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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Dr Shashwat Sharma

Dr Shashwat Sharma

Assistant Professor of Applied Electromagnetics and Antennas

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Inquiries from prospective PhD students and post-doctoral researchers are very welcome, particularly those interested in the following research areas:

  • Numerical and computational electromagnetics
  • Finite element and boundary element methods
  • High-performance parallel computing, hardware acceleration
  • Optimisation and machine intelligence applied towards inverse problems

While the availability of funding varies from year to year, prospective applicants who currently hold, or are eligible to apply for, their own sources of funding are encouraged ...

Dr Archana Sharma-Oates

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.

Dr Archana Sharma-Oates

Dr Archana Sharma-Oates

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.
  • Restoring environmental justice with Next Generation Risk Assessment (NGRA) for diverse ethnic populations

Students interested in pursuing a PhD position are encouraged to contact Dr Sharma-Oates directly via ...

Dr Carissa Sharp

Dr Carissa Sharp

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





Dr Marie-Louise Sharp

Dr Marie-Louise Sharp

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.

Dr Will Sharpe

Dr Will Sharpe

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.

Dr Denis Shaw

Dr Denis Shaw

Honorary Senior Research Fellow

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Presently co-supervising one postgraduate student, based at the University of Glasgow (CRCEES).

Dr Karen Louise Shaw

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

Dr Xiaohui She

Dr Xiaohui She

ERA Fellow

School of Chemical Engineering

PhD supervision in cold energy storage, cryogenic energy storage, and power system integration.

Professor Duncan ET Shepherd

Professor Duncan ET Shepherd

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 ...

Ms Jenny Shepherd

Ms Jenny Shepherd

Honorary Research Fellow

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Supervision of group projects and dissertations at graduate level in previous position at Harper Adams University.

Dr Richard Sheridan

Dr Richard Sheridan

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.   

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