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 Hansong Ma

Professor Hansong Ma

Professor in Genetics

School of Biosciences

The lab is recruiting PhD students.

We have a PhD studentship available. Please apply before the 31st May 2023!

https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/probe-mechanisms-underlying-the-maternal-inheritance-of-mitochondrial-dna-in-drosophila/?p156141

Dr Yuk Ting Ma

Senior Clinical Lecturer in Hepatobiliary Oncology

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Yuk Ting has supervised the laboratory projects of a number of BMedSci students

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Yuk Ting Ma directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.

For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.

Professor Christine MacArthur

Professor Christine MacArthur

Professor of Maternal and Child Epidemiology

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Christine is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • Trials and other quantitative studies on health problems following childbirth and on evaluation of maternity health services.

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Christine directly, or 
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email 
mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk


Dr Huw Macartney

Dr Huw Macartney

Associate Professor in Political Economy

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Huw Macartney is a political economist whose work is broadly concerned with the politics of banking and financial services. He welcomes applications from potential PhD students in the fields of International or Comparative Political Economy, banking and financial market governance, globalisation, and historical materialism.

Dr Macartney welcomes doctoral researchers with any interests relating to the politics of financial and banking services.

Dr Hayley MacDonald

Dr Hayley MacDonald

Honorary Research Fellow

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Hayley currently supervises 2 graduate research students (1 PhD, 1 Masters by research).

 

Dr William Mack

Dr William Mack

Senior Lecturer in Ancient Greek History and Culture

Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology

I would be delighted to discuss research projects on any of my major research interests: ancient political institutions, interstate relations, the Greek city-states, and epigraphic culture.

Professor Rob MacKenzie

Professor Rob MacKenzie

Director, Birmingham Institute of Forest Research
Professor of Atmospheric Science

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Rob MacKenzie is interested in how plants affect air composition. He is inaugural Director of the Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR), which includes the BIFoR Free-Air Carbon Enrichment (FACE) facility, which is the current focus of much of the work in Rob's group. Topics include the effects of elevated CO2 on aboveground and belowground carbon cycling and the coupling of carbon, water, and nutrient cycles.

Rob's group develops atmospheric ...

Professor Calman A. MacLennan

Professor Calman A. MacLennan

Director of BactiVac, the Bacterial Vaccines Network
Professor of Vaccine Immunology

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Currently supervising three PhD students.

Dr Andrea MacLeod

Dr Andrea MacLeod

Associate Professor in Autism

School of Education

Her research interests are as follows:

  • Inclusive practice for autistic adults and young people
  • models of support and self-advocacy
  • higher autistic students in higher education
  • participatory methodologies
  • collaborative approaches to research and practice

 

David Maddison

David Maddison

Professor of Economics

The Department of Economics

Any area of Environmental or Natural Resource Economics

Professor Melanie Madhani

Professor Melanie Madhani

Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

Professor Madhani has openings for self-funded MRes and PhD (basic science and clinical) in the area of:

  • Nitric oxide and nitrite in health and disease
  • Cardiometabolism in ischaemic heart disease and heart failure 

Dr Roisin Madigan

Dr Roisin Madigan

Associate Professor

School of Biosciences

For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Madigan:

www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Madigan