COAST Engineering Research Group – our people

Find out who's involved in our research group

Professors

Professor Deborah Greaves OBE FREng

Head of School
Professor Alison Raby

Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Professor Alistair Borthwick

Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics

Visiting professors

Professor Paul Taylor

Visiting professor

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Honorary professors

Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez

Honorary Professor

Associate professors

Dr Jon Miles

Associate Head of School
Dr David Simmonds

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering
Dr Yeaw Chu Lee

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Martyn Hann

Associate Professor of Coastal and Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering

Lecturers

Dr Shanshan Cheng

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Dr Keri Collins

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Dr Simone Michele

Lecturer in Civil Engineering
Dr Ming Dai

Associate Head of School - Mechanical Engineering
Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)
Dr Richard Pemberton

Lecturer in Mechanical and Marine Engineering Design

Senior research fellows

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Research fellows

Dr Scott Brown

PRIMaRE Research Fellow
Dr Danny Coles

Research Fellow - INTERREG V A France (Channel) TIGER Project
Mrs Siya Jin

ORE Research Fellow
Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow
Mr John Samuel

Research Fellow (INTERREG AA PORTOS)
Dr Siming Zheng

COAST Research Fellow

PhD students

Mr James Allen

Data Analyst (Building Energy Performance)
Mr Paul Arnold
Miss Rebecca Francis
Mrs Jessica Guichard

Research Assistant
Mr Ignacio Johannesen
Mr William Mortimer

Teaching and Support Assistant
Mr Tom Tosdevin
Mr Andre White
Mr Daming Wang
Mr Qi Ye
Guixun Zhu

COAST laboratory staff

Mr Alastair Reynolds

COAST Laboratory Manager (Technical Specialist)
Dr Federica Buriani

Senior Technician (Physical Modelling)
Dr Kieran Monk

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)
Mr Andy Oxenham

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)

Supergen ORE staff

Mrs Barbara Fuller

Supergen ORE Hub Administrator
Mrs Kirsty Henderson

Supergen ORE Hub Comms and Eng 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

Head of School

Professor Alison Raby

Professor in Environmental Fluid Mechanics

Professor Alistair Borthwick

Professor of Applied Hydrodynamics

Professor Paul Taylor

Visiting professor

Professor Gregorio Iglesias Rodriguez

Honorary Professor

Dr Jon Miles

Associate Head of School

Dr David Simmonds

Associate Professor in Coastal Engineering

Dr Yeaw Chu Lee

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering

Dr Martyn Hann

Associate Professor of Coastal and Offshore Renewable Energy Engineering

Dr Shanshan Cheng

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Dr Keri Collins

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Dr Simone Michele

Lecturer in Civil Engineering

Dr Ming Dai

Associate Head of School - Mechanical Engineering

Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)

Dr Richard Pemberton

Lecturer in Mechanical and Marine Engineering Design

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Scott Brown

PRIMaRE Research Fellow

Dr Danny Coles

Research Fellow - INTERREG V A France (Channel) TIGER Project

Mrs Siya Jin

ORE Research Fellow

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Mr John Samuel

Research Fellow (INTERREG AA PORTOS)

Dr Siming Zheng

COAST Research Fellow

Mr James Allen

Data Analyst (Building Energy Performance)

Mr Paul Arnold

Miss Rebecca Francis

Mrs Jessica Guichard

Research Assistant

Mr Ignacio Johannesen

Mr William Mortimer

Teaching and Support Assistant

Mr Tom Tosdevin

Mr Andre White

Mr Daming Wang

Mr Qi Ye

Guixun Zhu

Mr Alastair Reynolds

COAST Laboratory Manager (Technical Specialist)

Dr Federica Buriani

Senior Technician (Physical Modelling)

Dr Kieran Monk

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)

Mr Andy Oxenham

Senior Technician (COAST & Light Fluids)

Mrs Barbara Fuller

Supergen ORE Hub Administrator

Mrs Kirsty Henderson

Supergen ORE Hub Comms and Eng Officer

Mr Lee Richards

Supergen ORE Hub Manager

Plymouth Coastal Observatory