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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Professor John Thornes

Professor of Applied Meteorology

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Research Students since 2001

S. Du Self Funding Climate Emissions Trading and Climate Uncertainty PhD 2008 -

S. Khan School Studentship Monet and the London Series PhD 2006 -

S. Keeling PhD 2008 Self funding Public Perception of Weather Forecasts

Sam Randalls PhD 2006 NERC/ESRC Firms, Finance and the Weather – Weather Derivatives.

Lee Chapman PhD 2002 School Studentship A Blueprint for 21st Century Road ice prediction.

Professor Chris Thornhill

Professor of Law

Birmingham Law School

Chris has supervised PhDs on many legal topics, including: Constitutional Reform in Kenya; Constitutional Reform in Egypt; the Jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in National Constitutional Law in South America; the Global Right to Food; the History of International Criminal Law; Military Law and Legal Reform in China; Constitutional Law and Populism in Poland and Brazil; Constitutional Reform in Scotland; Constitutional Reform in Turkey; Constitutional Reform in ...

Professor Susannah Thorpe

Professor Susannah Thorpe

Professor of Zoology

School of Biosciences

For a list of possible PhD projects offered by Dr Thorpe:

www.findaphd.com/search/customlink.asp?inst=birm-Biol&supersurname=Thorpe

Dr Meng Tian

Dr Meng Tian

Associate Professor in Educational Leadership
Director of Global Engagement for the College of Social Science

School of Education

Distributed leadership
Social justice leadership
Leaders’ and teachers’ professional development
Educational leadership policymaking
Comparative education



Dr Zhongbei Tian

Dr Zhongbei Tian

Assistant Professor in Transport Energy Systems

Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering

Dr Zhongbei Tian is accepting PhD students and visiting scholars who are interested in transport and energy systems.

Please contact with Dr Zhongbei Tian directly to discuss the research topics and PhD scholarship.

Dr Grace Tidmarsh

Dr Grace Tidmarsh

Postdoctoral Research and Teaching Fellow

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

  • Kirsty Brown MSc by Research
  • Nadia Samsudin, PhD 

Professor Miles Tight

Professor Miles Tight

Professor of Transport, Energy and Environment

Department of Civil Engineering

  • Aminu Sulieman: Using neural networks to model particulate pollution from transport. Recently awarded.
  • Ashley Hayden: Assessing the potential for large scale changes in urban transport to promote sustainability.
  • Can Biyik: Visioning futures for walking and cycling in Turkish urban areas.
  • Carlo Luiu: Design of urban transport systems to meet the needs of an older population.
  • Duy Phan: Integrated planning resilient transportation system for river cities to mitigate flooding hazards in ...

Professor Graham Timmins

Professor Graham Timmins

Professor of International Politics

Department of Political Science and International Studies

Professor Timmins is available to supervise in areas related to the external relations and foreign policy role of the European Union with specific reference to EU-Russia and German-Russian relations.

Professor Colin Timms

Emeritus Professor of Music

Department of Music

Successful Ph.D. dissertations on Thomas Morley as a Music Publisher, Schuetz’s Passion settings, the cantata spirituale e morale, Handel’s opera Poro, Domenico Dragonetti, Tchaikovsky’s songs and Rimsky-Korsakov’s operas.


Find out more - our Music postgraduate study  page has information about doctoral research at the University Âé¶¹¾«Ñ¡.

John Tingle

John Tingle

Associate Professor

Birmingham Law School

National and Global Patient Safety
Clinical Negligence Litigation


Professor Peter Tino

Professor Peter Tino

Professor of Complex and Adaptive Systems

School of Computer Science

Peter has supervised and co-supervised 16 PhD students to successful completion of their studies. He currently supervises and co-supervises 13 research students.

Professor Peter Tino

Professor Peter Tino

Professor of Complex and Adaptive Systems

School of Computer Science

Peter has supervised and co-supervised 16 PhD students to successful completion of their studies. He currently supervises and co-supervises 13 research students.