Maraston, professor of astrophysics and winner of the 2018 Eddington Medal
Alessandro Melis, professor of architecture innovation and curator of the Italian Pavilione at the XVII Venice Biennale
June Purvis, professor of women's and gender history
Neil Rackham, visiting professor at Portsmouth Business School and award-winning author
David Wands, professor of cosmology at the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation
=== Alumni ===
Notable students of the University of Portsmouth and its predecessor institutions include:
Mohammed Abubakar Adamu, former head of the Police of Nigeria
Karen Blackett, Chancellor of The University of Portsmouth
Paola Arlotta, chair of the Regenerative Biology Department at Harvard University
Simon Armitage, poet, playwright and novelist who was appointed poet laureate in 2019
John Armitt, civil engineer and chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority
Ian Bishop, archdeacon of Macclesfield
Jonathan Bullock, former member of the European Parliament for the East Midlands constituency
Nira Chamberlain, principal consultant at SNC-Lavalin and president of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications
David Chidgey, Baron Chidgey, Liberal Democrat politician and former member of Parliament for Eastleigh
Ron Davies, former secretary of state for Wales and member of Parliament for Caerphilly
Chuck Easttom, computer scientist, author, and inventor
John Flint, British banker and former chief executive officer of HSBC
James Farrar, actor
Ben Fogle, broadcaster, writer and adventurer
Christine Foyer, professor of plant science at Birmingham University
Tim Godwin, former police officer who served as deputy commissioner of Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
Casyo 'Krept' Johnson, London-based musician and half of Krept and Konan
Craig Jones, Royal Navy officer and campaigner
Nick Kennedy, retired rugby union player and former director of rugby at London Irish
Rachel Lowe, businesswoman and developer of the Destination board games
Diana Maddock, Baroness Maddock, former president of …
