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 School
Professor of Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
PhDs in helioseismology and asteroseismology
Professor of Geotechnical and Underground Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Dr Chapman is interested in supervising doctoral research in areas including:
Trenchless technology for pipeline installation and renewal
Geotechnical controls on buried pipeline behaviour and leakage
Soil-structure interaction problems related to ground movements resulting from soft ground tunnelling
Influence of different soils on geophysical sensing technologies when locating buried utilities or archaeology
Novel sensing technologies for infrastructure monitoring (pipes, tunnels, etc), such as Smart Pipes technology
Professor of Archaeology
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
Henry can supervise postgraduate study in the areas of later prehistory, wetland archaeology, landscape archaeology and the application of digital and spatial technologies within heritage.
He currently supervises students researching digital approaches to conflict archaeology, the landscape archaeology of European bog bodies, predictive modelling of centres of power in Bronze Age Anatolia using GIS, valuing archives in the 21st century, the landscape archaeology of Neolithic causewayed enclosures, and the archaeology ...
Professor of Climate Resilience & Met Office Joint Chair
Deputy Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer (College of Life and Environmental Sciences)
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Postgraduate supervision
Professor Chapman has supervised 19 students to completion and currently supervises postgraduate students:
Yongjian Li:聽Extending the utility of connected vehicles for winter road maintenance (Chinese Scholarship Council / Li Siguang)
Chenguang Xiao:聽Federated learning for internet of things networks (School Studentship)
Yanzhi Lu:聽The role of trees in reducing the impact of environmental stressors聽(Self-Funded)
Nicole Cowell:聽Distributed measurements of particulate matter (Self-Funded)
Nigar Parvin:聽Using green ...
Associate Professor in Animal Behaviour
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Chappell www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Chappell
Professor of Periodontology and Consultant in Restorative Dentistry
Head of Research for Institute of Clinical Sciences
School of Dentistry
Iain Chapple has research and doctoral supervision interests in the fields of periodontology, periodontal medicine and surgery, nutrition and molecular methods. He has received major grants from the Medical Research Council, the European Union and industry. Professor Chapple leads the periodontal research group, whose interests include:
Innate immunity in the pathobiology of periodontitis
Diagnostic biomarkers for periodontitis and associated systemic diseases
Periodontal inflammation and systemic inflammatory conditions
Periodontitis and immunesenescence ...
Poynting Professor of Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Supervision of research PhDs on Particle Physics on the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider.
Assistant Professor in Cognition and Ageing
School of Psychology
Potential doctoral as well as postdoctoral researchers interested in working with Dr Chechlacz should email her to discuss potential projects and funding opportunities. Applicants interested in areas as listed below are especially welcome:
- visual attention
- neuroimaging genetics
- age-related structural and functional changes in neural networks
- individual differences
- diffusion imaging
Professor of Democracy and International Development
Director of the Centre for Elections, Democracy, Accountability and Representation (CEDAR)
International Development Department
Professor Cheeseman is interested in supervising doctoral research on elections, democracy, political parties, social media, populism, corruption, taxation and the social contract, sub-Saharan Africa.
Professor of Philosophical Theology
Head of School, Philosophy, Theology and Religion
Department of Theology and Religion
I am happy to supervise on the following topics:
Theology of religions
Philosophy of religion
Christianity and Asian religions
Theology and the arts
Theology and ministry studies
Assistant Professor of Digital Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Linjiang is seeking applications for a PhD studentship on deep learning; the student can be based in Chemistry or Computer Science.
Teaching Fellow
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Dr Chen is interested in supervising postgraduate students in the following areas:
- Power Systems Stability with High Renewable Penetration (see publications)
- HVDC Modelling and Control
- Power Systems Simulation Technologies such as Real-Time EMT simulations
- Power Systems Restoration Plan