COAST Engineering Research Group – our people

Find out who's involved in our research group

Professors

Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng

Professor in Ocean Engineering
Professor Alison Raby

Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Professor Alistair Borthwick

Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics
Professor Lars Johanning

Associate Head of School - Research

Visiting professors

Dr Simone Michele

Visiting Associate Professor
Professor Paul Taylor

Visiting Professor
Dr Siming Zheng

Visiting Researcher

Honorary professors

Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez

Honorary Professor

Associate professors

Dr Jon Miles

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering
Dr David Simmonds

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering
Dr Yeaw Chu Lee

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Martyn Hann

Associate Head of School (PG Education)

Lecturers

Dr Shanshan Cheng

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Dr Keri Collins

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)

Senior research fellows

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow
Dr Chenyu Zhao

Senior Research Fellow

Research fellows

Dr Scott Brown

ORE Supergen Hub Research Fellow
Dr Amir Bordbar

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Dr Jiaxin Chen

Global Challenge Research Fellow in ORE
Dr Vivek Francis

WaveFLOW Research Fellow
Dr Jessica Guichard

ORE Integration Researcher
Dr Adam Roberts

Research Fellow in Operations & Maintenance
Dr Tom Tosdevin

COAST Researcher

PhD students

COAST laboratory staff

Dr Kieran Monk

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)
Mr Andy Oxenham

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)
Mr Alastair Reynolds

COAST Laboratory Manager (Technical Specialist)

Supergen ORE staff

Mrs Barbara Fuller

Supergen ORE Hub Administrator
Rosie Mascall

Communications and Engagement Project Officer
Mr Lee Richards

Supergen ORE Hub Manager

Plymouth Coastal Observatory

The Plymouth Coastal Observatory are also members of our research group, providing a long term dataset from the South West Regional Monitoring Programme.

COAST Engineering Research Group – our people

Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng

Professor in Ocean Engineering

Professor Alison Raby

Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Professor Alistair Borthwick

Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics

Professor Lars Johanning

Associate Head of School - Research

Dr Simone Michele

Visiting Associate Professor

Professor Paul Taylor

Visiting Professor

Dr Siming Zheng

Visiting Researcher

Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez

Honorary Professor

Dr Jon Miles

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering

Dr David Simmonds

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering

Dr Yeaw Chu Lee

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Dr Martyn Hann

Associate Head of School (PG Education)

Dr Shanshan Cheng

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Dr Keri Collins

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Chenyu Zhao

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Scott Brown

ORE Supergen Hub Research Fellow

Dr Amir Bordbar

Marker

Dr Jiaxin Chen

Global Challenge Research Fellow in ORE

Dr Vivek Francis

WaveFLOW Research Fellow

Dr Jessica Guichard

ORE Integration Researcher

Dr Adam Roberts

Research Fellow in Operations & Maintenance

Dr Tom Tosdevin

COAST Researcher

Mr Stuart Colville

Research Assistant

Mr Furkan Demir

Mr Gunay Gazaloglu

Anna Holcombe

Mr Samuel Jarvis

Miss Kalina Karadimova

Qing Lu

Mr David Pegler

Mr Bhuvan Poladiya

Mr Henry Thomas

Mr Iman Zahed

Miss Lige Zhao

HEC-WSI Administrator

Dr Kieran Monk

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)

Mr Andy Oxenham

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)

Mr Alastair Reynolds

COAST Laboratory Manager (Technical Specialist)

Mrs Barbara Fuller

Supergen ORE Hub Administrator

Rosie Mascall

Communications and Engagement Project Officer

Mr Lee Richards

Supergen ORE Hub Manager

Plymouth Coastal Observatory