Researcher on boat preparing hydrophone for acoustic surveys of marine mammals in the Antartic
Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute

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Dr Kang Ren

Lecturer in Maritime Engineering

Research interests

  • Marine Hydrodynamics/Hydroelasitity;
  • Sloshing Dynamics;
  • Marine Renewables.

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Dr Kate Glyn-Owen DM, MFPH, MPH, MBBS, BSc

Associate Professor in Public Health
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Dr Katherine Kwa BEng, PhD

Senior Research Fellow

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Dr Kathryn Gunn PhD

Lecturer in Climate Sciences

Research interests

  • Southern Ocean Circulation (where and how much water flows)
  • Temperature and Salinity Changes (to what extent does ocean structure vary and why)
  • Seismic Oceanography (developing an innovative, high-resolution technique for ocean mapping)

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Professor Kendrick Oliver

Professor of American History

Research interests

  • History of 20th century science, especially scientific cosmology
  • Space history
  • History of technology, especially communication technology

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Dr Kerri Dobson

Teaching Fellow in Marine Biology
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Dr Kevin Oliver

Lecturer: Physical Oceanography

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Professor Kirk Martinez

Prof of Electronics & Computer Science

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Dr Lareb Dean FHEA

AXA Research Fellow
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