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

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Meet our academic experts and learn more about their research.

Browse the list of our academic members to learn more about our expertise at the Southampton Marine and Maritime Institute (SMMI).

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The University of Southampton is building on our world-leading success by appointing new academics.

Ambitious researchers and academics are invited to join our university as we further strengthen our reputation for education, research excellence and enterprise. We aim to tackle complex societal and environmental challenges and build on the University’s existing strengths.

Find out more about why this is such an exciting time to join the University of Southampton.

Professor Matthew Loxham

Professorial Fellow-Research
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Mr Md Hasan

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Dr Megen de Bruin-Molé

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • contemporary remix culture
  • monster studies
  • adaptation
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Dr Melike Kurt PhD

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)

Research interests

  • Fluid-structure interactions 
  • Bioinspired propulsion and energy harvesting 
  • Underwater robotics 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Michael Grant BSc MSc PhD

Senior Enterprise Fellow
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Dr Michelle Newberry BSc Hons, MSc, PGCHE, FHEA, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Motivations for criminal behaviour
  • Violent offending (murder, intimate partner violence and animal cruelty)
  • Poaching and the illegal wildlife trade 

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Mike Bintley PhD, SFHEA, FRHistS

Assoc Professor in Medieval English Lit

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Dr Mingyi Tan

Lecturer
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Professor Mohammed El-Hajjar

Professor

Research interests

  • Millimeter wave (mMWave) wireless communications and positioning
  • Energy efficient, low-complexity, high-performance Transceiver design
  • MIMO

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Miss Molly Phillips

Research interests

  • Marine Autonomy
  • Sensor Development
  • Droplet Microfluidics
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