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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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Lecturer Quantitative Methods
Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology
Rudy welcomes applications from research students wishing to pursue a quantitative project in any of the following broad areas:
- Neoliberal Socialisation
- Effects Of Social Media On Offline Political Engagement
- Materialistic Values & Climate Change
- News Priming, Framing, And/Or Cultivation Effects On Attitudinal Development & Behaviours
- Sociopolitical & Psychological Effects Of Non-Hierarchical Workplace Organisation
- Determinants Of & National Policies On White-Collar Crime

Senior Research Fellow
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Hangyue provides ongoing supervision for postgraduate students in the Fracture and Fatigure research group

Assistant Professor in Finance
Finance Pathway Lead of BSc Accounting and Finance Programme
Programme Director of Sustainable Finance
The Department of Finance
Hui is interested in supervising postgraduate research in the areas of Corporate Finance and Sustainable Finance.

Assistant Professor
Deputy Head of CASE Automotive Research Group
Manager 麻豆精选 CASE Automotive Research and Education Centre
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Warmly welcome individuals with a keen interest in multidisciplinary research in the field of Automotive Engineering. My research encompasses a broad range of topics, including but not limited to Vehicle Energy Management, Driver Behaviour Modelling, Data-driven Modelling, Learning Systems, Human-Machine Interaction, Shared Control, Platoon Control, Applied Data Science, Multi-Modal Information Fusion, and Physics-Informed Machine Learning.
For more information about this specific project, please drop me an email: j.li.1@bham.ac.uk or visit ...

Lecturer in Smart Energy Systems
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Distributed energy system modelling, economics and policy operation, control and planning smart grids, AI and machine learning for Smart Grids and Enabling technologies for Smart Grids.

Assistant Professor
School of Mathematics
Mengchu is interested in working with motivated students who share any of his research interests. Please get in touch via email.

Associate Professor in Business Analytics
Department of Management
Actively seeking Ph.D. candidates with an interest in exploring operations challenges, particularly those related to contracting within the gig and sharing economy, as well as topics in operations management and supply chain management. Xishu has served as the primary supervisor for Ph.D. students since 2018, demonstrating proficiency in guiding individuals with diverse backgrounds, encompassing both quantitative and qualitative orientations.

Professor in Thermal Energy Engineering
Director, Birmingham Centre for Energy Storage
School of Chemical Engineering
Principal supervisor of:
- Ciprian Negoescu
- Sidra Rama
Co-supervisor of :
- Chuan Li
- Xiaodong Peng
- Yaoting Huang
Dr Yongliang Li is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Thermal energy (heat and cold) storage
- Refrigeration and air conditioning
- Carbon capture and storage
- Process and system simulation and optimization
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Yongliang Li on the contact details ...

Application Engineer
School of Physics and Astronomy
Supervision of research PhDs in quantum technology

Lecturer in Greek Literature
Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology
I am happy to supervise doctoral students in a wide range of areas related to Greek literature and cultural history. Please email me at j.l.lightfoot@bham.ac.uk to talk further if you are interested in working with me.

Consultant Cardiologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Currently co-supervising MD student

Honorary Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
PhD thesis Supervised:
- Kar Cheong HO, “Modelling of age-hardening and springback in creep-age forming”, July. 2004, University 麻豆精选.
- Chow Cher WANG, “A study into the incremental flow forming of solid cylindrical components, July 2004, University 麻豆精选,
- Yunfei LIU, “Characterisation of microstructure and damage evolution in hot deformation”, April 2004, University 麻豆精选
- BH Cheong, "Modelling of microstructure and damage evolution in superplastic forming", March 2002, University 麻豆精选