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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Professor of Public Religion
Director, Edward Cadbury Centre
Department of Theology and Religion
Regrettably, I am unable to take on any additional PhD students in the next academic year (2023-24).
Professor of Cancer Cell Biology
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Clare has supervised a number of PhD and postgraduate Masters students to completion. Her first PhD student obtained a Molecular Cell publication and a EMBO Long-term Fellowship to Postdoc at Harvard University. Many of Clare’s Masters students are now enrolled on PhD programmes.
She is always happy to hear from talented and motivated students that are not afraid of hard work, and will benefit from a highly supportive and mentoring ...
Professor of Global Health Research
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Professor Davies supervises PhD students in the fields of global health systems and subjects related to surgery, injuries, or cardiovascular diseases.
Reader in Organic Chemistry
Senior Admissions Tutor
School of Chemistry
Paul runs an active, vibrant and multinational research group and is interested in supervising doctoral research students in any area under his research interests:
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Professor of Water Technology
School of Engineering
Philip would be interested to supervise research students in areas including desalination, water treatment, renewable energy applications, and climate change.
Emeritus Professor of Social Work and Mental Health
School of Social Policy and Society
Ann has supervised doctoral students in the area of service user experiences of social work and mental health services. She is an external examiner of doctoral theses in the UK and internationally.
Senior Research Fellow
Operational Director, The Birmingham Institute for Robotics
Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Supervision of research MScs and PhDs in robotics
Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Gethin welcomes applications from research students in the fields of urban design and planning, particularly those with an interest in place, governance and/or social justice.
Clinical Reader
Associate Professor in Psychiatry and Honorary Consultant Psychiatrist
Institute for Mental Health
School of Psychology
Addictions
Treatment of alcohol or drug use disorders
Associate Professor in Environment and Society
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Dr Day welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in her areas of interest:
environmental justice / energy justice
energy poverty
energy geography
environmental knowledges
older age, especially in relation to environmental or energy issues
Associate Professor of Education
Sustainability Lead for the College of Social Sciences
School of Education
Laura Day Ashley supervises dissertations of Masters International Studies in Education and PhD students. She welcomes expressions of interest from prospective PhD students in the following areas:
- The private sector/privatisation, including ‘low fee’ private schools in developing countries.
- Education and marketisation, including academies and free schools.
- Other forms of non-state schools including NGOs, charitable and philanthropic schools.
- Non-formal education (including alternative schools, home schooling, indigenous forms of education, peer education and ...
Professor of Developmental Psychopathology and Neuroscience
School of Psychology
Dr De Brito鈥檚 research uses behavioural, neurocognitive and structural/functional magnetic resonance brain imaging techniques to better understand the characteristics of different subgroups of children and adults displaying severe antisocial behaviour and psychopathic traits. A second strand of his research interests is to better understand patterns of resilience and vulnerability in children and adults who have experienced early adversity. The goals are to clarify why some individuals who have experienced early ...