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
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 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.

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

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.

Assistant Professor in Adult Nursing
School of Nursing and Midwifery

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.

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

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.

Associate Professor in Early Medieval History
Department of History
Find out more - our PhD History page has information about doctoral research at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

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.