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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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Professor of Biogeography
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Jon Sadler’s research focuses on the ecology of two very different environments (riparian and urban) that are subjected to periodic disturbances by either natural and/or anthropogenic processes. The main thrust of the work is to disentangle the often conflicting influences of the landscape ecology of riverscapes and urban landscapes on the ecology of animals that live there. Within these broad areas there are two key linking and cross-cutting themes: gaining ...

Associate Clinical Professor in Rheumatology
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Ilfita welcomes enquiries from prospective students interested in any areas of her research.

Assistant Professor in Law
Birmingham Law School
Rishika welcomes doctoral supervision in these areas:
• International and comparative human rights law
• Socio-economic rights
• Decolonization of law and justice
• Critical approaches to human rights

Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering
Department of Civil Engineering
Please do not hesitate to contact Dr Salami if you are passionate about research, and are interested in pursuing a PhD study in any of the aforementioned research areas.

Associate Professor in History of Art
Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies
Gregory Salter's research to date has focused on art from Britain since 1945, focusing particularly on histories of gender, sexuality, migrations, and home / the domestic across this period.
Dr Salter welcomes enquiries from prospective postgraduate students hoping to undertake research relating to his research and teaching interests.

Senior Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies
Department of Modern Languages
I would welcome graduate students wishing to work on any area within modern Hispanic literature and intellectual and cultural history or any other of my research interests.
Find out more - our PhD Hispanic Studies page has information about doctoral research at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

Reader
School of Biosciences
For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Sanchez-Moran:
www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Sanchez-Moran

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Microbiology and Infection
Enea has mentored BSc, PhD students and technicians in the groups where she worked as a postdoctoral researcher.

Deputy Head of College of Social Sciences
Department of Management
- Public sector procurement and supply management
- Public - Private Partnerships
- Contracting and governance in large-scale projects
- Supplier relationship and contract management

Senior Lecturer in Palaeobiology
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Ivan Sansom is currently undertaking research projects in the following areas:
The Ordovician radiation of fish: a Gondwanan perspective on diversification in fluctuating palaeoenvironments
Cambro-Ordovician fish from North America
The palaeobiology of Ordovician fish from South America
The origins and early evolution of vertebrate biomineralisation
The origin of the gnathostomes
Dr Sansom welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in his areas of interest.
Assistant Professor (Education) - Systems Thinking and Leadership - Birmingham Leadership Institute
College of Social Sciences
Helen is interested in supervising postgraduate students in the areas of Systems Thinking, Leadership, Adult Learning, and Professional Development.

Senior Lecturer in Modern Languages
Department of Modern Languages
I welcome applications of postgraduate students working in many aspects of the Portuguese-speaking world and critical theory, including comparative studies involving other languages and cultures, and am open to co-supervision. My areas of interest include:
- Cultures and intellectual histories of the Portuguese-speaking world (including national, transnational, and comparative approaches)
- Brazilian cultures
- Postcolonial studies
- World literature theories and pedagogies
- Postcolonial memory
- The history and aesthetics of the novel
- Diasporas of the ...