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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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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 Mark Elliott

Dr Mark Elliott

Associate Professor of Human Movement Analytics

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Dr Elliott is interested in supervising Masters and PhD students in the following areas:

  • Early detection of osteoarthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions using objective measures of movement, physiology and other variables.
  • Modelling and predicting health outcomes using smartphone/wearable based measures of physical activity, sleep and other variables.
  • Technologies to support self-management of physiotherapy (inc. virtual/augmented realities, smartphone apps)
  • Integration and standardisation of large human movement datasets.
  • Investigating the role of ...

Professor Robert Elliott

Professor Robert Elliott

Professor of Economics
Director of Research - Department of Economics

Business School

Professor Elliott is available to supervise PhD students across a broad range of topics including international and development economics and environmental and energy economics. Interdisciplinary topics are encouraged and students will need to be familar with the manipulation of large data sets and econometric techniques and methods.

Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf

Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf

Associate Professor in Public Health
Director of Public Health Programme

Dubai Campus

I have supervised a number of PhD students on a wide range of public health topics. I welcome applications from PhD students in any of my current areas of interest:
1. Maternal health
2. Economics of non-communicable diseases

My previous PhD and MD students include:
• Robert Smyth (University of Limerick, awarded 2018). Addressing the Harms Related to Youth Substance Use: Treatment of Individuals and Population Focused Legislative Responses.
• ...





Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf

Dr Khalifa Elmusharaf

Associate Professor in Public Health
Director of Public Health Programme

Dubai Campus

I have supervised a number of PhD students on a wide range of public health topics. I welcome applications from PhD students in any of my current areas of interest:
1. Maternal health
2. Economics of non-communicable diseases

My previous PhD and MD students include:
• Robert Smyth (University of Limerick, awarded 2018). Addressing the Harms Related to Youth Substance Use: Treatment of Individuals and Population Focused Legislative Responses.
• ...





Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker

Professor Fern Elsdon-Baker

Professor of Science, Knowledge and Belief in Society
Director Research Institute for STEMM in Culture and Society (ISTEMMiCS)

Engineering and Physical Sciences

I am happy to supervise students on any aspects of the following areas:

Science and Technology in Society
Public Engagement with STEMM
International Science Communication/Public Engagement with STEMM
Public Perceptions of Science in Diverse Societies






Professor Yvonne Elsworth

Professor of Helioseismology

Engineering and Physical Sciences

  •  Supervision of research PhDs in asteroseismology and helioseismology

 

Professor Nelson Enonchong

Professor Nelson Enonchong

Barber Professor of Law

Birmingham Law School

Contract/Commercial law
Conflict of Laws
Arbitration
Comparative Law
International Trade and Finance
Current doctoral supervision
Professor Enonchong is currently supervising four doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas

Contractual Mechanisms for Reducing Risks in Long Term Oil and Gas Agreements
The Scope of the Liability of Arbitral Institutions towards the Disputing Parties
Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards
Balancing the demands of procedural fairness and finality in ADR in ...










Dr Joie Ensor

Dr Joie Ensor

Associate Professor in Biostatistics

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Joie supervises several PhD students undertaking applied and methodological research on clinical prediction modelling projects with a focus on implementation of these tools in practice.

Joie would be interested in supervising research students on projects in the following areas of clinical prediction modelling with a mixture of methodological and applied themes:

  • Evaluation (design, targeted validation, evidence thresholding, decision analytic methods)
  • Implementation (design, practicalities, barriers, efficiency, communication)
  • Impact (study design, metrics, ...

Dr Mani Entezami

Dr Mani Entezami

Research Fellow – Condition Monitoring and NDT

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

As an academic member of the BCRRE, Mani supports PhD and MSc projects that fall within his research area and expertise.

Dr Marco Ercolani

Associate Professor in Econometrics

The Department of Economics

Labour Econometrics

  • Kay HUANG
  • Cansu UNVER (2nd supervisor)
  • Marios DEMETRIADES (2nd supervisor)

Dr Joshua Erde

Dr Joshua Erde

Assistant Professor in Combinatorics

School of Mathematics

Joshua is interested in supervising PhD students in Combinatorics. Please get in touch via email.

Dr Ali Esfahbodi

Dr Ali Esfahbodi

Associate Professor in Operations Management and Sustainability
School Director of Postgraduate Programmes UK, Dubai, Singapore

Department of Management

Operations and supply chain management
Sustainable supply chain management
Sustainable manufacturing and performance management
Supply chain innovation capabilities
Green ICT and supply chain
Competitive advantage and sustainable supply chain: resource-based view (RBV) perspective