Find a PhD supervisor

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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麻豆精选 for supervisors below to see who you think may be a great fit for your research area. Once you have identified they are able to offer appropriate supervisory support, you can start to reach out to staff using the contact details provided on their profile. 

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Dr Shola Apena Rogers

Dr Shola Apena Rogers

Associate Professor of Forensic Psychology
Programme Director, Forensic Clinical Psychology Doctorate

School of Psychology

Supervision for taught doctoral research on the ForenPsyD and ForenClinPsyD programmes

Dr Patricia Apenteng

Dr Patricia Apenteng

Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Global health
Atrial fibrillation
Anticoagulation
Health inequalities




Professor Ian Apperly

Professor Ian Apperly

Professor of cognition and development
Director of the Centre for Developmental Science

School of Psychology

The work of students and postdocs in his group varies in its emphasis on developmental, cognitive or neuroscientific methods, and often involves collaboration with other colleagues in the School. Professor Apperly supervises doctoral researchers on all topics related to his research interests. Prospective doctoral researchers interested in joining the lab should email Ian in the first instance. Professor Apperly has previously supervised a number of PhDs on topics including psychological ...

Professor Matthew Apps

Professor Matthew Apps

Professor of Cognitive Computational Neuroscience

School of Psychology

Professor Apps is keen to hear from potential PhD students interested in understanding the psychological and neural mechanisms underlying motivation, effort, apathy, fatigue, cognitive control, decision-making or other areas of cognitive computational neuroscience. Please send him a brief email with CV and reason for interest in the MSN lab to arrange a meeting to discuss funding opportunities.

Dr Caroline Ardrey

Dr Caroline Ardrey

Associate Professor in Modern Languages

Department of Modern Languages

Caroline is available for supervising doctoral work, and would welcome enquiries from prospective students working in the following areas:

Nineteenth-century French poetry
Nineteenth-century literature and fashion
Fashion magazines and the feminine press in France
Digital humanities in the study of French literature, culture and history




Professor Wiebke Arlt

Professor Wiebke Arlt

Honorary Professor

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Wiebke Arlt regulary acts as primary and secondary supervisor for basic scientists and clinical research training fellows and is a supervisor on the Wellcome and MRC Doctoral Training Programmes of the University 麻豆精选.

Dr Maria Chiara Arno

Dr Maria Chiara Arno

Birmingham Fellow
Associate Professor in Polymeric Biomaterials

School of Chemistry

Please contact Dr Arno directly if you are interested in postgraduate opportunities.

Dr Roland Arnold

Dr Roland Arnold

Research Fellow

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Interested in doing a PhD in cancer related bioinformatics and expression analysis? Please contact r.arnold.2@bham.ac.uk

Dr Gerardo Javier Arriaga-Garcia

Dr Gerardo Javier Arriaga-Garcia

Research fellow

Business School

Dr. Gerardo Arriaga-Garcia is well-equipped to supervise PhD theses that focus on inclusive innovation, place-based development, and the intersections of entrepreneurship, policy, and social equity. His extensive research experience spans qualitative and mixed-methods approaches, policy analysis, and the development of actionable frameworks to enhance innovation ecosystems. Potential topics under his supervision could include the role of migrant and minority entrepreneurs in economic development, strategies for fostering inclusive growth in regional ...

Dr Henok Asmelash

Dr Henok Asmelash

Assistant Professor

Birmingham Law School

Henok is interested in supervising students on any of the following areas:

International trade law
International investment law
Regional economic integration in Africa
Global energy transition governance




Dr Cat Atkin

Dr Cat Atkin

Assistant Clinical Professor in Acute Medicine

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Cat is interested in supervising doctoral research students who are interested in research in the field of acute internal medicine, and/or in patient pathways through urgent and emergency care services.

Professor Adele Atkinson

Professor Adele Atkinson

Professor of Practice in Financial Literacy and Wellbeing (CHASM)

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Professor Atkinson will commence postgraduate supervision in January 2023.