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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Professor Ed Wilding

Professor Ed Wilding

Professor in Psychology

School of Psychology

I am happy to talk to students about postgraduate supervision starting in fall 2020. I am currently part of supervisory teams for 5 students who are based at the University of Nottingham.

 

Professor Nicola Wilkin

Professor Nicola Wilkin

Director of Education, College of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Professor of Physics

School of Physics and Astronomy

  • Supervision of research PhDs in ultracold gases and vortex flow in superconductors.

 

Dr Christina Wilkins

Dr Christina Wilkins

Lecturer in Film and Creative Writing

Department of Film and Creative Writing

I am interested in supervising projects that explore contemporary film and television, around themes of mental health, identity, gender, or projects within adaptation studies.

Dr Hazel Wilkinson

Dr Hazel Wilkinson

Senior Lecturer

Department of English Literature

I welcome enquiries from potential PhD students in the following areas: the literature and culture of the long eighteenth century; the history of the book; digital humanities; literary editing; poetry; renaissance literature; Edmund Spenser; Alexander Pope; reception studies.

Current supervision projects include the reception of Shakespeare in the eighteenth century.

Professor Benjamin Willcox

Professor Benjamin Willcox

Head of Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy
Professor of Molecular Immunology

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

Ben is interested in supervising doctoral research students in the following areas:

  • The role of gamma delta T cells in tumour immunity 
  • Immune presentation and recognition of phosphopeptide antigens

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Professor Benjamin Wilcox 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 ...

Dr Carrie Willcox

Senior Research Fellow

Department of Immunology and Immunotherapy

In recent years, Carrie has supervised several MSc and PhD students in the field of antigen recognition requirements of gamma delta T cells.

If you are interesting in studying any of these subject areas please contact Dr Carrie Willcox 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.

Dr Matthew Willett

Dr Matthew Willett

Lecturer in Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy

School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Matthew is interested in supervising MSc dissertation projects which fall within the following areas:

  • Psychosocial and neurophysiological aspects of pain syndromes, especially neuropathic and central sensitisation pain mechanisms
  • Interventions which optimise patient physical activity behaviours
  • Primary studies on sporting populations
  • Systematic review methodology.

Professor Andrew N Williams

Professor Andrew N Williams

Consultant Community Paediatrician
Curator of Archive Northampton General Hospital

Department of Applied Health Sciences

Andrew is always willing to discuss using the Archive at Northampton General Hospital for undergraduate and postgraduate research in the history of medicine and medical humanities

https://www.northamptongeneral.nhs.uk/About/OurHistory/Archive-Team.aspx

Dr Clare Williams

Dr Clare Williams

Assistant Professor

Birmingham Law School

Clare would be delighted to hear from prospective doctoral students with an interest in any of the following fields:
Economic Sociology of Law
Law and Political Economy
Disability Law and Justice
Legal Design

Professor Hugo Williams

Professor of Aerospace Engineering

School of Metallurgy and Materials

Previous research PhD supervision topics have focussed on properties and processing of various materials critical to the performance and safety of space radioisotope power systems, including oxide ceramic surrogates of AmO2-x, Bi2Te3 thermoelectric materials and various metallic and composite containment structures. Hugo is willing to consider funded research students wishing to undertake research on aircraft performance and applied Engineering Education research. Any funded opportunities available will be externally advertised though ...

Professor Huw Williams

Professor Huw Williams

Honorary Professor of Automotive Engineering

School of Engineering

  • Automotive Engineering

Professor Iestyn Williams

Professor Iestyn Williams

Professor of Health Policy and Management

Health Services Management Centre

Iestyn welcomes PhD proposals on the following themes:

  • Priority setting, decision making and decommissioning

  • Health care change and improvement

  • Social science methods in health services research