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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Professor Paul Newman

Professor Paul Newman

Professor of Physics

School of Physics and Astronomy

Currently supervising PhD students working on the ATLAS experiment. 

Dr Michael Newnham

Dr Michael Newnham

Associate Professor & Respiratory Consultant

Department of Applied Health Sciences

MPH

  • Dissertation supervisor

Professor Philip Newsome

Professor Philip Newsome

Honorary Professor of Experimental Hepatology and Honorary Consultant Hepatologist

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

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

  • Contribution of adult stem cells to liver injury and repair.
  • Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease; ranging from laboratory to clinical studies.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Philip Newsome 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 ...

Dr Elizabeth Newton

Dr Elizabeth Newton

Clinical Psychologist, Research Fellow

School of Psychology

I supervise applied psychological research in clinical areas, in particular psychosis, bipolar disorder and interventions for this.

Professor Alfonso H W Ngan

Professor Alfonso H W Ngan

125th Anniversary Chair and Royal Society Wolfson Fellow

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Alfonso Ngan is recruiting PhD students in the areas of smart actuating materials and dislocation plasticity of materials.

Dr Esdras Ngezahayo

Dr Esdras Ngezahayo

Assistant Professor in Geotechnical Engineering
Deputy Head of Geotechnics Research Group

Esdras is currently supervising 6 PhD students working on Electro-kinetic stabilisation (EKS) technology for problematic clay soils, rainfall induced slope instability and failures, geotechnical understanding of gully erosion mechanisms, and climate change effects on the geotechnical infrastructure. He is accepting applications for PhD studentships in civil engineering generally and preferably on topics related to geotechnical engineering. He is also accepting overseas joint PhD students, postdoctoral and visiting scholars’ applications.

Esdras ...

Dr Kate Nichols

Dr Kate Nichols

Associate Professor in Art History

Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies

I would welcome enquiries from prospective postgraduate students hoping to undertake research relating to my research and teaching interests in British art (especially in the Victorian period); classical reception studies; the history and theory of museums; art and animals; art and imperialism; art and industry.

Current Research Students
• Zoe Fox, The Political Power of Urban Transformation: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Augustan and Fascist Building Programs in the ...


Andrew Nickson

Andrew Nickson

Honorary Reader in Public Management

International Development Department

Masters thesis supervisor at IDD.

Dr Phillip (Pip) LR Nicolson

Dr Phillip (Pip) LR Nicolson

Associate Clinical Professor in Cardiovascular Medicine (Haematology)

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

  • Supervisor to PhD students
  • Supervisor to MRes students
  • Supervisor to Intercalating medical students
  • Personal Academic Tutor to Medical Students

Dr Hannah R Nieto

Dr Hannah R Nieto

Clinician Scientist

Department of Metabolism and Systems Science

Hannah is currently supervising clinical/discovery science PhDs, please get in contact if you would like to discuss this further.

Dr Tom E. Nightingale

Dr Tom E. Nightingale

Lecturer in Exercise Physiology

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Tom welcomes applications from potential PhD or MSc (by research) students on topics relating to exercise and health in individuals with neurological conditions.

Dr. Nightingale has supervised research Masters and PhD students in Canada and the UK. The details of his graduate student supervision are listed below:

 University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK

2021 – current: Daniel Hodgkiss, PhD candidate (primary supervisor): A non-invasive ergogenic neuroprosthesis to improve exercise capacity and ...

Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos

Professor Kostas Nikolopoulos

Professor of Physics

School of Physics and Astronomy

Currently working with PhD students on the ATLAS experiment at CERN and the NEWS-G experiment at SNOLab.