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Research that matters
Challenge yourself and become an expert in your field as part of a thriving research community of over 4,000 postgraduate researchers at the University of Leeds.
- World top-100 University | QS World University Rankings 2023
- 90% of University of Leeds research has a quality rating of “world-leading” or "internationally excellent” | REF 2021
- Founding member of the prestigious Russell Group
We need researchers at all levels, with exciting new ideas and approaches. Start your journey into postgraduate research at Leeds.
Postgraduate Virtual Open Day
Take your knowledge to the next level with a postgraduate research degree at Leeds.
Join us at our Virtual Open Day on Wednesday 15 February at 11:00 - 15:00 (GMT) to take part in our programme of live events, led by experts.
Chat with specialists from our postgraduate community and find out more about your study options, funding your degree, furthering your career and making Leeds your home.
Research excellence
We’re at the forefront of knowledge across a wide range of disciplines. Our postgraduate researchers are an integral part of this, discovering exciting new ideas and approaches. The world faces large and complex problems. Here at Leeds, we bring together researchers from different disciplines and backgrounds to combine excellence and create an environment where world-leading research can flourish. Our research tackles the big issues affecting today’s world. Imagine chemotherapy treatment with fewer side effects, self-repairing cities, and easing global water scarcity.
Learn about our latest research
Develop your personal and professional profile
As a researcher at Leeds, you’ll build networks and connections to share and further your research. We’ll encourage you to make the most of the collaborative opportunities all around you. We offer specialist training opportunities to help you develop new skills and expertise to help you realise your professional goals.
Hear about Delanyo's experience as a research student at Leeds:
Leading research facilities
We are home to some of the UK’s leading research centres, all based at the University. These include:
- Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
- Leeds Institute for Data Analytics, Centre for Cultural Value
- The Centre for Immersive Technologies
- M&S Company Archive to name a few.
Our Special Collections are a unique resource for primary research we are the only library with five collections awarded ‘designated status’ by Arts Council England. Our outstanding facilities provide an excellent platform for your research and enhance your academic experience, whatever your specialism.
A welcoming community
At Leeds you’re joining thriving and welcoming community of researchers from around the world. You’ll find a host of opportunities to connect with others academically and socially. Our dedicated Leeds Doctoral College supports you throughout your postgraduate research journey. It brings together all the support services and opportunities to enhance your research, your development, and your overall experience.
Learn about Leeds Doctoral College
Equality, diversity and inclusion
The University of Leeds is fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. As part of our commitment to postgraduate diversity, we offer a number of fully funded postgraduate research scholarships for UK students from under-represented groups, including those from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. You can also get in touch with our Postgraduate Graduate Research Diversity Team who provide a wide range of support for postgraduate researchers from under-represented groups throughout their study.
A vibrant city
Leeds has all you would expect from a major city and is surrounded by beautiful, accessible countryside. Our campus is located just a few minutes’ walk from Leeds city centre, giving you all the benefits of studying at a campus university and living close to a lively cosmopolitan city.
Funding and scholarships
We have a number of postgraduate scholarships available to UK and international students: we recommend you take a look at our funding directory to see the latest opportunities available to you.
We also have several externally funded research opportunities including our Doctoral Training Programmes. If you’re a former student of the University of Leeds you could be eligible for a 10% alumni tuition fee bursary.
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Project List:
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr X Jia)GREENCDT Developing a digital twin for validation of packing optimisers used for nuclear decommissioning
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T Hunter)GREENCDT Direct capture of radioactive iodine on solid adsorbents
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L Yang)GREENCDT Functional thin film coatings design and optimisation based on the wear and corrosion mechanisms for the next generation nuclear reactors
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof M Fairweather)GREENCDT Prediction of Non-Spherical Particle Interaction and Agglomeration in Pipe Flows for Nuclear Waste Management Applications
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(PhD Supervisor: Assoc Prof David Harbottle)GREENCDT Soil-Capacitive Deionization (S-CDI): Mitigating Radionuclide Spread in Groundwater Flows
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T Mahmud)GREENCDT Synthesis and characterisation of mixed actinide oxalates for the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuels
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof F Muller)GREENCDT The Nuclear Furnace
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Yang)GREENCDT Waste Hydrogen Explosion Management in Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities
The Faculty of Biological Sciences (FBS) at the University of Leeds (www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk, and www.fbs.leeds.ac.uk/research) is one of the largest in the UK, with over 150 academic staff and over 400 postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students. The Faculty is ranked 4th in the UK (Nature Journal, 457 (2009) doi :10.1038/457013a) based on results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE feedback noted that "virtually all outputs were assessed as being recognized internationally, with many (60%) being internationally excellent or world-leading". The feedback also commended the quality of postgraduate training. FBS offers superb facilities and a high quality research training environment for all areas including agriculture, animal and plant sciences, biochemistry and molecular biology, bioinformatics, ecology and evolution, genetics, microbiology, neurosciences, pharmacology and physiology, and structural molecular biology. Its research grant portfolio totals some £60M and funders include charities, research councils, the European Union and industry.
FBS is made up of three schools (Molecular and Cellular Biology; Biomedical Sciences; Biology). There are also a number of Research Centres (the Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology, the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation, and the Centre for Plant Sciences) and major research groupings that cover such diverse areas as Biomembranes, Biomechanics and Comparative Physiology, Infectious Diseases/Molecular Microbiology, Ecology, Evolution and the Environment, Molecular and Cell Biology, Muscle, Neurosciences, Plant Research (including Agriculture) and Structural Biology. There are strong interdisciplinary connections between the constituent Institutes and Centres and with the research schools within the Leeds General Infirmary and St James' University Hospital.
Project List:
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr B.M. Filippi)Brain liver axis and the regulation of glucose and fat metabolism
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof A Whitehouse)Characterisation of specialised ribosomes induced by Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A.K Tuplin)Control and inhibition of virus replication
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Juan Fontana)Cryo-electron microscopy of influenza virus and bunyaviruses
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Alex O'Neill)Delineating the antimicrobial resistome of Clostridioides difficile
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Simon Walker)Development of bioinspired robotic flapper
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Anton Calabrese)Development of novel crosslinking-mass spectrometry technologies to interrogate the molecular sociology of cells
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Alex O'Neill)Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M.R. Herod)Employing molecular virology to investigate hepatitis E virus replication
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Boyes)Epigenetics and Cancer: Determining how Mistakes in V(D)J Recombination Trigger Leukaemias and Lymphomas
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Goodman)Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in the Caspian Sea
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr B.M. Filippi)How GABA neurones in the DVC control glucose metabolism
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Hazel Fermor)Injectable hydrogels for cartilage repair
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr E W Hewitt)Nanoinjection: a novel single molecule technique to study alpha-synuclein amyloid toxicity inside neurons
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof N J Stonehouse)Production and characterization of novel vaccine candidates
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Maria Beger)Quantifying and managing multi-taxon range shifts in marine reef ecosystems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr N.A. Riobo-Del Galdo)Specialised ribosomes in cancer: structural, biochemical and functional characterisation
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Katie Simmons)Synthesis and biological evaluation of novel potassium channel inhibitors for the development of treatments for KCNT1-related epilepsy
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Ian Wood)Targeting protein acetylation to reduce microglia activation in neurodegenerative disorders
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Alison Dunn)The Impact of Species Extinctions on Biological Communities and Human Wellbeing
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Alex O'Neill)Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof P. Urwin)Translating the chemical cross-talk between plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi through design and application of novel microfluidics devices
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Alexander Garvin)Uncovering the dynamics of SUMOylation in DNA replication
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Anton Calabrese)Understanding the formation viral factories: Novel targets for antiviral therapies
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Juan Fontana)Understanding the structural consequences of ribosome specialisation
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Project List:
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Arash Rabbani)3D reconstruction of porous material based on 2D images using conditional generative adversarial neural networks (CGANs)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jian Liu)A computational framework of associative learning and memory formation
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jian Liu)A multilevel computational framework for brain diseases
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L Jennings)A new, all-polymer PEEK-OPTIMA™ femoral knee component for total knee replacement
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Megan Wright)A small molecule approach to spatial and temporal control of covalent protein inhibition in cells
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jian Liu)A theoretical framework of multi-task optimisation
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Asaf Karagila)Aspects of Choiceless Set Theory
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zheng Wang)Automatic Software Bug Detection and Fixing by Learning from Large Code Examples
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr R Richter)Barrier functions of the sugary cell coat – Understanding how extracellular signalling proteins and bacterial toxins navigate the cell surface
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Lanpeng Ji)Bayesian tree models with applications to Insurance ratemaking
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jian Liu)Brain-inspired See-Think-Act Intelligent Machines
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Richard Barker)Chemical Control of Silica Scaling in Geothermal Systems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zlatko Papic)Chiral Gravitons in Topological Quantum Matter: From Solid-State Materials to Quantum Computers
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Michal Drewniok)Climate compatible decision making in the UK construction sector
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Computational Neuromusculoskeletal Modelling
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Contactless Sensing for Vital Sign Monitoring
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Data Analytics for Steady-State Visual Evoked Potential-based Brain-Computer Interface
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Richard Mandle)Developing a tuneable ferroelectric nematic materials platform
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Sofya Titarenko)Development of machine learning-based methodology to study patterns in medical data (in application to COVID-19)
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof G Jose)Development of remote quantum sensing using photonic technologies
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr E Pournaras)Distributed Artificial Intelligence for Collective Decisions in Smart Cities
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zheng Wang)Energy-efficient Computing Through Fine-grained Energy Accounting
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Ward)Exact analysis of dynamics on networks using permutation group theory
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof A Nelson)Expanding the biological diversity of chemical probes to ligand the ‘dark’ proteome
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Pantelis Eleftheriou)Groups definable in tame expansions of o-minimal structures
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof F Muller)High Pressure Dissolved Gas Reactor Concept
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Alison Parker)Improving management of rural water services
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Mohammed Abdelmegid)Incorporating Knowledge Management into the Planning of Infrastructure Projects
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T Stewart)Intra-operative Patella-femoral Resurfacing Kinematics
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Jamie Bartram)Investigating the effectiveness of ‘Drinking Water Safety Planning’ for future smart water systems
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof A Jha)Lasers and Light Source guided Osteogenesis and Angiogenesis for Tissue Engineering
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Dicle Kortamtamer)Leading infrastructure projects in the face of climate challenges
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Machine Learning and Deep Learning for Myoelectric Control
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T A Moore)Manipulation of skyrmions with tailored acoustic potentials
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zheng Wang)Modernise Compiler Technology with Deep Learning
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G de Boer)Multiscale tribological modelling of a novel sliding cam transmission system
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Yongxing Wang)Numerical simulation of fluid-structure interaction problems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Bryant)Oncological Engineering: A new concept in the treatment of bone metastases
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof G Jose)Optical and magnetic resonance imaging using upconversion nanoparticles
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr N Warren)Optimizing Polymer Synthesis using Artificial Intelligence
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof A M Rucklidge)Pattern Formation (Applied Nonlinear Dynamics)
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr D Read)Plastics recycling challenges: a combined physical modelling and AI/data science approach
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof J E Cunningham)Pollard Institute: Control of terahertz lasers using sound
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof E Linfield)Pollard Institute: Molecular beam epitaxial growth of terahertz quantum cascade lasers
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A Valavanis)Pollard Institute: Real-time gas sensing using terahertz quantum cascade lasers
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof J E Cunningham)Pollard Institute: Terahertz imaging systems for medical robotic surgery
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Freeman)Pollard Institute: Topological insulator plasmonics
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Anuradha Pallipurath)Predictive control of crystallisation through correlative studies of molecular fragments
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G Heath)Pushing the Resolution Limits of High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zlatko Papic)Quantum Many-Body Scars and Weak Ergodicity Breaking in Rydberg-Atom Quantum Simulators
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Keeran Ward)Reinventing coatings for sustainable flexible packaging
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L X Zhang)Resource management of space-air-ground integrated network
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Peter Adams)Revealing the mechanism of photoprotection in light-harvesting proteins using novel nanotechnology and advanced time-resolved fluorescence microscopy
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Andrew Brooke-Taylor)Set theory: large cardinals, forcing, and their applications
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Soft Sensing and Actuation for Upper Limb Rehabilitation
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jitse Niesen)Solving differential equations in chemical engineering
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Jitse Niesen)Solving differential equations with Fourier extension
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Julian Pittard)Stellar wind feedback
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Timothy Moorsom)Structure and behaviour of magnetic enzymes
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Han Fang)Sustainable and reusable structural systems for infrastructures in a Net-Zero society
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Adam Clayton)Sustainable Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Autonomous Development of Telescoped Catalytic Reactions
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Halcrow)The Contribution of Lattice Vibrations to Switchable Spin-Crossover Crystals
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Julian Pittard)The Non-thermal Emission from Colliding Winds Binaries
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof F Muller)The Nuclear Furnace
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Mattsson)The physics of polymer glasses in confined geometries and in the bulk
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Mattsson)The physics of polymer glasses in confined geometries and in the bulk
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A Barker)Tidal flows in extrasolar planets and stars
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J Freeman)Topological insulator plasmonics
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Zheng Wang)Toward Easy Parallel Programming for Computational Fluid Dynamics
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr A Sweetman)Understanding Atomic-scale Friction
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Nadhir Ben Rached)Variance Reduction Technique for Rare Events Simulations
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr C Bale)Visualising urban heat systems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Richard Booth)Volatile evolution during planet formation
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Wearable Data Analytics
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Z Zhang)Wearable Energy Harvester from Human Gait
Research Profiles:
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Alan Grainger)Grassland Degradation Detection and Assessment in China by Remote Sensing
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T Craig)Mapping the coupling properties of the subduction megathrust using seismic data
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr J L Thorne)Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipid Sensing Nuclear Receptors in Cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Mark Hopkins)Physiological and Psychological Mechanisms of Resistance to Weight Loss and/or Weight Loss Maintenance
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Amin Sadeghpour Dilmaghani)Structure formation and functions in hybrid lipid-biopolymer membranes
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Michael Rappolt)Structuring Role of Confined Water in Biointerfaces under Extreme Conditions
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Célia Ferreira)Use of Fermentation to solve current Food Science, Food Formulation and Sustainability challenges
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G Mavria)Cancer Biology: The role of Wnt signaling in glioblastoma therapeutic resistance
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr G Mavria)Cancer: Characterization of EGFR signaling activated by the endothelium in the process of breast cancer metastasis to the brain
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr MA Volpato)Cancer: Complex 3D modelling of the tumour microenvironment for immunotherapy combination screening
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr T Hughes)Cancer: Developing cubosome nanocarriers to improve chemotherapy responses in breast cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr E Valleley)Cancer: Epigenetic therapy using microbubble-mediated drug delivery for colorectal cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Papa)Cancer: Inhibiting cell metabolism to enhance tumour cell death
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L Matthews)Cancer: Repurposing drugs as new treatments for breast cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr F Errington-Mais)Cancer: Understanding the immunosuppressive role of fibroblast and macrophages in Breast cancer
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr H Wurdak)Cancer: Why and how do brain tumour cells invade ‘mini-brains’?
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr C Diggle)Cell Biology/Genetics: Identifying the mechanisms controlling HPGD expression and the functional consequences of HPGD increase
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof M Wilcox)Clinical Gastroenterology: Investigation of Fidaxomicin Resistance Mechanisms in Clostridium difficile
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof M Wilcox)Clinical Gastroenterology: The regulation of GDH expression in Clostridioides difficile
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr D Stark)Clinical: Adherence with Cancer Treatment in Adolescents and Young Adults
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof L Houghton)Clinical: Gastroesophageal reflux in respiratory disease: pathogenic role and improved management
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr L Roberts)Exploring novel molecular mechanisms of skeletal muscle disease in diabetes
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Ali)Genetics: Genetic studies of developmental eye disorders to investigate genotype-phenotype correlations
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof P Hopkins)Genetics: Investigating the functional effect of novel genes and genetic variants in malignant hyperthermia susceptibility using model systems
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr M Ali)Genetics: Investigating the molecular basis of optic nerve degeneration in glaucoma to try and develop a personalized medicine strategy for treatment
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr C Toomes)Genetics: Unravelling the Norrin/beta-catenin signaling pathway and its role in retinal angiogenesis and blindness
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof U Klein)Haematology: Oncogenic mechanisms causing malignant transformation of B cells and plasma cells
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr F Errington-Mais)Haematology: Oncogenic reprogramming of immune cells
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Griffin)Immunotherapy: Killing Cancer using Dead Virus
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Mihaela Lorger)Immunotherapy: Manipulating T cell metabolism to improve anti-tumour immunity
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Papa)Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: starving tumors of essential nutrients to promote cell death
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Ibrahim Knot)Oncology: Evaluating Photodynamic Therapy in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids
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(PhD Supervisor: Prof Colin Johnson)Stem Cells: Developing pluripotent stem cell models of inherited retinal diseases
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr MA Volpato)Translational Medicine: Understanding the mechanism(s) of resistance to EPA to personalise therapy and improve outcome
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr Clive McKimmie)Virology: Sun exposure as a novel risk factor for Zika virus infection
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr S Griffin)Virology: Unique Antiviral Therapy targeting Zika and Related Viruses
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(PhD Supervisor: Dr P Laslo)Understanding the molecular basis of drug resistance in myeloid cancers
Leeds University Business School was ranked ninth in the UK for the quality of its business research in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), with 82% of the research submitted judged to be either 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent'. As part of a Russell Group university, innovative and challenging research is at the heart of what we do.
As a postgraduate researcher you will be asked to challenge thinking and contribute fully to the advancement of knowledge within the Business School. In return we will encourage you to undertake research training, help you publish your findings, and give you the support you need to complete your dissertation or thesis.
We are part of the ESRC-accredited White Rose Doctoral Training Centre in partnership with the Universities of Sheffield and York; delivering excellent supervision, first class training and access to a vibrant network of researchers.
We are among only 1% of business schools globally to have achieved the prestigious 'triple accreditation' from the world's leading accreditation bodies: AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. We are also accredited by the CIPD, BPS and IOE.
Research Profiles:
The School of Computing is ranked in the top 10 computing departments in the UK based on the quality of its research (2008 Research Assessment Exercise); an impressive 80% of our research activity rated as internationally excellent or world-leading.
We have an established track record of high quality research in the foundations of computer science and in a variety of applied and multidisciplinary settings, with particular expertise in the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Biological Systems and Computational and Systems Sciences.
With 70 academic and research staff and over 400 students we are a major player in the field of computer science.
Research
Research in the School is funded to the level of several million pounds per annum. We are funded from a variety of sources including UK Research Councils, the European Union, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and other industrial sources.
As well as conducting research in the foundations of computer science, we also undertake research in a variety of applied and multidisciplinary settings. We have excellent connections with many other disciplines including Biology, Mathematics, Earth Sciences and Modern Languages, as well as links with industry (for example, Shell, British Telecom and Rolls-Royce).
Research activity in the School of Computing is organised into two research institutes:
Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Biological Systems including research in Biosystems, Computer Vision; Medical Imaging; Knowledge, Representation and Reasoning; Natural Language Processing, Scheduling and Constraints.
Institute for Computational and Systems Sciences including research in Algorithms and Complexity, Distributed Systems and Services, Scientific Computation, Visualization and Virtual Reality, Web Science.