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 Stephen D.P. Fielden

Dr Stephen D.P. Fielden

Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow

School of Chemistry

Stephen supervises PhD students within the Fielden Research Group.

Professor Andrew Filer

Professor Andrew Filer

Professor of Translational Rheumatology

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

Dr Filer has previously supervised or co-supervised 4 PhD students to completion and continues to supervise or co-supervise a further 4 current students. Dr Filer is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Stromal-Leucocyte interactions
  • The role of stroma cells in the progression of rheumatoid arthritis
  • The role of ultrasound Imaging in research in early arthritis
  • The role of tissue biomarkers in prediction of outcome and disease ...

Professor Jonathan Fisher

Professor Jonathan Fisher

Professor of Global Security

International Development Department

Jonathan welcomes new PhD applications in the areas of: Authoritarianism; conflict, and security in Africa, as well as the international politics of aid.

Jonathan is currently working with the following PhD candidates:

  • Shalle Abdi (2021-) Pastoral conflicts in the Horn of Africa (with Professor Stefan Wolff, POLSIS)
  • Emi Nishihata (2021-) The EU and democracy promotion
  • Justin Williams (2017-) The effects of Food-for-Work programmes in Ethiopia in the 1980s and 1990s ...

Dr Rachel Fisher

Dr Rachel Fisher

Assistant Professor

Department of Civil Engineering

To date Rachel has supervised 7 Masters level students to completion on the MEng Civil Engineering and Rail MSc programmes. They continue to supervise Masters students alongside beginning to supervise PhD research. Rachel is presently a co-supervisor of two PhD students who are both delivering research to address challenges faced by Network Rail and the rail industry.

Dr Victoria Flood

Dr Victoria Flood

Senior Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern Literature

Department of English Literature

I am pleased to supervise postgraduate work on Arthurian literature and prophecy; romance in translation and cross-border transmission; cultural encounters; wonder and the supernatural.

Professor Heather D. Flowe

Professor Heather D. Flowe

Professor of Psychology

Professor Flowe supervises projects on episodic memory retrieval, particularly experimental research that can be applied to the context of the legal system. Past and present projects include:

  • eyewitness identification
  • forensic face matching
  • face recognition
  • remembering rape and other traumatic events
  • investigative interviewing
  • alcohol and other drugs on memory
  • rape case adjudication
  • prosecutorial decision making
  • trauma interventions
  • metacognition
  • domestic violence interventions

Professor Flowe warmly welcomes inquiries from prospective PhD students and ...

Professor Rita Floyd

Professor Rita Floyd

Professor of International Security and Ethics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

I am second PhD supervisor to Bruno Dalponte.

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Dr Giuditta Fontana

Associate Professor in International Security

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Giuditta welcomes new PhD applications in the areas of:

Conflict;
War-to-peace transitions;
Education reform in conflict-affected contexts;
Cultural policy in conflict-affected contexts;
Institutional design and power-sharing





Dr David Forest

Dr David Forest

Senior Tutor

School of Physics and Astronomy

Supervision of Master’s summer projects related to nuclear power.

Dr Owen Forster

Dr Owen Forster

Assistant Professor in Clinical Psychology
Programme Director, Forensic Clinical Psychology Doctorate

School of Psychology

Supervision for taught doctoral research on the ForenClinPsyD and ClinPsyD programmes

Dr Holly Foss

Dr Holly Foss

Associate Professor, School of Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Holly is especially interested in supervising work related to diversity and inclusion for engineering and is currently supervising work on engineering education, engineering leadership, sustainable freight solutions, and health and wellbeing in the engineering workplace. 

 

Peter Foss

Peter Foss

Teaching Fellow

Department of Management

Dissertation supervision is on MSC HRM and International Business, MBA Singapore and MBA Executive Programmes and Singapore undergraduate programme.