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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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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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Dr Teresa Jane Madurai

Clinical Tutor in Clinical Psychology
Msci Psychology and Psychological Practice Programme Lead

Teresa is involved in the supervision of clinical psychology doctorate research projects.

Dr Solon Magrizos

Dr Solon Magrizos

Associate Professor in Marketing
Programme Director, Distance Learning MBA

Department of Marketing

Currently receiving applications for postgraduate students in the broad topics of (ir)responsible consumers, companies, tourists and employees.

Dr Oliver R Maguire

Dr Oliver R Maguire

Assistant Professor in Systems Chemistry

School of Chemistry

Systems Chemistry
Physical Organic Chemistry
Soft Matter

Dr Hannan Mahdiraji

Dr Hannan Mahdiraji

Associate Professor in Business Analytics

Department of Management

Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji has supervised many PG dissertations (over 100) and PhD thesis (over 15 completions). Hannan Amoozad Mahdiraji is eager to participate in PhD application in the following topics:

1)    Game Theory in Business and Management

2)    Decision Making in Business and management

3)    Sustainable Logistics and Global Supply Chains

Professor Aziza Mahomed

Professor Aziza Mahomed

Professor in Engineering Education
Deputy Head, School of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Aziza is currently supervising projects linked to engineering education.

Professor Annie Mahtani

Professor Annie Mahtani

Professor of Electroacoustic Composition and Practice

Department of Music

Electroacoustic music
Acousmatic composition
Multichannel composition including ambisonics
Spatialisation and diffusion
Field-Recording and phonography
Cross-disciplinary collaboration
Site-specific composition and installation







Dr Chun Yu Mak

Assistant Professor in Accounting & Finance

The Department of Finance

Dr. Mak currently undertaking research projects about International Financial Reporting Standards in China, Latin America and Europe, corporate restructuring activities, corporate site visiting, financial analysts’ earnings forecasts and asset pricing models.  

Ph.D. applicants are very welcome, in particular if they are interested in the above topic areas and with computer programming skills.

Dr Chun Yu Mak

Dr Chun Yu Mak

Lecturer in Accounting & Finance

The Department of Finance

Ph.D graduate’s first placement:

Lecturer in Accounting and Finance, Department of Accounting, Swansea School of Management, Swansea University, UK.

Ph.D. Supervision:

Number of completed supervision: 1, completed on 19th June, 2014.

Number of lead supervision: 1, is going to be completed on 14th July, 2017.

Number of second supervision: 2

M Phil graduate’s placement:

Officer of Brazilian government.

M.Phil Supervision:

Number of completed supervision: 1, completed ...

Dr Josh Makepeace

Dr Josh Makepeace

Associate Professor in Materials Chemistry
UKRI Future Leaders Fellow

School of Chemistry

Josh is always happy to discuss potential research projects with interested students, who should contact him on the email address above. Projects are available in the following areas:

  • New catalysts for ammonia synthesis and decomposition
  • Ionic conductivity in metal amides/imides
  • Synthesis of silicon imide materials

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

Dr Kyriaki Makopoulou

Dr Kyriaki Makopoulou

Head of Quality Assurance
Lecturer in Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy
SPECS Programme Lead

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Kiki currently supervises a number of PhD and MSc students in the areas of Inclusion in Physical Education, Mental Health and Wellbeing, and Continuing Professional Development (both formal and informal learning) for Physical Education (PE) teachers.

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Kiki directly to discuss project availability and your research interests. 

Dr Sofia Malamatidou

Dr Sofia Malamatidou

Senior Lecturer in Translation Studies

Department of Modern Languages

I welcome applications from PhD students in any of my areas of interest, especially the following:

corpus-based translation studies in general
translation and language change (esp. use of diachronic corpora in translation studies)
translation of tourism texts
translation of visual material
Past and current PhD projects include:
Edward Clay, ‘Understanding Translation as a Site of Contact-Induced Language Change in the Field of Migration’
HAH, ‘A Corpus-Based Investigation of Translator Style ...







Dr Majid Malboubi

Dr Majid Malboubi

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Malboubi has supervised Postdocs, PhD and MSc research projects related to Microfluidics, Cell Mechanics, Neuronal electrophysiology and 3D printing.