Davide Filingeri, PhD
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor in Thermal Physiology
University of Southampton
Associate Professor in Thermal Physiology
University of Southampton
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I research how human skin senses temperature and wetness, how this influences our body temperature regulation and thermal behavior, and how this integrated system is impaired by neurodegeneration in the form of Multiple Sclerosis.
Following on my doctorate, I received an Endeavour Research Fellowship to investigate thermoregulation in multiple sclerosis at the University of Sydney (awarded by the Australian Government). I then held a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of California at Berkeley, where I researched patterns of skin thermosensing across the body in healthy individuals (funded by the US Dept. of Energy). In October 2016, I was recruited to a research-intensive Vice Chancellor’s Lectureship by Loughborough University, where I set up the THERMOSENSELAB. In March 2021, I joined the University of Southampton’ Skin Sensing Research Group as an Associate Professor, where I continue to investigate how the skin, this marvellous organ that wrap us all, detects and reacts to the thermal challenges posed by our surrounding environments. |
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Hannah Blount, MSc
PhD Researcher
University of Southampton I completed a BSc in Sport and Exercise Science at the University of Leeds (Dissertation: The effects of Nike Vaporfly shoes on the mechanics of natural foot springs and running economy in male and female runners) and an MSc in Human and Applied Physiology at King’s College London (Dissertation: The physiology and biomechanics of ambulation in partial gravity with the use of a simulated microgravity horizontal suspension system).
I joined the ThermosenseLab in September 2022, to conducted a PhD )funded by Nike and EPSRC) that will investigates female thermoregulation across the lifespan with applications to new sportswear for females. |
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Jade Ward, MSc
PhD Researcher
University of Southampton I completed my undergraduate in Sports Science and MSc in Applied Sport and Excise Physiology at St Mary’s University, Twickenham. After completing my MSc, I joined the English Institute of Sport for over 4 years as a physiology laboratory technician. During my time at the Institute, I had a role as a rehab scientist working in the Intensive Rehabilitation Unit, supporting athletes' return to training and competition after injury, and as a Physiologist with GB Hockey, delivering the heat acclimation project for both the male and female senior squad and staff members leading up to Tokyo Olympic Games.
I joined the ThermosenseLab in September 2022 to conduct a PhD (funded by Procter & Gamble) that will investigate the physiological and perceptual mechanisms of sweat-induced skin wetness sensing at the underarm with appplications to anti-perspirant deodorants. |
Alessandro Valenza, MSc
PhD Researcher
University of Palermo Alessandro holds an MSc in sciences and techniques of preventive and adapted sports activities at the University of Palermo. In 2015, he qualified as ‘Professional Athletic Trainer’ and, in 2018, as a ‘Basic Football Technician: UEFA B’. Alessandro first joined the THERMOSENSELAB as a visiting researcher in April 2018, and his research focused on the impact of maximal exercise on local wetness sensitivity in males and females.
In 2020, Alessandro joined a PhD program jointly supervised by THERMOSENSELAB and the University of Palermo, and investigating individual variability in skin thermosensing at rest and during exercise. |
Riley Wootten
BSc Physiotherapy student
University of Southampton I am a 3rd year BSc physiotherapy student. I joined ThermosenseLab in OCtober 2022, where my final year project will be focusing on thermosensory mapping of skin wetness sensitivity across the body of younger and older children.
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Lab alumni
Dr Callie Merrick (PhD researcher) [Wetness perception in absorbent products]
Dr Kate Christogianni (PhD researcher) [Thermoregulation in Multiple Scleroris]
Dr Kaltrina Feka (Visiting PhD researcher) [Sensorimotor role of wetness sensing]
Oliver Typolt (MSc student) [TRPM8 channels and wetness sensing]
Charlie Wildgoose (BSc student) [Ageing and wetness sensing]
Jasmine O'Garro (BSc student) [Thermal sensitivity in Multiple Sclerosis]
Chris Dennis (BSc student) [Warm droplet skin sensing]
Helena Cowley (BSc student) [Thermoregulation and babywearing]
Iona Davis (BSc student) [Upper limb thermosensing for neuroprostetics development]
James Hilton (BSc student) [Upper limb mechanosensing for neuroprostetics development]
Ella Ross-Jewell (BSc student) [Passive heating effects on thermosensing]
Harry Charlier (BSc student) [The interaction of thermal stress and mental fatigue on manual dexterity]
Dr Kate Christogianni (PhD researcher) [Thermoregulation in Multiple Scleroris]
Dr Kaltrina Feka (Visiting PhD researcher) [Sensorimotor role of wetness sensing]
Oliver Typolt (MSc student) [TRPM8 channels and wetness sensing]
Charlie Wildgoose (BSc student) [Ageing and wetness sensing]
Jasmine O'Garro (BSc student) [Thermal sensitivity in Multiple Sclerosis]
Chris Dennis (BSc student) [Warm droplet skin sensing]
Helena Cowley (BSc student) [Thermoregulation and babywearing]
Iona Davis (BSc student) [Upper limb thermosensing for neuroprostetics development]
James Hilton (BSc student) [Upper limb mechanosensing for neuroprostetics development]
Ella Ross-Jewell (BSc student) [Passive heating effects on thermosensing]
Harry Charlier (BSc student) [The interaction of thermal stress and mental fatigue on manual dexterity]
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