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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Mrs Lauren Philp-von Woyna

Mrs Lauren Philp-von Woyna

Associate Professor

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Supervision of students undertaking MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Dr Bohdan Piasecki

Dr Bohdan Piasecki

Assistant Professor

Department of Film and Creative Writing

I would be excited to work on all forms of poetry, with a particular interest in work which touches on multilingualism, translation, voice as a medium, storytelling, and the experimental. I would also consider hybrid projects combining poetry with other forms of writing.

Dr Lydia Pickering

Dr Lydia Pickering

Lecturer

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Current postgraduate supervision includes:

1. Studies on separation of neodymium from rare earth NdFeB permanent magnets 

Dr Anthony Pickles

Dr Anthony Pickles

Assistant Professor in Social Anthropology

Department of African Studies and Anthropology

Economic anthropology, Oceania, gambling, political anthropology, anthropology of the future, anthropology of finance, anthropology of elites

Dr Martin Pickup

Dr Martin Pickup

Associate Professor in Philosophy
Director, Birmingham Centre for Philosophy of Religion

Department of Philosophy

I have a wide range of philosophical interests across my research areas of Philosophy of Religion, Metaphysics and Early Modern Philosophy. I am open to supervising topics in any of these areas, including where they overlap. I warmly welcome email enquiries from potential PhD students at any time.

Dr Ilse Pienaar

Dr Ilse Pienaar

Associate Professor in Pharmacology

Department of Biomedical Sciences

Ilse supervises undergraduate final year, MSc and mRes research projects.  She has supervised several PhDs to completion and currently serves as supervisor for a number of PhD students at the University 麻豆精选 and as an honorary supervisor at other UK universities.

 

Dr Anjali A.A. Piette

Dr Anjali A.A. Piette

Assistant Professor in Astronomy

School of Physics and Astronomy

PhD supervision in exoplanets and their atmospheres.

Dr Sarah Pike

Dr Sarah Pike

UKRI Future Leaders Fellow
Birmingham Fellow
Associate Professor in Organic Chemistry

School of Chemistry

Sarah is interested in supervising MSci and postgraduate students in the following areas:

  • Supramolecular chemistry; molecular recognition and host-guest chemistry
  • Synthesis and conformational analysis of oligomers
  • Molecular machines and switches
Students who are interested in these research areas should contact her using the email address above.

Professor Zoe Pikramenou

Professor Zoe Pikramenou

Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Photophysics

School of Chemistry

For opportunities to join the research group, please email Professor Zoe Pikramenou and also see postgraduate opportunities.

Ms Anna Pilson

Ms Anna Pilson

Lecturer in Education of Children and Young People with Vision Impairments

School of Education

Anna is not currently undertaking supervision activities.

Professor Thomas Pinkney

Professor Thomas Pinkney

George Drexler & Royal College of Surgeons Chair of Surgical Trials
Honorary Consultant General and Colorectal Surgeon

Department of Applied Health Sciences

  • Samerah Saeed, Clinical Research Fellow (2023-ongoing)
  • Sue Blackwell, PhD Student (2022-ongoing)
  • Kayani Kayani, Academic Clinical Fellow (2021-2024)
  • Daniel Osei-Bardom, Academic Clinical Fellow (2018-2021)
  • Elizabeth Li, Clinical Research Fellow (PhD) (2017-2020)
  • Yashawi Sinha, Academic Clinical Fellow (2017-2020)
  • James Glasbey, Academic Clinical Fellow (2016-2019)
  • Muhammad Atif, Academic Clinical Fellow (2015-2018)
  • Dmitri Nepogodiev, Academic Clinical Fellow (2014-2017)

Dr Andy Plackett

Dr Andy Plackett

Royal Society University Research Fellow

School of Biosciences

If you are interested in possible upcoming postgraduate opportunities in the lab, please get in touch with Andy.