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 Angharad de Cates

Dr Angharad de Cates

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Psychiatry

School of Psychology

Always available for discussions regarding potential postgraduate projects.

Professor Fiona de Londras

Professor Fiona de Londras

Director of Research, College of Arts and Law
Barber Professor of Jurisprudence

Birmingham Law School

Professor de Londras currently supervises students working on (national, comparative, and international) public law and on topics as diverse as the conceptualisation of security in law, the future of the ECtHR, postcoloniality and nationality law, migrants' rights, and the regulation of abortion information. Her former doctoral students now hold academic posts at leading law schools around the world, in practice, and in regulatory and policy bodies. She has a strong ...

Dr Enrico De Luca

Dr Enrico De Luca

Assistant Professor in Nursing (E&R)

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Enrico’s expertise in qualitative research methods has led him to working with research students on various subjects (ICU and End-of-Life Care, Spirituality in Nursing, Art Based methods in Nursing Education).

He is interested in supervising research students in the following areas:

  • Interprofessional Education and Care
  • Spiritual Care
  • Care of the Older Person (care home and social care research)
  • Palliative and End-of-Life care 

Dr Trevor de Middelaer

Dr Trevor de Middelaer

Lecturer in Employment Relations

Department of Management

 Dissertation Supervision:

  • Online MSc in International Management
  • Online MBA
  • MSc in Human Resource Management

Dr Paola de Pablo

Dr Paola de Pablo

Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Dr de Pablo is interested in supervising masters & doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Epidemiology of the rheumatic diseases
  • Comorbidities of the autoimmune chronic inflammatory rheumatic diseases including periodontal disease, accelerated atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease, and bone loss

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Paola de Pablo directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

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Professor Lisa De Propris

Professor Lisa De Propris

Professor of Regional Economic Development

Business School

  • Industrial districts
  • Networks and clusters
  • Economic development and global value chains
  • Innovation and industrial policy
  • EU regional policies

Dr Prathiba (Preth) M. De Silva

Dr Prathiba (Preth) M. De Silva

Clinical Lecturer in Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Preth currently supervises 2 MD students

Dr Paolo De Ventura

Lecturer

Department of Modern Languages

Paolo De Ventura's main area of research has revolved around Dante鈥檚 Comedy and its Medieval, French, Occitan and Latin context, using a linguistic and philological approach as a privileged standpoint for literary criticism. He is particularly interested in the peculiarity of Medieval language, with its dramatic and performative elements embedded within the written page.

At present, Dr De Ventura is supervising the research of three PhD students in the areas ...

Dr Janet Deane

Dr Janet Deane

Associate Professor in Rehabilitation Science and Physiotherapy

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr Deane currently supports a range of healthcare professionals and scientists in doctoral research and is interested in supervising doctoral students in the following areas:

  • Musculoskeletal physiotherapy
  • Supported self-management
  • Personalisation of care
  • Mechanisms
  • Spinal pain
  • Wearable technology
  • Digital health
  • Remote monitoring
  • Efficacy of physiotherapy interventions for chronic musculoskeletal pain
  • Rehabilitation 

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas, please contact Dr Deane using the contact details above.

Professor Karl Dearn

Professor Karl Dearn

Head of the School of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

School of Engineering

Professor Dearn works with colleagues in the Railways and Vehicle Technology, and the Manufacturing research groups in the School and with colleagues from across the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences. He currently supervises the following doctoral research projects:

  • Investigating the functionalisation of poly-ether-ether-ketone surfaces through the application of surface texturing for friction and wear control within all polymeric joint prosthesis. Mr. Christopher Harris, Ph. D., 2014 – 2018, supported ...

Professor Stephanie Decker

Professor Stephanie Decker

Professor in Strategy

The Department of Strategy and International Business

Stephanie has supervised and examined several doctoral students in business and management and is interested in supervising students on subjects such as:
- International strategy.
- Historical research in the study of organizations and management.
- Business and development in Africa.

She is currently lead supervisor of two doctoral students at Birmingham, and co-supervising a student at the University of Bristol, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship.




Professor Jon Deeks

Professor Jon Deeks

Professor of Biostatistics

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Jon is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Methodology for the evaluation of medical tests and biomarkers
  • Non-randomised evaluations of healthcare interventions
  • Methodology for systematic reviews

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Jon directly, or 
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email 
mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk