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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Associate Professor in Psychology of Religion
Department of Theology and Religion
I am happy to supervise topics within the psychology of religion, including:
Perceptions of the relationship between science and religion
Social identities and intergroup relations, particularly relating to religion, nonreligion, and/or science
Stereotyping and prejudice
How people think about God (God representations)
The complexity of people鈥檚 religious ideas and/or identities
Senior Behavioural Research Fellow (Centre-UB)
School of Psychology
Marie-Louise currently supervises three PhD students and one MD student covering topics in UK Armed Forces (serving and ex-serving personnel) including suicide and self-harm behaviours, Military Sexual Trauma, LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing experiences, and mental health help-seeking behaviours.
Teaching Fellow in Shakespeare
Department of English Literature
I have co-supervised an M4C-funded PhD at the Shakespeare Institute on Thomas Middleton鈥檚 adaptations of Shakespeare (2021), and am currently lead co-supervising an M4C-funded PhD in collaboration with Birmingham City University on metallurgical metaphors in Shakespeare鈥檚 language.
Honorary Senior Research Fellow
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Presently co-supervising one postgraduate student, based at the University of Glasgow (CRCEES).
Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Karen has experience in supervising at postgraduate level at both Master’s and PhD level.
She is interested in supervising projects related to:
- Transitional health care
- Children’s palliative care (health service development)
- Lay health beliefs
- Psychosocial interventions in children’s health care
ERA Fellow
School of Chemical Engineering
PhD supervision in cold energy storage, cryogenic energy storage, and power system integration.
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Duncan has supervised doctoral researcher on the following topics:
- Design of spinal implants
- Design of finger joint replacement implants
- Design and testing of total disc arthroplasty
- Development of spinal devices
- Design of surgical instrumentation for minimally invasive surgery
Duncan is interested to hear from prospective doctoral research students wishing to undertake research in the design and testing of medical devices (e.g. spinal implants, small joint replacement, trauma devices) and the ...
Honorary Research Fellow
Department of Applied Health Sciences
Supervision of group projects and dissertations at graduate level in previous position at Harper Adams University.
Lecturer in Magnetic Materials
Senior Tutor
School of Metallurgy and Materials
For a full list of available Doctoral Research opportunities, please visit our Doctoral Research programme listings.
Contact: metmat-phdmscadmin@contacts.bham.ac.uk
Professor in Liver Tumour Immunology, Interim Director of the Centre for Liver and Gastrointestinal Research
Cancer Research UK Advanced Clinician Scientist
Honorary Consultant Hepatologist
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Professor Shetty is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- Imaging and analysis of immune cell adhesion and migration via liver endothelial cells
- Leukocyte/endothelial interactions in the inflamed liver and liver cancer
- The role of C-type lectins and scavenger receptors in liver fibrosis and liver cancer
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Shishir Shetty directly, or for any general ...
Professor of Atmospheric Biogeochemistry
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
Zongbo Shi has research interests in atmospheric chemistry, machine learning, Net Zero, indoor air quality, health and mineral dust
Professor Shi welcomes enquiries from prospective doctoral researchers in the above areas.
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Enquires should be directed to a.m.shields@bham.ac.uk