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Skin Sensing Research Group
Skin Sensing Research Group

Our people

Find out about our academics and their expertise.

Dr Davide Filingeri BSc, MSc, PGCAP, PhD

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Davide’s original research programme investigates:
  • i) the biophysical and physiological mechanisms that allow humans to sense changes in the temperature and wetness of their skin.
  • ii) the role of these mechanisms in body temperature regulation and the initiation of thermal behaviours.

Accepting applications from PhD students

Miss Hannah Blount MSc

Research interests

  • Thermal Physiology
  • Gender differences
  • Aerospace Physiology

Dr Izzy Thompson PhD

Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Human movement biomechanics
  • Injury mechanics
  • Sports performance optimisation

Miss Jade Ward MSc

Research interests

  • Skin Health
  • Thermal Physiology
  • Perceptual Sensing of the Skin-Wetness Perception, Thermal Sensation and Tactile Sensitivity 

Mr Laurence Russell

Research interests

  • Biomechanics
  • Biomedical engineering
  • Computational modelling

Professor Lisette Schoonhoven

Email: l.schoonhoven@soton.ac.uk

Address: Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road Shirley, SO16 6YD

ORCID

Mr Omar Abdelwahab MB BCh, MSc, PhD

Research Fellow

Accepting applications from PhD students

Mr Paul Muckelt

Research Fellow

Professor Pete Worsley

Professor

Research interests

  • Skin and Soft Tissue Health
  • Bioengineering
  • Healthcare Technologies

Accepting applications from PhD students

Dr Ralph Gordon BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research interests

  • Thermal and Exercise Physiology
  • Heat Acclimation/Acclimatization
  • Skin Cooling

Accepting applications from PhD students