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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Professor Paul Lewis

Professor Paul Lewis

Co-Director of the Centre for Responsible Business
Professor of Political Economy

Department of Management

Dr Lewis would be interested to receive expressions of interest from prospective PhD students in the broad areas of:

Comparative studies examining national distributions of earnings and earnings inequality
The social and economic consequences of national institutional systems, including, but not limited to, the 'varieties of capitalism' framework
The causes and effects of the ongoing financial crisis

He is interested in research that employs quantitative or qualitative research methods, or ...





Dr Rodolfo Leyva

Dr Rodolfo Leyva

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

Dr Hangyue Li

Dr Hangyue Li

Senior Research Fellow

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Hangyue provides ongoing supervision for postgraduate students in the Fracture and Fatigure research group

Dr Ji Li

Dr Ji Li

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 ...

Dr Jianing Li

Dr Jianing Li

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.

Dr Mengchu Li

Dr Mengchu Li

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.

Dr. Xishu Li

Dr. Xishu Li

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 Yongliang Li

Professor Yongliang Li

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 ...

Dr Yu-Hung Lien

Dr Yu-Hung Lien

Application Engineer

School of Physics and Astronomy

Supervision of research PhDs in quantum technology

Dr Jessica Lightfoot

Dr Jessica Lightfoot

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.

Dr Hoong Sern Lim

Dr Hoong Sern Lim

Consultant Cardiologist
Honorary Senior Lecturer

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

Currently co-supervising MD student

Professor Jianguo Lin

Professor Jianguo Lin

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