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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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Assistant Professor in Resilience Engineering
Turing Fellow
School of Engineering
Dr Xia is interested in supervising postgraduate research projects in the broad area of modelling climate and weather-related risks, such as:
- Numerical simulation of rainfall-related hazards, such as flooding, landslides, and debris flows.
- Computation methods for fluid dynamics and solid-fluid interactions.
- High-performance computing techniques for environmental modelling.
- Applications of machine learning for water engineering problems.
- Big-data analytics for hazard risk management and resilience.
- Modelling impacts of extreme weather events on ...

Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Finance
Programme Director, MSc Investments
The Department of Finance
Xiaofei is interested in supervising postgraduate research in the areas of:
- Corporate Finance
- Asset Pricing
- Financial Technology

Chair in Energy and Automotive Engineering
Head of Vehicle and Engine Technology Centre
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Hongming Xu鈥檚 research interests include powertrain system control, fossil fuels and biofuels, fuel systems and mixture preparation, combustion, formation and mitigation of emissions.
Previous PhD students
1. Sathaporn Chuepeng, 鈥淨uantitative Impacat on Engine Performance and Emissions of High Proportion Biodiesel Blends and the Required Engine Control Strategies,鈥 2008 (joint supervision)
2. Jacek Misztal, 鈥淪tudy of Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Combustion and Emission Characteristics in a Multi-Cylinder Engine,鈥 2009
3. ...

Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management
Director of Full-time MBA
Department of Management
Mengyi has supervised doctoral projects on 'HR Practices in start-ups', 'the impact of Intelligent Agents on effective Algorithmic Management', 'Work-life Balance in the UK Higher Education'.
Mengyi is accepting PhD students interested in her research expertise below, using quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods. Students are also welcome to propose their own topics. Please send an email with your CV and research proposal for further discussion.
- Work-life interface, boundary management ...

Research Fellow
Department of Cancer and Genomic Sciences
MSc Health Data Science Student Projects

Lecturer in Electrical Power Networks
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
Dr. Xue is interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- HVDC & FACTS
- Renewable Energy Integration
- Power System Simulation Technology
- Power System Protection