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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 Richard Steeds

Honorary Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine
Deputy Director of Clinical Research
Consultant in Cardiovascular Imaging

Department of Cardiovascular Sciences

Available for supervision

Subject areas

Diagnosis, progression and management of carcinoid heart disease
Screening and community detection and monitoring of valvular heart disease
Development of metabolic cardiomyopathies, including Fabry and Alstrom

Professor Steeds has been the primary or co-supervisor for 8 PhD students, who have all gone on to become either consultant cardiologists within the field of cardiovascular imaging and/or have developed independent research programmes within the University. He currently ...

Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens

Professor in Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Research
Director of the Centre of Doctoral Training (CDT) in Fuel Cells and their Fuels

School of Chemical Engineering

25 doctoral theses 23 MSc/MRes, and 38 MEng/MSc(UK)/BEng, concluded to date (see below).

Current topics on offer

Composite membranes and metallic GDL for IT-PEFC
SOFC Hybrid vehicle drives on Heavy Goods Vehicles, buses, rail vehicles, ships, and aircraft
reversible SOFC operation on methane
high level controller for renewable energy storage system using hydrogen
SOFC manufacturing
synthetic ‘green’ fuels
transport energy needs and internet shopping

Current PhD project

Microtubular SOFC systems ...

Dr Neil Stephens

Associate Professor in Technology and Society

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Neil is interested in supervising a broad range of doctoral projects, but has a particular interest in projects engaging with the relationships between science, technology and society. Areas of interest include health, digital, environmental and food technologies. Projects that look to critically engage with existing or emerging technology, and/or explore the cultural framing of technology and science are of particular interest.

Dr Zoe Stephenson

Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology
Deputy Director of the Forensic Psychology Postgraduate Programmes

School of Psychology

Dr Stephenson is currently supervising a PhD student exploring empathy in individuals with convictions for violent and sexual offences, and another PhD student investigating the experiences of women with prior sexual offence convictions and the victims of female-perpetrated sexual offending.

She also supervises six doctoral trainees on a wide range of topics within the field of forensic psychology.

Professor Tiffany Stern, FBA

Professor of Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama
Deputy Director of Institute: Research

Shakespeare Institute

I have supervised doctorates on the publishers of Shakespeare鈥檚 first folio, Carolean stage warfare, Jonson in parts, eighteenth century Shakespeare editors, Coronation literature, warrior women, English translations of Moliere, and commonplace books amongst others. I welcome enquiries from graduate students on these, any of the subjects outlined above, and related 16-18th century topics.

Dr Neil Steven

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer and Consultant in Medical Oncology

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Dr Steven has supervised doctoral students who have been awarded PhD or MD degrees and students studying on the MSc in oncology.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Neil Steven 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 programme listings.

Mr Andrew Stevens

NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Neurosurgery
Honorary Specialty Registrar in Neurosurgery

Department of Inflammation and Ageing

MSc dissertation supervisor
PhD student co-supervisor

Professor emeritus Andrew Stevens

Professor emeritus of Public Health

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Andrew has supervised PhDs in

Horizon Scanning Methods
Health Technology Diffusion
The Prioritization of Health care

Andrew is happy to take on future PhD students in related areas such as the role of bodies like NICE.

If you are interested in studying any of these subject areas please contact Andrew directly, or
for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk

Dr Carl Stevenson

Lecturer in Geology

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Carl Stevenson鈥檚 principal research uses rock magnetic techniques to measure very weak or subtle mineral alignment fabrics in igneous rocks. He is a specialist in anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) analysis. This technique can be employed in a number of different settings and Dr Stevenson uses it to detect 鈥榝rozen in鈥� evidence for magma flow in igneous intrusions from granite plutons to dykes and sills that form the roots of ...