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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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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 Delgosha has supervised over 65 Master and PhD students. He welcomes PhD application in the broad areas of AI, Business Analytics and Digital Transformation:
- GenAI and Agentic AI applications in Business
- Predictive and Prescriptive analytics
- Digital Platforms and Gig Economy
- Digital Entrepreneurship and Business Model
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Business Analytics
Department of Management
Dr Delgosha has supervised over 65 Master and PhD students.
He welcomes PhD application in the broad areas of Digital Technologies:
- Business Analytics
- Artificial Intelligence in Business
- Digital Platforms
- Text Mining of User-Generated Content
Professor of Theoretical Nanophotonics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Current students:
- William Parfitt, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Ishita Jena, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Jakub Skorka, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Themistoklis Deloudis, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Adam Walker, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Luke Hands, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Arsenios Gisdakis, PhD, University of Birmingnham
- Angus Crookes, PhD, University of Birmingnham
Past students:
- Kalun Bedingfield, PhD, University 麻豆精选
- Alexandra Crai, PhD, Imperial College London
- Nuttawut Kongsuwan, PhD, Imperial College London
- Peter Fox, ...
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of History
George is willing to supervise work on building history, urban and landscape history and industrial archaeology.
Find out more - our PhD History page has information about doctoral research at the University 麻豆精选.
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.
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
Institute of Clinical Sciences
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