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 Chris Lonsdale

Professor Chris Lonsdale

Professor of Procurement and Supply Management

Department of Management

Purchasing / internal client relationships

Supplier relationship and contract management

Public sector procurement, including PPP

Trust and opportunism in buyer-supplier relationships

Dr Estefania Lopez-Quiroga

Associate Professor in Model-Driven Formulation Engineering

School of Chemical Engineering

Supervision of PhD and EngD projects on the CDT in Formulation Engineering website.

PhD applications are welcomed from suitable candidates – funded opportunities will be advertised on findaphd.com. Available EngD projects can be found in the CDT in Formulation Engineering website.

Professor Andrew Lovering

Professor Andrew Lovering

Professor of Structural Biology

School of Biosciences

UK students can apply via the MIBTP scheme, and non-UK students by the Darwin scheme – both normally take applications at the end of the calendar year for entry the following year, please email me if you have any questions.

Mr Paul Lowe

Mr Paul Lowe

Clinical Dental Tutor

School of Dentistry

Oral Surgery

Emerita Professor Vivien Lowndes

Emerita Professor Vivien Lowndes

Emerita Professor (Public Policy)

Department of Public Administration and Policy

Vivien is not taking on new PhD supervisees, but acts as a PhD examiner in her areas of expertise, including local governance, institutionalism, citizen participation, gender and politics.

Professor Sam Lucas

Professor Sam Lucas

Professor of Cerebrovascular, Exercise & Environmental Physiology

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Professor Lucas has supervised numerous research Masters and PhD students in New Zealand, Canada and the UK, and Postdoctoral Fellows at UoB. As both a primary and co-supervisor Prof Lucas has 16 PhD and 13 MSc (research) completions, and currently co/supervises 10 PhD and 4 MSc (research) students. The details of his graduate student supervision and the subjects/areas of work are listed below: 

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Professor Philip Lumley

Professor Philip Lumley

Deputy Head of College of Medicine and Health

School of Dentistry

Philip is involved in supervising students investigating a range of aspects of Endodontology from pulpal regeneration through to the mechanical and irrigation effects of new endodontic technologies.

Dr Estrella Luna-Diez

Dr Estrella Luna-Diez

Associate Professor in Plant Pathology

School of Biosciences

Dr Luna-Diez currently supervises six PhD students:

-        Primary supervisor:

  • Katie Stevens (MIBTP)
  • Mark Raw (Forest Edge)
  • Lamya Majeed (MIBTP)

-        Co-supervisor:

  • Chiara Murena (International PhD student from the University of Porto)
  • Kieran Clark (Forest Edge)
  • Jack Bosanquet (MIBTP)

Dr Luna-Diez currently supervises two MRes students as primary supervisor:

  • Cameron Bailey
  • George Batten 

Opportunities to join Dr Luna-Diez research group: 

An exciting opportunity to join her group through a Prestigious ...

Prof Peter Lund

Prof Peter Lund

Emeritus Professor of Molecular Microbiology

School of Biosciences

There are no vacancies for PhD students in the laboratory. 

Professor Iseult Lynch

Professor Iseult Lynch

Professor of Environmental Nanosciences
Theme lead for Environmental Sciences
Director of Research for Environmental Research and Justice (CERJ)

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Dr Lynch鈥檚 research interests include:

Synthesis of novel materials for environmental applications - remediation, agriculture, solar desalination and more.
Nanoparticle interactions with biomolecules in the environment (natural organic matter, secreted proteins, organic pollutants, etc.) - the 鈥渆co-corona鈥 and secondary pollutant effects
Determination of the fate and behavior of nanomaterials in the environment
Development of high throughput screening applications: nano(eco)toxicology, bionanointeractions and assessment of environmental fate of nanomaterials.
Nanoinformatics approaches for ...





Dr Chris Lyon

Dr Chris Lyon

Teaching Fellow in Politics of Development
Director of Postgraduate Taught Programmes (Distance Learning)

International Development Department

I am interested in supervising PhD work relating to: politics of development; democratisation; social justice; development ethics; and related areas.