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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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Professor of Human Resource Management and Organisational Behaviour
Department of Management
- Radost Dineva (PT)
- Annalise Galea (FT)
- Nazia Saeed (FT)
- Danni Dorn (PT)
- Marcelle Wright (PT)
Past PhD students

Assistant Professor of Modern British History
Department of History
I am happy to speak to potential students on topics relating to the social and cultural history of modern Britain.

Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Computer Science
Manfred Kerber does not take on any Doctoral Research Students any more.

Assistant Professor in Plant Pathology
School of Biosciences
Graeme will be looking to recruit PhD and Masters level students in the 2018-19 academic year. Please contact Graeme directly if you are interested in projects that are currently available.

Professor of Ecohydrology
Head of School, Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Nick Kettridge specialises in characterising the ecohydrological resilience of ecosystems to both natural and anthropogenic disturbance. Much of his research focuses on peatlands; understanding the processes that control the provision of key ecosystem services within these environments, and quantifying their response to changing climatic conditions and extreme events such as fire and drought.
Much of Dr Kettridge鈥檚 research focuses on peatlands and aims to understand the processes that control the ...

Lecturer in Physical Geography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Kieran is interested in supervising projects related to environmental sensing in freshwater environments and the impacts of environmental change on river ecosystem structure and function.

Associate Professor in Language, Social Justice and Education
School of Education
Kamran is open to supervising PhDs on language and migration, citizenship and race.
Senior Research Fellow
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Supervising BMedSc student projects:
- Developing novel flow cytometry assays for predicting chemosensitivity in acute myeloid leukemia patients

Lecturer
Director of Research
Department of Biomedical Sciences
The main aim of Farhat Khanim鈥檚 research is the identification and delivery of effective, non-toxic therapies for blood cancers to the clinic. To achieve this goal, the group studies the basic biology of haematological malignancies, performs drug redeployment screening and drug mechanism of action studies. Mechanistic studies include analysis of tumour metabolism in response to drugs and tumour niche interactions.
Applicants who are interested in postgraduate projects with Dr Khanim ...

Senior Lecturer in Theological Ethics
Department of Theology and Religion
Given that my own work is interdisciplinary, I welcome enquiries from prospective research students on a variety of topics in theological ethics carried out in the form of constructive critical reflection or ethnographic inquiry. To get a better sense of my work, have a look over my website at https://jeremykidwell.info and also some notes of guidance I've prepared around my style of supervision and topics I cover which can be ...

Associate Professor in Health Economics
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Jesse has successfully supervised 1 PhD student to completion.
Dawit Zemedikun (Topic: Exploring, quantifying and updating estimates of the economic burden of back pain in the UK using routine data) – Completed 2020.
Jesse is primarily interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Evaluative research (effectiveness and cost-effectiveness analysis)
- Investments in mental health of young people
- Measurement and valuation of wider societal costs
- Aspects of economic evaluation ...

Emeritus Professor of Fetal Medicine
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science