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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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Senior Lecturer in Immunity and Infection
Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Graham is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:
- The effect of vitamin D production in ocular barrier cells
- Biological dressings for treating corneal infectious disease
- The genetic basis of ocular inflammatory disease
If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Graham Wallace directly, or for any general doctoral research enquiries, please email mds-gradschool@contacts.bham.ac.uk.
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Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer
Associate Professor (Reader) in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Professor Wallis has successfully lead supervised 6 PhD and 3 research Master’s students to completion and currently supervises the following postgraduate researchers:
- Ollie Odell 2017-2021). PhD Research area – carbohydrate nutrition and exercise metabolism. Supported by the BBSRC MIBTP and Volac International Ltd.
- Israel Podesta Donoso (2019-2023). PhD Research area – exercise metabolism, nutrition and energy balance. Supported by a Chilean Government Scholarship.
Head of Research and Knowledge Transfer
Associate Professor (Reader) in Exercise Metabolism and Nutrition
School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences
Professor Wallis has successfully lead supervised 6 PhD and 3 research Master’s students to completion and currently supervises the following postgraduate researchers:
- Ollie Odell 2017-2021). PhD Research area – carbohydrate nutrition and exercise metabolism. Supported by the BBSRC MIBTP and Volac International Ltd.
- Israel Podesta Donoso (2019-2023). PhD Research area – exercise metabolism, nutrition and energy balance. Supported by a Chilean Government Scholarship.
Professor of Screen Aesthetics and Criticism
Department of Film and Creative Writing
I welcome postgraduate applications in the areas of film and television, as well as potential co-supervisions across subjects and departments within the School of English, Drama and Creative Studies.
Professor of Critical and Magnetic Materials
Co-Director of the Birmingham Centre for Strategic Elements and Critical Materials
School of Metallurgy and Materials
- Microporous materials for hydrogen storage– Steven Paul Tedds, PhD
- Melt-spun Mg-Ti-Ni alloys for hydrogen storage materials – Xiaodong Yi, PhD
- In-situ hydrogen decrepitation of NdFB –Jonathan Meakin, MRes
- Optimisation of HDDR processing parameters of sintered NdFeB magnets – Richard Sheridan, PhD
- The effect of microstructure and composition on HDDR processing of scrap magnets – Alec Durrant, MRes
- The processing and characterisation of recycled NdFeB-type sintered magnets – Malik Degri, PhD
Chair in Operations and Supply Chain Management
Department of Management
Xiaojun has supervised over 10 doctoral students to completion. He welcomes PhD applications in the areas of Supply Chain Management and Business Analytics, and is particularly interested in supervising doctoral research in the following areas:
- Net zero transition and sustainable supply chain management
- Machine learning & AI applications in operations and supply chain management
- e-business innovation and platform economy
- Healthcare operations and service improvement
Research Fellow
School of Dentistry
- 9 undergraduate students (3 in Birmingham University, 2 in Portsmouth, 2 in Singapore, and 2 in China)
- 7 MSc students (Birmingham University)
- 1 PhD student (University 麻豆精选, co-supervision)
Senior Lecturer in Finance
The Department of Finance
- Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)
- Government control
- Green finance
- Corporate finance
Lecturer in Marketing
Department of Marketing
Associate Professor
School of Chemical Engineering
Xinfang supervises PhD, MSc and MEng students.
Xinfang is interested in supervising postgraduate/PhD students in the fields of energy, cooling, and transport for climate change mitigation and adaptation, particularly applying interdisciplinary and whole systems approaches. Please contact her if interested.
Professor of Microwave Engineering
Head of Emerging Device Technology (EDT) Research Lab
Academic Lead of Engineering Cleanroom, THz Measurement Suite, and THz VNA Facility
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
- Programmable / adaptable microwave devices using liquid metals and/or liquid dielectrics.
- 3D printed microwave filters and antennas
- Sub-THz passive components and front-ends for communications and sensing
- Mm-wave and sub-THz antennas
- Multi-functional multi-port microwave devices, their synthesis and co-design
Qualified and highly motivated students are welcome to apply for one of our Postgraduate doctoral research programmes.
Associate Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Yongjing supervises a number of postdoctoral researchers, PhD researchers, master and undergraduate research students within the School of Engineering.
We are already looking for highly motivated people to join our team.
Researchers who would like to join our research team may apply for scholarship and fellowship opportunities, please check the links below.
- Doctoral Research Scholarships and funding
- Postdoctoral and Fellowship Opportunities
For more details, please contact y.wang@bham.ac.uk.