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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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Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Dr. Connor no longer supervises students but does offer informal guidance with projects in the history of medicine.

Professor of Communication Electrodynamics
College of Engineering and Physical Sciences Director of Research and Knowledge Transfer
Academic Lead of Midlands mm-Wave Measurement Facility
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
PHD RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
Professor Constantinou is always happy to consider inquiries and applications from prospective PhD students interested in a topics in engineering electromagnetics, antennas and radiowave propagation.
Prospective applicants prior to approaching Costas need to prepare a *short* statement of proposed research, no more two sides of A4 (in addition to the usual personal statement and CV) indicating the following:
• Show a reasonable understanding of existing work in the field (what ...

Associate Professor of Cancer Genomic Medicine
Honorary Upper Gastrointestinal Surgery Consultant
Head of the Cancer Structural Variation and Aneuploidy Research Lab (c-StAR)
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Gianmarco welcomes applications for PhD and Postdocs. He has supervised multiple successful clinical and non-clinical PhD and MD projects. He supervises in the area of cancer genomics, somatic and germline structural variations, aneuploidy, gastrointestinal cancers, biomarker development, machine learning. Please contact Gianmarco if you are interested.

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
School of Psychology
PhD students: Students interested in working with Professor Cook should email/call her to discuss potential funding opportunities. For further information regarding the PhD application process see the 'how to apply' section of the Psychology PhD programme.
Postdoctoral researchers: Professor Cook is also looking for good postdoctoral researchers and can advise and assist with obtaining funding. Please contact her to discuss further.

Associate Professor
Senior Academic Tutor
Deputy Director of the School of Engineering Teaching and Learning Centre
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
I am currently recruiting PhD students for Engineering Education projects. Please see the school engineering teaching and learning centre page.

Professor of Mass Spectrometry
Deputy Head of School
EPSRC Established Career Fellow
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Professor Cooper www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Cooper

Professor of Mass Spectrometry
Deputy Head of School
EPSRC Established Career Fellow
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Professor Cooper www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Cooper

Honorary Professor of Addiction Research/Consultant Clinical Psychologist
School of Psychology
Professor Copello has supervised PhDs and Clinical Doctorate degrees related to the psychology of addiction and the impacts of addiction upon families. Some of the areas researched include:
- Impact of addictions upon families
- Implementation of family focused clinical practice
- Development of web based interventions for families affected by addictions
- Addiction (alcohol and drugs) psychological treatments and outcomes
- Cannabis use and Psychosis, impacts on users and families
- The impact of excessive ...
Lecturer in Modern Languages
Department of Modern Languages
Giacomo Leopardi
Nineteenth-century Italian literature, philosophy and philosophy of language
The Irrational and the Unconscious before Freud
Literature and science
‘Italian Theory’
Translation studies
Modern foreign language pedagogy
I supervise the following PhD projects:
Sara Corpino, ‘Translation of dialects: Atzeni’s language in English and French’ (co-supervisor with Dr Emma Tyler)
Simona Scanni, ‘Effectiveness of Online Language Learning: A case study of Italian as a foreign language’ (co-supervisor with Dr Paolo ...

Associate Professor in Human Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Everyday governance, urban political ecology, South Asian cities, urban environmental politics
Honorary Professor of Ancient History
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I am happy to discuss research proposals, and to supervise dissertations, on subjects that fall within my own fields of research, and in general on Roman history and/or historiography.

Associate Professor in Ancient History
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I welcome proposals for supervision in any aspect of Roman History, especially political aspects of the Roman Republic and Early Principate, Imperial ideology, International Relations and diplomacy, and interdisciplinary approaches to history and material culture.
Postgraduate research projects I have supervised or am currently supervising include:
Ben Salisbury, ‘Before Public Opinion: The Role of Tribunes of the Plebs in Creating, Manipulating, and Responding to Popular Sentiment in the Late Roman ...