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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Associate Professor Statistical Machine Learning
Deputy Section Lead Data Science & Bioinformatics
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Dr Rana is always looking for interested and motivated PhD students within my preferred research areas. Please contact Dr Rana directly via email.
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
Dr Rashid actively supervises MSc students. He is always looking for interested and motivated PhD students within his preferred research areas. Please contact Dr Rashid directly via email.
Senior Robotic Scientist at UoB and the Faraday Institution
Co-Founder of Extreme Robotics Lab
Co-Founder of the National Robotic Centre at the Birmingham Energy Innovation Centre
School of Metallurgy and Materials
Dr Rastegarpanah has a track record of supervising and mentoring undergraduate and postgraduate students throughout his career. Currently, he leads the Control and Manipulation team at the Extreme Robotics Lab, University 麻豆精选, supervising 8 PhD students and several interns and MSc students.
Dr Rastegarpanah's funded research grants and collaborations with industry have directly funded some of his students. His team's research is focused on developing adaptive control strategies for ...
Professor of Translational Ophthalmology
Honorary Consultant Ophthalmologist
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
There is a specific interest in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Immune-mediated ocular surface diseases
- Progressive conjunctival scarring
- Corneal scarring
- Ocular infections
- Ocular surface inflammation and dry eye
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Saaeha Rauz 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 ...
Lecturer in Dental Public Health
School of Dentistry
Dr Ravaghi is interested in supervising PhD projects related to dental public health. He is especially interested in supervising PhD students who want to study:
- dental health and dental care in low- and middle-income countries.
- oral health inequalities and social determinates of oral health.
Honorary Professor of Widening Participation in Biomedical Education
Department of Biomedical Sciences
Internal Examiner - Defining the mechanistic importance of CD73 in promoting carotid body-mediated cardiovascular dysfunction in response to chronic hypoxia
Honorary Research Fellow
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
David Ray has supervised postgraduate projects focused upon the Silurian. His research interests are in the following areas:
- The identification and correlation of sea-level changes (sequence stratigraphy)
- Stable carbon isotope stratigraphy
- Correlation of event beds (e.g., volcanic ash bands and biotic mass occurrences)
Honorary Reader in Astrophysics
School of Physics and Astronomy
Supervision of research PhDs in
- Extragalactic astrophysics (www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=25475&LID=147)
- Astrostatistics (www.findaphd.com/search/projectDetails.aspx?PJID=25480&LID=147)
Associate Professor in Cardiovascular Sciences
British Heart Foundation Intermediate Fellow
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Julie is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- How Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern (DAMPs) and Pathogen-Associated Molecular Patterns (PAMPs) induce thromboinflammation during infection and sterile inflammation
- How platelets regulate immune cell functions
- Understanding the crosstalk between platelet-endothelial-immune cells during infection and sterile inflammation
Emeritus Professor of Visual Cognition
School of Psychology
Professor Raymond is currently only supervising PhD students on a part-time basis. New students might involve those interested in how cognition is affected by air quality or green space proximity and pollution; how the brain codes authenticity; or, consumer responses to counterfeit crime.
Professor of Clinical Rheumatology
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Positions have included:
- Academic Representative on the West Midlands Clinical Rheumatology Training Committee (2017-2023)
- Lead for the Kenedy Trust funded Birmingham MB PhD programme lead (2020-2023)
Associate Professor in Governance and Public Policy
School Deputy Director of Research (Impact)
Department of Public Administration and Policy
Louise is keen to supervise PhD students in her areas of research expertise and interest, including:
- Multi-level governance
- Agenda setting and policy change
- Policy implementation
- Smart and sustainable transitions
- Transport policy
- Urban governance
- Wellbeing and quality of life
Please contact her for an informal chat about the topic you have in mind.