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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麻豆精选 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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Assistant Professor of Medical Technologies
Programme Lead MSc Biomedical Innovation
Theme Lead Medical Sensors and Wearable Technology, SMQB
Department of Metabolism and Systems Science
Atif is interested in supervising postgraduate students in the research fields of electromagnetic sensing and therapeutics, wireless implantable medical devices, and wearable biosensors.
Associate Professor in Victorian Literature
Department of English Literature
I welcome proposals from students around the world which focus on the long nineteenth century, world literature, migration, textual and material culture, mobilities, race and racial science, decolonisation, postcolonial Victorians/neo-Victorians.
I have supervised projects on race, affect and emotions in eighteenth-century abolition literature, on the New Woman in vernacular (Kannada) South Indian literature, and on women novelists in the Victorian and late-Ottoman eras.
Associate Professor in Midwifery
Lead Midwife for Education
School Lead for Academic Quality
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Associate Professor in Sustainable Transitions
GEES Sustainability Lead
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Climate Change Mitigation and Economics; Sustainable Transitions; Accounting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Associate Professor in Mathematical Optimisation and Data Science
School of Mathematics
Xiaocheng is interested in working with highly motivated students who share any of his research interests. Please get in touch via email.
Associate Professor in Virology
Department Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Lead
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Claire Shannon-Lowe 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.
Assistant Professor
School of Mathematics
Jia Shao is interested in supervising PhD students in Quantitative Finance. Please check her research interests and publications for more details. If you are interested in working with her, she would be happy to discuss PhD project supervision with potential candidates via email.
Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience
School of Psychology
Kim Shapiro, in collaboration with colleagues, published the first paper on the 鈥榓ttentional blink鈥� phenomenon, which has attracted great interest on the part of many scientists. The original publication has been cited over 1000 times and approximately 500 reports on the same topic have followed from it. He employs a wide range of neuroscience approaches and tools in his research, including functional imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG) and event-related potentials (ERPs), ...
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Research Lead for Psychology
School of Psychology
Dr. Shereen is interested in supervising postgraduate students and PhD students in the following areas: (please email s.sharaan.1@bham.ac.uk if you’re interested in working with Dr. Shereen)
Autism and….well-being / social behavior / bilingualism / play / technology / executive functions. With a focus on non-WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democratic) populations.
Consultant Nephrologist and Transplant Physician
Honorary Professor
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Professor Sharif has been a supervisor for 10 BMedSci students from University 麻豆精选 undertaking intercalated degrees since 2015. He been lead supervisor for 2 MSc and 1 PhD students to completion. He currently supervises 2 PhD students.
Assistant Professor
School of Biosciences
Dr. Sharma-Oates is currently supervising bioinformatics projects focused on:
- Integrative analysis of genetic, proteomic, and clinical data to identify biomarkers of persistent pain in post-operative osteoarthritis patients.
- Exploring mechanisms of platelet function using large datasets and employing machine learning and bioinformatics tools.
Students interested in pursuing a PhD position are encouraged to contact Dr. Sharma-Oates directly via email.
Lecturer / Assistant Professor
School of Biosciences
Students interested in the possibility of a PhD position are encouraged to contact Dr Sharma-Oates directly via email.