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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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Associate Professor
Director of LLM Programme (Dubai)
Birmingham Law School
Dr Hwaidi currently accepts PhD candidates in the following areas:
• Commercial law
• International trade law
• Law and technology
• Contract law/ tort law
• International finance and banking law
• Law and sociology
• Arbitration
• Maritime law
He has supervised PhD students in the areas of the law of blockchain, drafting arbitration clauses in commercial contracts, carriage of goods by sea and privacy law.

Assistant Professor of International Commercial Dispute Resolution
Birmingham Law School
• Private International Law (conflicts of law, conflicts of jurisdiction)
• International Commercial Arbitration
• International Investment Law and Arbitration
• Energy Law
• Law and Technology
• AI and Law

Barber Professor of Law
Birmingham Law School
Contract/Commercial law
Conflict of Laws
Arbitration
Comparative Law
International Trade and Finance
Current doctoral supervision
Professor Enonchong is currently supervising four doctoral students undertaking research in the following areas
Contractual Mechanisms for Reducing Risks in Long Term Oil and Gas Agreements
The Scope of the Liability of Arbitral Institutions towards the Disputing Parties
Judicial Review of International Arbitral Awards
Balancing the demands of procedural fairness and finality in ADR in ...

Associate Professor
Director of Research Impact
Birmingham Law School
Dr Coe welcomes expressions of interest for prospective PhD students in his areas of interest, and the field of Media Law more broadly.

Associate Professor
Head of Postgraduate Research
Birmingham Law School
Dr Kokkinis is available to supervise doctoral researchers on corporate law, corporate governance, banking law and regulation and financial regulation. He has previously supervised research projects on shareholder activism, executive remuneration, banking regulatory architecture and the development of infrastructure through private sector involvement.

Associate Professor
Deputy Head of Education (Exams and Senior Tutor)
Birmingham Law School
Maureen is interested in supervising students on any of the following areas:
• Digital asset regulation
• African customary law in juridical settings
• Gender equality and sentencing
• Decolonising IP law

Professor of Feminist Legal Studies
Head of Research Impact
Birmingham Law School
I am willing to supervise research students in the following areas:
Gender, law and Religion, particularly from feminist or critical legal perspectives.
Politics of reproductive justice.
'Historical' institutional abuse.
Law, activism and social movements.
I am happy to answer email queries from prospective students before submission of an official proposal.
Associate Professor in Law and Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
criminal law, criminal procedure, terrorism, counter-terrorism, police, disproportionality in the criminal justice system, stop and search, jury diversity
Assistant Professor in Commercial Dispute Resolution
Co-Deputy Head of Education (Education Review)
Birmingham Law School
dispute resolution, private international law

Associate Professor
Birmingham Law School
National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation

Assistant Professor in Commercial Conflict of Laws
Birmingham Law School
Commercial Conflict of Laws and International Commercial Litigation

Professor of Criminal Justice
Birmingham Law School
Anthea has supervised research students in many aspects of criminal justice in the UK and internationally. She welcomes applications from UK and international students interested in any area of criminal justice including, but not limited to, electronic monitoring, pre-trial detention and bail, police powers, courts, prisons, community sentences, technologies and private and voluntary sector involvement in criminal justice.

Honorary Associate Clinical Professor
Consultant Cardiologist and Senior Lecturer
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Dr Nadir has supervised cardiology and interventional cardiology fellows from around the world both clinically and mentoring them to write thesis and publish in peer-reviewed journals.

Senior Lecturer
Interim Department Head of Education
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Zsuzsanna is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following area:
- The role of cell cycle related molecules in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders.
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Zsuzsanna Nagy 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 ...

Senior Clinical Lecturer
Honorary Consultant ENT/Head & Neck Surgeon
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
- Currently co-supervising 2 PhD students
- Has supervised BMedSc and MSc students

Professor of Diabetes Medicine
Honorary Consultant Physician
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Parth has supervised over 10 MD and PhDs on the subject of diabetes and immunology

Reader in TeraHertz Science and Engineering
Head of the Metamaterials and Nanophotonics Group
Associated with the School of Physics and Astronomy and the School of Engineering (Department of EESE)
School of Physics and Astronomy
Current PhD students
Primary Supervisor
- D. Feng, Surface scattering and propagation through inhomogeneous media, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK.
- E. J. Magaway, Terahertz hyperspectral imaging for tribology, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK.
- Y. Farahi, Terahertz medical imaging, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK.
Secondary Supervisor
- E. Gaggs, Macroscopic metasurfaces for quantum systems, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK
- R. Fakhteh, Reconfigurable metasurfaces using new materials and structures, University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡, UK.
- C. Sumner, Nanophotonic cavities for Raman ...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
Aditya provides supervision for some Masters and PhD students within the group.

Senior Research Fellow
Deputy Theme Lead for Rheumatology
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Amy currently supervisors doctoral researchers undertaking the following projects:
- An organotypic model of the bone remodelling process
- Targeting the novel CD248-MMRN2-CLEC14A signalling pathway in age-related bone loss
- The ageing bone – a novel peptide as an inducer of bone repair
- Formulation of a novel suspending medium for immobilised culture and tissue processing
- Characterising the therapeutic potential of a novel peptide in age-related bone loss, skeletal remodelling and repair
- Development of ...

Associate Professor in People and Organisation Management
Department of Management

Research Fellow in Skeletal Ageing and Inflammation
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Georgiana is interested in co-supervising postgraduate projects (MRes, MSci, PhD) in the area of Multi-modal volumetric imaging, Ageing and Inflammation associated Bone Loss, Postnatal Bone Development. These projects will also be supervised by Prof. Adam Croft.

Professor of Public Policy and Public Management
Health Services Management Centre
Catherine would welcome PhD students interested in aspects of the following:
- Social care systems
- Personalisation and coproduction in social care
- Public service reform, focused on the UK, or putting the UK in comparative perspective.

Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Sue is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Palliative and end of life care
- Bereavement support
- Nursing
- Research using qualitative methodology
If you are interested in studying in any of these subject areas please contact Sue on the contact details above or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Associate Professor
School of Mathematics
Sándor is supervising postgraduate students in Optimisation on Manifolds, Convex Optimisation, Equilibrium Systems, Ordered Vector Spaces and Multicriteria Decision Making.