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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Honorary Research Fellow
Department of History
George is willing to supervise work on building history, urban and landscape history and industrial archaeology.
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Teaching Fellow
Birmingham Law School
Dr Demissie is interested in proposals dealing with the law and technology interface, the ethics and regulation of emerging technologies and legal tech.
Professor of Theoretical Physics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Mark regularly supervises PhD students working in a wide range of topics in Theoretical Physics. Please see his personal page for further details of projects.
Chair of Regulatory Science and Innovation
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Alastair supervises doctoral research students in the evaluation and regulation of AI & digital health technologies, addressing issues of safety, effectiveness and equity as part of a responsible approach to AI innovation.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Alastair on the contact details above.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Assistant Professor
School of Mathematics
Nikhil Desai is interested in supervising PhD students in Continuum Mechanics (low Reynolds number flows, active matter hydrodynamics) and Mathematical Biology (biological fluid mechanics). If you are interested, please email him.
Associate Professor
School of Psychology
Dr Devine is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
Cognitive Development, Social Development, Theory of Mind, Executive Function, Psychopathology, School Readiness, Parenting and Families, Peer Relationships, Longitudinal Methods, Individual Differences. Dr Devine's research uses advanced quantitative methods including confirmatory factor analysis, structural equation modelling, multi-level modelling and path analysis. He does not supervise projects using qualitative methods. Please email Dr Devine before making an application to discuss ...
Assistant Professor in Marketing
Dubai Campus
- Customer engagement
- Customer relationship management
- Social media marketing
- Word of mouth marketing
- Branding
- Hospitality/Service industry
Assistant Professor in Astrophysics
125th Anniversary Fellow
School of Physics and Astronomy
Astrophysics and cosmology projects. Previous supervised three PhD students and current supervising one student at the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.
Clinical Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Reproductive Medicine
Co-lead for Women鈥檚 Metabolic Health, NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Dr Rima Dhillon-Smith is passionate about developing and supporting the next generation of researchers.
List of past and present PhD students:
- Tom Bamford, “The application and impact of non-invasive testing of human pre-implantation embryos by morphokinetics assessment during assisted conception”
- Ishita Mishra, “Adenomyosis and Miscarriage”
- Yealin Chung, “Diet and miscarriage”
- Emily Fox, “Omega-3 and early pregnancy loss: development of a trial platform and delivery of a multi-arm randomised controlled ...
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology
MPharm Admissions Tutor - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
School of Pharmacy
Dr Dhir is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- The role of sulphation in disorders of the adrenal and liver
- Intracellular trafficking of steroids
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Dhir directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Senior Lecturer in Molecular Endocrinology
MPharm Admissions Tutor - Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
School of Pharmacy
Dr Dhir is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- The role of sulphation in disorders of the adrenal and liver
- Intracellular trafficking of steroids
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Dhir directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Honorary Professor of Concrete Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Supervision of MEng, MSc and PhD students.
Interested in supervising further research projects in the area of:
- Sustainability and Recycling of Waste Materials, as Cement Component, Filler and Aggregate
- Development of Performance Based Specifications for Strength and/or Durability of Concrete using Composite Cements
- Development of Sustainable Low Energy and Low Carbon Cements
- Durability of Structural Concrete