]
Kate Williams	Communications Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 0667 [email protected]
Sophie Lister	Communications Officer	+44 (0)2380 590049 [email protected]

Research Ethics and Governance

The primary function of the Research Integrity and Governance team is to review all the applicable elements of good research governance for higher risk studies involving human participants; and to arrange University sponsorship and insurance for eligible research studies.

The team is also responsible for monitoring the University's ethical review system and ensuring high ethical standards are maintained.

Name	Position	Contact details
Linda Hammond	Head of Research Ethics and Governance	+44 (0)23 8059 8677 [email protected]
Kate Rolfvondenbaumen	Research Governance Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5641 [email protected]
Julia Hill	Research Ethics and Governance Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 8566 [email protected]
Annette Holland	Research Ethics and Governance Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 0237 [email protected]
Sri Chandana Tanguturi	Research Ethics and Governance Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 5925 [email protected]
Trudi Bartlett	Research Governance Coordinator (Research Governance Support)	+44 (0)23 8059 5058 [email protected]
Ellen Gallacher	Ethics Coordinator (ERGO support)	+44 (0)23 8059 2984 [email protected]
Hayley Davis	Research Ethics and Clinical Monitoring Support Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 1113 [email protected]

Research Integrity and Compliance

Name	Position	Contact details
Julie Merriman-Jones	Head of Research Integrity and Compliance	+44 (0)23 8059 0722 [email protected]
Anna Lewkowicz	Research Compliance Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 6846 [email protected]
Jemima Kakpa	Research Integrity and Compliance Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 0605 [email protected]
Alexandra Mikheeva-Ashe	Research Integrity and Compliance Officer	+44 (0)2380 598023 [email protected]

Research Contracts Team and Enterprise & IP Contracts Team

Professional advice and support for the drafting, review and negotiation of research contracts with collaborators, funders and industry.

If you are enquiring about putting a new research contract in place or about an existing contract negotiation please contact [email protected] in the first instance.

Name	Position	Contact Details
Peta-Anne Durrant	Head of Research Contracts	+44 (0)23 8059 4050 [email protected]
Kieron Dolphin	Major Contracts Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8564 [email protected]
Jonathan Trapp	Major Contracts Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 7700 [email protected]
Vin Kaluza	Major Contracts Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 9664 [email protected]
Alex Wilkinson	Major Contracts Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8676 [email protected]
Sultan Aldubayan	Major Contract Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5678 [email protected]
Megan Piggot	Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 1657 [email protected]
Harj Mandair	Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 8409 [email protected]
Victoria Dew	Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 8598 [email protected]
Kate Onianwa	Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 0764 [email protected]
Kiran Antony	Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 1584 [email protected]
Charlotte Stringer	Contracts Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 8578 [email protected]
Louise Stretton	Contracts Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 7380 [email protected]
Rachel Owen	Contracts Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 5427 [email protected]
Megan Taylor-Trueman	Contracts Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 0733 [email protected]

Technology Transfer and Intellectual Property 

Provides expert advice on the commercialisation of research outputs through patenting, licensing and company formation

+44 (0)23 8059 8341

Name	Position	Contact details
If you have a new technology transfer or IP enquiry please contact [email protected]
David Woolley	Head of Technology Transfer and Impact Programmes	+44 (0)23 8059 8341 +44 (0)77 2392 4922 [email protected]
Charles Opoku	Technology Transfer Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5330 [email protected]
Kambiz Kalantari	Technology Transfer Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 1736 [email protected]
Graham Cradock	Technology Transfer Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8518 [email protected]
Laura Powell	Technology Transfer Associate	+44 (0)2380 598117 [email protected]
Kaya Davies-Brenchley	Technology Transfer Associate	+44 (0)23 8059 9183 [email protected]
Tanya Stuchinskaya	Technology Transfer Associate	+44 (0)2380 597972 [email protected]
Christopher Buckingham	Commercialisation Manager (Social Sciences)	+44 (0)7942 322079 [email protected]
Laura Keene	Intellectual Property Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 2035 [email protected]
Lorraine Shepperd	Administrator (IP&TT)	+44 (0)23 8059 8581 [email protected]
Enterprise and IP Contracts
Tony Hill	Head of Enterprise and IP Contracts	+44 (0)23 8059 9473 [email protected]
Brian Ho	Enterprise and IP Contracts Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 0588 [email protected]
Laura Karydis	Enterprise Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 805 28975 [email protected]
Victoria Blakesley	Enterprise Contracts Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 9481 [email protected]
Impact Funding If you have a new enquiry please contact [email protected]
Ruth Saw	Impact Funding Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 8707 [email protected]
Leigh Purdie	Impact Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 5724 [email protected]
Tracy Stevens	Impact Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 9042 [email protected]
Heidi Benge	Impact Funding Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 7896 [email protected]
Alex Barras	Impact Funding Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 5548 [email protected]
Parisa Vahdatian	Impact Funding Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 0724 [email protected]

 Innovation Programmes and Business Acceleration

Develops practical programmes to support knowledge transfer, incubate start-up companies, deliver scale-up services and drive economic development.

 

Name	Position	Contact details
Karen Brooks	SETSquared Programmes Director	+44 078 1080 5406 [email protected]
Rosy Jones	Head of ICURe Programme	+44 02380 590627 [email protected]
Thea Glasspool	ICURe Programme Officer	+44 075 5717 9144 [email protected]
Tom Carnay	Strategic Innovation Programme Lead	+44 (0)2380 595257 [email protected]
Richard Copland	Innovation Bid Manager	+44 (0)2380 594130 [email protected]
Vicki Lewin	IMPACT-IP Stakeholder Engagement and Cohort Manager	+44 (0)2380 599687 [email protected]

Public Engagement with Research unit

Name	Position	Contact details
Ben Littlefield	Head of Public Engagement	+44 (0)2380 595732 [email protected]
Lisa Hanley	Deputy Head of Public Engagement	+44 (0)2380 598970 [email protected]
Elizabeth Nutburn	PERu Senior Administrator	+44 (0)2380 594621 [email protected]
Tony Curran	Senior Public Engagement Fellow	+44 (0)23 8059 9279 [email protected]
Silvia Lanati	Public Engagement Operations Lead	+44 (0)23 8059 3858 [email protected]
Ronda Gowland-Pryde	Senior Public Engagement Fellow/Civic University Lead	+44 (0)23 8059 9348 [email protected]
Wendy-Anne Appleby	Civic University Administrator	+44 (0)23 8059 6876 [email protected]
Jess Spurrell	Schools University Partnership Officer (40/60 PERu/Student Recruitment and Outreach	+44 (0)23 8059 7521 [email protected]
Kara Goodland	Festival Administrator	+44 (0)2380 595168 [email protected]
Felicity Farrell	Festival Officer	+44 (0)2380 595143 [email protected]

Public Policy Southampton

Name	Position	Contact details
Giles Giles	Head of Public Policy	+44 (0)23 8059 8981 [email protected]
Yaryna Basystyuk	Public Policy Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 5466 [email protected]
Wassim Dbouk	Marine and Maritime Policy Officer (SMMI/PPS)	+44 (0)23 8059 5836 [email protected]
Chandni Jacob	Specialist Policy Officer (Environment and Life Sciences)	[email protected]
Jaskiran Gill	Specialist Policy Officer (Medicine)	+44 (0)23 8059 8304 [email protected]
Grace Compton	Specialist Policy Officer (SRI)	+44 (0)23 8059 7117 [email protected]
Alistair Sackley	Specialist Policy Officer (WSI)	+44 (0)23 8059 7139 [email protected]

Strategic Research Initiatives

Name	Position	Contact details
Pamela Varley	Head of Strategic Research Initiatives	+44 (0)2380 590050 [email protected]

Sustainability and Resiliance Institute (SRI)

Name	Position	Contact details
Jon Lawn	SRI Collaboration Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 6793 [email protected]
Alice Brock	SRI SDG Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 7317 [email protected]
Ellie Pun	SRI Coordinator	+44 (0)23 8059 0354 [email protected]

Institute for Life Sciences (IFLS)

Name	Position	Contact details
Janette Thompson	IFLS Project Manager	[email protected] +44 (0)23 8059 7280
Alexandra Mant	IFLS Collaboration Manager	[email protected] +44 (0)23 8059 4441
Amy Anderson	IFLS Coordinator	+44 (0)2380 599164 [email protected]

 Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

Name	Position	Contact details
Carin Reisinger	SMMI Collaboration and Scientific Communications Manager	[email protected] +44 (0)2380 592316
Sue Brindle	SMMI Coordinator	+44 (0)2380 592291 [email protected]

 Web Science Institute

Name	Position	Contact details
Susan Davies	Coordination Manager	[email protected] +44 (0)2380 593523
Nichola Need	Senior Administrator	[email protected] +44 (0)2380 593255
Samantha Collins	Administrator	[email protected] +44 (0)2380 593826

 

Name	Position	Contact details
Toni Hunt	Project Officer	+44 (0)23 8059 0592 [email protected]
Genna del Rosa	Research Culture Manager	+44 (0)23 8059 0592 [email protected]