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

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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
Dr Simone Michele

Visiting Associate Professor
Ming Dai

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)
Dr Siming Zheng

Visiting Researcher

Senior research fellows

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Research fellows

Dr Scott Brown

ORE Supergen Hub Research Fellow
Dr Danny Coles

Senior Research Fellow
Dr Krishnendu Puzhukkil

FlexWave Research Fellow in ORE Hydrodynamics
Dr Vivek Francis

WaveFLOW Research Fellow
Ms Jiaxin Chen

Global Challenge Research Fellow in ORE
Dr Adam Roberts

FLOW Research Fellow
Mr Tom Tosdevin

COAST Researcher
Dr Chenyu Zhao

Senior Research Fellow

PhD students

Mr Stuart Colville
Mr Furkan Demir

Research Assistant
Mr Gunay Gazaloglu

Research Assistant
Dr Jessica Guichard

ORE Integration Researcher
Anna Holcombe
Qing Lu
Mr David Pegler
Mr Henry Thomas
Miss Lige Zhao

HEC-WSI Administrator

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
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

Professor Paul Taylor

Visiting professor

Dr Robert Rawlinson-Smith

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

Dr Simone Michele

Visiting Associate Professor

Ming Dai

Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering

Mr Adam Kyte

Lecturer in Mechanical & Marine Engineering Design (Engineering)

Dr Siming Zheng

Visiting Researcher

Dr Edward Ransley

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Scott Brown

ORE Supergen Hub Research Fellow

Dr Danny Coles

Senior Research Fellow

Dr Krishnendu Puzhukkil

FlexWave Research Fellow in ORE Hydrodynamics

Dr Vivek Francis

WaveFLOW Research Fellow

Ms Jiaxin Chen

Global Challenge Research Fellow in ORE

Dr Adam Roberts

FLOW Research Fellow

Mr Tom Tosdevin

COAST Researcher

Dr Chenyu Zhao

Senior Research Fellow

Mr Stuart Colville

Mr Furkan Demir

Research Assistant

Mr Gunay Gazaloglu

Research Assistant

Dr Jessica Guichard

ORE Integration Researcher

Anna Holcombe

Qing Lu

Mr David Pegler

Mr Henry Thomas

Miss Lige Zhao

HEC-WSI Administrator

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

Mr Lee Richards

Supergen ORE Hub Manager

Plymouth Coastal Observatory