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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 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
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 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.

Clinical Dental Tutor
School of Dentistry
Oral Surgery

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 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:
Postdoctoral Fellows
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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.

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 ...

Emeritus Professor of Molecular Microbiology
School of Biosciences
There are no vacancies for PhD students in the laboratory.

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 ...

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.