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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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Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr Jangi is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Large-eddy simulations (LES) of advanced propulsion systems
- Fire and smoke simulations
- DNS/LES of multiphase flows with application in sustainable materials, e.g., plastic recycling, renewable polymers, etc.
Professor of Hispanic Studies
Department of Modern Languages
My research interests focus on cross-cultural comparative approaches to exile and migration. I am also interested in twentieth- and twenty-first-century Spanish peninsular literature and culture. I am currently supervising theses on contemporary Spanish women writers, memory texts of the Spanish Civil War, carceral writing and forced migration.
Professor of Global Social Policy
Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Currently, Rana is an external supervisor (at the University of Bath) on PhD and professional doctorate theses studying the following topics: Knowledge Transfer Programmes and South-South Cooperation between South Korea and Algeria; Obesity Policy in Qatar; Maternity Policies in Qatar and the GCC states; Parenting Styles in Qatar.
She has supervised a range of PhD topics for example on social welfare and civil society in Iraq, social care for older ...
Associate Professor in Electrical Power Systems
Convenor of MSc Programme in Electrical Power Systems
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Dilan Jayaweera's research interests are in planning and operation of power systems. He has particular interests for the following research areas.
Power system security, resilience, and reliability
Risk assessment in power systems
Integration of distributed energy resources into active distribution networks
Planning and operation of renewable energy Micro Grids
Energy security, resilience, and reliability of smart grids
Modelling and simulation of major system disturbances including blackouts
Monte Carlo simulation applications ...
Associate Professor
Director of Postgraduate Research, INLOGOV
Department of Public Administration and Policy
PhD supervision – Maureen O’Connor (2008- PT) and Tom Barrance (2011- PT) George Despotidis (2013- FT).
I am interested in supervising projects that draw on social media data to understand change or controversies in public policy.
Current MSc dissertation supervision (2013-14):
- John Williams, Barriers to Joint Commissioning Barriers.
- Jamie Bradbury Community Capacity
- Sue Bottomley Front-line adaptation to change
- Cherie Norman Readiness for change in middle management
- Ryan ...
Lecturer in Marketing (Dubai)
Dubai Campus
Gender and (re)presentation, maternity protection in public policy and corporate environments, Gender balance in the MENA region, Family holidays, female solo travel, women and tourism work.
Local Knowledge Exchange Research Fellow -ATETA ( Accelerating Thermal Energy Technology Adoption)
School of Chemical Engineering
- Use of Electrical and Thermal Energy Storage to Meet Demand in University 麻豆精选 Buildings (MSc Project)
Assistant Professor
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Beth is taking applications from students who are interested in pursuing projects in signal and image processing.
Lecturer in Political Science
Department of Political Science and International Studies
I am (co)supervising three projects:
Melany Cruz (Politics of Lynching); Emily Burn (Measuring Political Interest) and Ioana Chis (The Politics of Disablement in Precarious Work).
I welcome applications from potential PhD students in the fields of feminist political theory, contemporary political theory and British politics.
Deputy Head of Research
Senior Lecturer in Human Movement Sciences
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
- Sarah Voets - Parkinson’s UK funded PhD student
- Alice Day
- Alison Hall
- Matthew Weightman
Senior Lecturer
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
William is interested in supervising students to study for a PhD in the following areas:
- Stromal cell biology
- T-cell development
- Central tolerance / autoimmunity
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr William Jenkinson directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Professor in Translational Neuroscience
Co-Director of the Centre for Human Brain Health
School of Psychology
The Neuronal Oscillations group will supervise students interested in using MEG applied in cognitive and clinical neuroscience.