Media directory

This is a directory of academic staff who are available, through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on their areas of expertise. 
  • Dr Edith Steffen
    Honorary Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology
    • Bereavement
    • Meaning-oriented grief therapy
    • Qualitative research
    School/Division: School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)
  • Professor Kim Stevenson
    Emeritus Professor
    • Crime history
    • Sexual offences legislation
    School/Division: School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Professor Iain Stewart MBE
    Professor of Geoscience Communication, Sustainable Earth Institute
    • Geology
    • Earthquakes
    • Geohazards
    • Natural disasters
    • Geoarchaeology
    • Plate tectonics
    • Geoscience
    • Volcanoes
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Kev Stone
    Honorary Associate Professor
    • Social work
    • Mental Health Act
    • Mental Capacity Act
    • Liberty Protection Safeguards
    • Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards
    • Approved Mental Health Professional
    School/Division: Faculty of Health
  • Dr Adam Streeter
    Visiting Research Fellow
    • Applied statistics
    • Before-and-after studies
    • Big Data
    • Case–control studies
    • Clinical trials
    • Cohort studies
    • Cross-sectional studies
    • Epidemiology
    • Experimental methods
    • Longitudinal research
    • Meta-analysis
    • Observational methods
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Mr Gary Strong
    Associate Lecturer
    • Clinical education
    • Health services
    • Paramedic practice
    • Prehospital care
    • Mixed-methods
    • Qualitative research
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Raphael Stuhlmeier
    Lecturer in Mathematical Sciences
    • Applied mathematics
    • Mathematics
    • Water waves
    • Ocean engineering
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor John Summerscales
    Professor of Composites Engineering
    • Coastal defences
    • Composite materials
    • Composites engineering
    • Composite structures
    • Life cycle assessment
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Lingfen Sun
    Visiting Associate Professor
    • Internet
    • Computer networks
    • Multimedia communications
    School/Division: School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Carole Sutton
    Partnership Manager
    • Sociology
    • Surveys
    • Survey research
    • Leisure-based sports participation
    School/Division: TNE and International Partnerships (Plymouth Global)
  • Dr Nicola Szostek
    Lecturer in Optometry
    • Optometry
    • Eye health care
    • Sight test
    • Presbyopia
    • Optometry education
    • Eye aging
    School/Division: School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
  • Mr Roy Tam
    Associate Lecturer
    • Design
    • Sustainable design
    • Product design
    • Furniture design
    • Wood
    • Steam bending
    School/Division: School of Art, Design and Architecture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Professor Adrian Taylor
    Professor in Health Services Research
    • Wellbeing
    • Motivation
    • Health behaviour change
    • Exercise and physical activity
    • Health inequalities
    • Health psychology
    • Mental health
    • Clinical trials
    • Epidemiology
    • Experimental methods
    • Randomised controlled trials
    • Systematic reviews
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Matt Telfer
    Associate Professor of Physical Geography
    • Climate change
    • Geomorphology
    • Deserts
    • Dune formation
    • Pluto
    • Planetary surface processes
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Professor Richard Thompson OBE FRS
    Director of the Marine Institute
    • Marine pollution
    • Plastic pollution
    • Marine debris
    • Microplastics
    • Marine biology
    • Plastics
    • Government policy
    • Marine litter
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Oliver Tills
    Senior Research Fellow
    • Climate change
    • Artificial intelligence
    • Marine biology
    • 3D printing
    • Developmental ecophysiology
    • Embryonic development
    • Phenomics
    • High content screening
    School/Division: School of Biological and Marine Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)
  • Dr Simon Topping
    Associate Professor
    • History
    • American history
    • American civil rights
    • American popular culture
    • Black US soldiers and World War Two
    • American politics/elections/Republican Party
    • Northern Ireland and World War Two
    School/Division: School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr John Tredinnick-Rowe
    PenARC Research Fellow
    • Revalidation
    • Medical education
    • Medical regulation
    • eHealth
    • Medical philosophy
    • Primary care
    • Ethnography
    • Mixed-methods
    • Qualitative research
    • Systematic reviews
    School/Division: Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
  • Dr Sarah Tuck
    Lecturer in Maritime Business
    • Maritime commerce
    • Ports stakeholders
    • Grounded theory
    • Shipping and ports (environment)
    School/Division: Plymouth Business School (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
  • Dr Andrew Turner
    Associate Professor (Reader) in Environmental Sciences
    • Marine pollution
    • Plastic pollution
    • Estuarine chemistry
    • Environmental Impact Assessment
    • Marine chemistry
    • Toxins in consumer products
    • Mining waste
    School/Division: School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

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