Southampton Geospatial

Our people

Meet the geospatial experts working in our interdisciplinary team.

Professor David Sear

Professor
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Professor Dianna Smith

Professor

Research interests

  • Small-area estimation for policy analysis

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Efstathios Margaritis PhD

GIS Analyst / Trainer
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Professor Emma Roe

Professor of More-Than-Human Geographies

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Professor Emma Tompkins

Prof of Geog, Environment & Development

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Professor Felix Eigenbrod

Professor of Applied Spatial Ecology

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Dr Gareth Roberts

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Development of methods for monitoring fire activity and estimating emissions using remotely sensed data
  • Quantifying the environmental and health impacts of landscape fires using remote sensing
  • Thermal remote sensing of urban areas

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Hachem Kassem

Lecturer

Research interests

  • Nearshore hydrodynamics and coastal sediment dynamics
  • Coastal and ocean engineering and flow-structure-seabed-biota interactions
  • Adaptive, nature-inclusive solutions to climate-mediated geohazards, including flooding, erosion and habitat degradation

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Hugo Putuhena

RF in Offshore Renewable Energy

Research interests

  • Geospatial assessment  
  • Seabed/ocean digitalisation   
  • Offshore renewable energy
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