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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Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡ 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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Dr Yueting Sun

Dr Yueting Sun

Associate Professor

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Dr Yueting Sun is seeking motivated students to join his group, based in the Nanoporous Materials and Mechanics Laboratory with outstanding facilities from chemical synthesis, material processing, to mechanical testing. His research is interdisciplinary, so applications are welcome from candidates across different areas, including but not limited to:

  • Chemistry: crystallography, synthesis of nanoporous materials (e.g., MOFs, COFs, zeolites, silica, polymer), mechanochemistry
  • Physics: nanofluidics (e.g., nanoscale water), molecular simulation, thermodynamics
  • Materials: colloids ...

Professor Sudha Sundar

Professor Sudha Sundar

Professor of Gynaecological Cancer

Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences

Trainees interested in pursuing MD or PhD higher research degrees in any of the research areas below are encouraged to email.

Dr Emma Surman

Dr Emma Surman

Senior Lecturer in Marketing

Department of Marketing

Emma is interested in supervising research in the following areas:

  • Critical Marketing
  • Community Organisations and Consumption
  • Food Consumption and the Intersections with Production
  • Ethical and Sustainable/Consumption
  • Vulnerable Consumers and Market Place Exclusion
  • Participatory/Arts Based and Visual Research Methodologies

Dr Andrew Surtees

Dr Andrew Surtees

Associate Professor in Psychology

School of Psychology

Dr. Surtees regularly supervises postgraduate students. If you are interested in undertaking a PhD with him, please contact him via email.

Dr Claire Sutton

Dr Claire Sutton

Assistant Professor in Adult Nursing

School of Nursing and Midwifery

  • MRes supervision

Dr Emma Sutton

Dr Emma Sutton

Associate Professor Implementation Science and MSK Advanced Practice

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Emma is interested to supervise PhD students conducting work in the field of quality improvement, surgical research, patient and public involvement, hip fracture and quality of reporting.

Dr Evelyn Svingen

Dr Evelyn Svingen

Assistant Professor in Criminology

Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology

Evelyn will welcome applications from potential research students interested in (but not limited to):

  • Theories of crime
  • Biosocial criminology
  • Mental illness and crime
  • Forensic psychology
  • Quantitative research methods

Dr Amelia Swift

Dr Amelia Swift

Reader in Health Professional Education
Head of Education (Nursing)

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Amelia is interested in supervising projects with a focus on health professional education, clinical pain management, and practice-based pain education. Approaches used are quantitative or mixed methods.

Amelia is also keen to support the nursing, midwifery and allied health research pipeline and is supporting health professionals from a variety of backgrounds to undertake MRES and PhD studies as clinical academics.

Dr Katharine Sykes

Dr Katharine Sykes

Associate Professor in Early Medieval History

Department of History

 


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Dr Rachel Sykes

Dr Rachel Sykes

Associate Professor in Contemporary Literature and Culture

Department of English Literature

I’m interested in supervising research on:
• Contemporary memoir and autobiography, particularly women and LGBTQIA+ authors;
• Feminist, queer, and/or disability theories;
• Digital cultures, particularly social media and online information sharing practices;
• Contemporary literary and popular culture, particularly TV, pop music, and music videos.