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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Head of the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Professor of Functional Genomics
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Roy has successfully supervised 50 PhD students to date. He currently supervises 6 students but is actively looking for new students. He is particularly interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
Elucidating the mechanisms by which multimerin-2 and it ligands CLEC14A, CD93 and endosialin mediate angiogenesis. We would like to focus on the extracellular protein interactions and intracellular signalling.
Development of a cancer vaccine using conjugate proteins. ...
Associate Professor and Head of Law (Dubai)
Birmingham Law School
Daley welcomes approaches from prospective doctoral students in his areas of research expertise, especially international criminal law and international peace and security law.
He has previously supervised projects at PhD and MRes levels on topics such as China鈥檚 implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity, the role of the Financial Action Task Force in shaping domestic financial crime laws, and the strip-searching of children under New South Wales criminal law ...
Professor in Organisational Studies
Department of Management
Holly is interested in supervising PhDs in the fields of careers and career transitions, flexible working and parenting policies, retirement, and the experiences of working fathers. Her preference is for PhD students who use qualitative research methods and who take a critical and reflective perspective.
Emeritus Professor of French Studies
Department of Modern Languages
I have supervised a range of theses on women's writing, drama, the French Decadence, and the Caribbean novel.
Find out more - our PhD French Studies page has information about doctoral research at the University 麻豆精选.
Associate Professor Psychology of Education
School of Education
Megan is open to supervising PhDs on issues relevant to identity processes, intergroup relations, language, and marginalisation/exclusion.
Assistant Professor
School of Psychology
Dr Bissell currently supervises MSc students on both quantitative and qualitative research projects and supports MRes Clinical Psychology students as the Research Lead for this programme. Dr Bissell co-supervises PhD students and ClinPsyD students who work within the Cerebra Network with Dr Caroline Richards.
Honorary Professor
School of Physics and Astronomy
- Magnetic flux line structures and phase transitions in unconventional and conventional superconductors
- Microscopic magnetization dynamics on timescales greater than microseconds
- The austenite-martensite transition in magnetic materials
Professor of Antimicrobial Resistance
Director of the University 麻豆精选 Doctoral School
Institute of Microbiology and Infection
Jess currently supervises/co-supervises two PhD students in the area of efflux mediated antibiotic resistance.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Prof Jessica Blair 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
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Simon is the PGR lead for Engineering and is responsible for the development of around 350 PGR students in the School.
He has successfully supervised 11 Doctoral students and currently supervises 3 PhD students. He annually supervises around 10 Masters students completing their final year projects.
Simon is always interested in hearing from potential PhD students and advertises available projects on the Find A PhD web page.
Senior Lecturer in Exercise Metabolism
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Dr Andy Blannin is currently supervising Israel Podesta’s PhD on the effects of exercise on appetite regulation.
PhD Student
Department of Applied Health Sciences
PhD supervisors:
- Dr Louise Jackson
- Professor Emma Frew
- Professor Jonathan Ross
Professor of Ancient History
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I welcome proposals for supervision in any aspect of Roman History, especially political life in the Roman Republic or any aspect of Roman/Latin oratory and rhetoric, including Cicero.
I have supervised PhD students working on an anonymous rhetorical work from the Roman republican period, the Rhetorica ad Herennium, on 鈥楻oman鈥� speeches in the work of the Greek historian Dio Cassius, on popular power in the late Roman Republic, on communicative ...