Our Team
For all enquiries about IGNITE, please contact the team at NERC-DLA@soton.ac.uk
The IGNITE Delivery Team




Professor Rachael James
Director of IGNITE
Dr Ryan Reisinger
IGNITE Placements Lead
Dr Hector Marin Moreno
IGNITE Training Lead
Dr Chuang Xuan
IGNITE Recruitment Lead
The IGNITE Administrative Team



Ru Prescott
Doctoral Training Partnership Manager
Kimberly Fernandez
Senior Administrative Officer
Wayne Whitham
Senior Administrative Officer
Hosting Partners




Collaborative Partners
- Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
- ClearWater Sensors
- GEOWYND
- Joint Nature Conservation Committee
- Marine Management Organisation
- Met Office
- National Centre for Atmospheric Science
- Oil Spill Response Ltd
- RS Aqua
- SAND Geophysics
- South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute
- World Wide Fund for Nature
We welcome enquires from other potential collaborative partners! Please contact nerc-dla@soton.ac.uk