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Once you've identified the subject area you wish to research, you will need to find a supervisor for your project. All Doctoral Researchers are provided with a lead supervisor, who will act as the main source of academic supervisory support and research mentoring during your time as a Doctoral Researcher at the University.
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Assistant Professor in Strategy and International Business
The Department of Strategy and International Business
Jessica accepts PhD students in the area of guanxi, social networking, ethnic minority entrepreneurs and international entrepreneurship. She was previously invited as an external subject expert in a PhD student’s Progress Review Panel in ‘Female Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Gabon’ at Coventry University.
Assistant Professor in Psychology
School of Psychology
Dr KyungMin An is looking for highly motivated and enthusiastic students who are interested in neuroimaging study about child development and developmental disorders.
Please feel free to contact her to discuss projects and potential funding opportunities. (k.m.an@bham.ac.uk)
Assistant Professor in Pharmacology
School of Pharmacy
Ekene is interested in supervising research projects themed around the following areas:
- Pathological (cellular and molecular) mechanisms in neurodegenerative diseases
- Drug discovery and development activities for neurodegeneration
- High-content screening (automated imaging and quantitative data analysis)
- Disease-relevant cellular models
- Drug repurposing & High Throughput Screening.
- Assay development and miniaturization.
- Extracellular vesicles as biomarkers and tools for therapeutics delivery.
- Method development for pharmaceutical analysis.
If you are interesting in studying any of ...
Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications (Digital Journalism)
Department of Linguistics and Communication
I am interested in supervising doctoral students in the following areas:
- Knowledge production in digital journalism (design, community engagement, audience reception, media literacy)
- Encoding/decoding, rhetoric and meaning making in the 21st century media ecosystem
- “Pioneer journalism”, journalistic innovation, novel approaches to storytelling (UX design, AI, new formats)
- Global-comparative media studies, journalism and media in non-Western contexts
- Press freedom, journalism and democracy
- Journalism and trust, information integrity, dis/mis-information
Professor of Sleep and Circadian Science
School of Psychology
Clare has extensive experience in post-graduate supervision, as both a primary supervisor and University leadership in graduate research. She is keen to hear from interested students on opportunities to undertake further study/research in her lab, particularly in the areas of:
- Understanding the role of sleep on biological, physiological and behavioural outcomes using highly controlled sleep deprivation/enhancement experimental designs.
- Exploring the determinants and consequences of drowsy driving and developing targeted strategies ...
Professor of Experimental Immunology
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Graham supervises doctoral research students in the areas of thymus biology and T-cell development.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Graham Anderson directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Assistant Professor in Applied Exercise Physiology
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Liam has several current doctoral supervisions who are all embedded within elite professional football, in addition to a number of Masters students within the University. Typically, Liam’s PhD vacancies are advertised via his Twitter or LinkedIn account.
Professor of Strategic Elements and Materials Sustainability
Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials
School of Chemistry
Paul is supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- the synthesis of new potential hydrogen storage materials, for use either in safe hydrogen delivery systems or reversible hydrogen stores (projects in this area available within the School of Chemistry, or as part of the interdisciplinary RCUK Doctoral training Centre in Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and their Applications);
- the use of porous frameworks as templates for the design of new materials ...
Lecturer
School of Mathematics
James is happy to take enquiries from motivated PhD students in any of the research areas described below.
Head of Mechanical Engineering
Senior Lecturer
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Carl is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Coupled/non-linear microresonators
- Micro Energy harvesters
- Micro-vacuum systems
- Microsensors
If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Carl on the contact details above, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email: dr@contacts.bham.ac.uk or call +44(0)121 414 5005
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings ...
Chair in RF Sensing Systems
School of Engineering
For PhD enquiries please contact Prof. Antoniou directly on: m.antoniou@bham.ac.uk
Assistant Professor in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Co-Deputy Head of Education (Education Review)
Birmingham Law School
dispute resolution, private international law