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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 in Applied Linguistics
Department of Linguistics and Communication
I currently supervise a number of PhD students in the areas of Corpus Linguistics, Discourse studies and English for Academic Purposes.
I am keen to supervise PhD research in the areas of Corpus Linguistics, discourse analysis and academic writing, and especially work that combines two or more of these areas.

Industrial Professor of Rail Strategy
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Inclusive passenger experience for neurodivergent passengers in the rail sector
- Applications of game theory to rail research
- Development of performance measurement and management system for workforce occupational health, safety and wellbeing in GB Rail

Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
If you are interested in doing a PhD that aligns with Irina’s research interests then please get in touch.
Assistant Professor in Digital Media and Communications
Department of Linguistics and Communication
I welcome enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in researching questions of digital media and communications, especially with a focus on topics such as media and digital literacy (including news, data and AI literacies), digital inequalities and inclusion, digital resilience, and digital citizenship.

Assistant Professor
School of Psychology
Barbara is keen to hear from interested early career researchers. Please send her an email with your CV and a brief overview of your research interests.
Postdoctoral researchers: Barbara is looking for postdoctoral researchers interested in interdisciplinary research (cognitive development, neuroscience, computational modeling, AI) and developing new research methods. She can advise and assist with obtaining funding. Please contact her to discuss further.
PhD students: Barbara is currently accepting new ...

Honorary Professor of Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Trevor has supervised over 20 research PhDs at Birmingham, mostly in extragalactic astrophysics.
For details of some available PhD projects see www.sr.bham.ac.uk/phd/extgal-projects.php.

Associate Professor
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Current co-supervision of research PhDs:
- The role of structure, properties and environmental effects in determining the long-term performance of resin based dental composites (RDC).

Associate Professor in Biomaterials and Bioimaging
Senior Lecturer
School of Dentistry
Prospective students and postdocs with interest in the following areas are invited to directly contact Dr Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai.
- Development of novel bioactive glasses and hybrids for hard and soft tissue regeneration
- Synthesis of bioinks for 3D bioprinting of organs and tissue constructs
- Bioactive glass fibres for bone and soft tissue regeneration
- Correlative and multiscale imaging of biomaterials and tissue material interactions

Assistant Professor in Public Policy and Management
Department of Public Administration and Policy
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Professor of Atmospheric Science
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Francis Pope is a chemist with wide ranging interests in the atmospheric sciences. He applies a fundamental physicochemical approach to investigate atmospheric species and develops novel instrumentation to probe their processes. In particular he is interested in the assessment of geoengineering schemes, primary biological aerosols and their role in atmosphere-biosphere interactions, and multi-parameter processing and aging of aerosols. Dr Pope is interested in supervising doctoral researchers in the following areas: ...

Teaching Fellow in Interdisciplinary Humanities
Liberal Arts and Natural Sciences
I am programme lead for the Liberal Arts and Sciences MRes (Masters of Research): Interdisciplinary Study. If you think you are ready to dive into your own research project and it is working beyond a single discipline please get in touch.

Professor of Indigenous and Environmental History
University 麻豆精选 125th Anniversary Chair
Principal Investigator, Treatied Spaces Research Group
Department of History
Professor Porter has a strong track record helping ECR and PGR colleagues advance their careers. She has supported a significant number to achieve positions in U.K. and U.S. Universities. She has also supported students and ECRs to attract fellowships, travel awards and other funding from the AHRC, Fulbright US-UK, government bodies and North American and European universities.
She welcomes PGR enquiries linked to:
Global Indigenous Environmental History, Culture and Literature ...