Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy

Project Title: Theorem prover-based testing (using Isabelle/HOL)
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Computer Science

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Formal modelling and verification of security or privacy in Isabelle/HOL
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Computer Science

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: AI-driven Datacentre Digital Twin for Sustainability - A step towards Net Zero
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Design of AI-based Automated Vulnerability Assessment & Intrusion Detection System (IDS) for Modern Computing Architectures.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr M. Khurram Bhatti, Associate Professor in Cybersecurity
Second Supervisor:   Dr. Lu Liu, Professor of Computer Science

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Bhatti@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Human-in-the-loop Data-Driven Optimization for Biological Sequence Design
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Ke Li
Second Supervisor:   Professor Yiliang Ding

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Li@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Self-Learning AI-Based Digital Twins for Accelerating Clinical Care
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: The Mirror: Automatic Multi-modal Human Mental Behavioural Understanding
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Digital Human: Automatic Multi-modal Human Behavioural Reaction Generation via Lightweight Deep Learning Models
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: AI-driven Datacentre Digital Twin for Sustainability - A step towards Net Zero
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Communication-Efficient Distributed Graph Neural Network Training
Lead Supervisor:  Jia Hu
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Hu@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Accelerating Federated Foundation Models at the Wireless Edge
Lead Supervisor:  Jia Hu
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Hu@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Automated Vulnerability Assessment & Design of Software-based Intrusion Detection and Mitigation System against Micro-architectural Attacks
Lead Supervisor:  Dr M. Khurram Bhatti, Associate Professor, Cybersecurity
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Bhatti@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Open source security and secure software supply chains
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: The Mirror: Automatic Multi-modal Human Mental Behavioural Understanding
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Program analysis or fuzzing for improving the security, safety, correctness of software applications
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Digital Human: Automatic Multi-modal Human Behavioural Reaction Generation via Lightweight Deep Learning Models
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr John K. Panneerselvam

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Security testing or reverse engineering of software systems
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Building efficient and robust guardrails for large language (vision-language) models
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Gaojie Jin
Second Supervisor:   Dr. Tianjin Huang

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.Jin@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Frugal Models of Human Languages
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Aline Villavicencio
Second Supervisor:   Dr. Rodrigo Wilkens

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Villavicencio@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Ethical AI in Computer Vision: Balancing Pedestrian Privacy and Data Utility
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Xingchen Zhang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Zhang12@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Formal modelling and verification (using Isabelle/HOL) of AI/ML systems
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Deep Learning for Multi-Modality Image Fusion in Computer Vision
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Xingchen Zhang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Zhang12@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Robust and Efficient Multi-Modal Perception for AI Robots
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Xingchen Zhang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Zhang12@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Application-Driven Multi-Modal Medical Information Fusion Using Deep Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Xingchen Zhang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Zhang12@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Foundation models for big environment data processing and climate change adaptation
Lead Supervisor:  Chunbo Luo
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.Luo@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Multi-modality learning methods for big environment data processing and climate change adaption
Lead Supervisor:  Chunbo Luo
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.Luo@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Using Machine Learning to Manage Resources in Cloud and Edge Computing Systems
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Wang Miao
Second Supervisor:   Geyong Min

Informal enquiries contact email:  Wang.Miao@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: A Verification Environment for Distributed Systems Implemented in Go
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Achim Brucker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Brucker@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Developing robust methods for phenological extraction from noisy SAR time series for forest monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Milto Miltiadou
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Miltiadou@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: LLM security
Lead Supervisor:  Ronghui Mu
Second Supervisor:   Lu Liu

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.Mu2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Collaborative Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xiaoyang Wang
Second Supervisor:   Dr Aishwaryaprajna

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Wang7@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Knowing When to Stop: Dynamic Cost-based Bayesian Optimisation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. George De Ath
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Richard Everson

Informal enquiries contact email:  g.de.ath@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Participative design in group design problems with interactive evolutionary computation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Ed Keedwell and Prof. Andrew Howes

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Safe Offline Reinforcement Learning with Conditional Generative Modeling
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xiaoyang Wang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Wang7@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Optimisation of industrial maintenance programmes with digital twins
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Jacqueline Christmas

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Trustworthy Intelligent Optimisation with Hyper-Heuristics
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Ed Keedwell

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Event Detection and Evolution in Online Social Networks
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr Khurram Bhatti

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Decision making and visualisation in bi-level optimisation problems
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Walker
Second Supervisor:   Tinkle Chugh

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.J.Walker2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Self-Learning AI-Based Digital Twins for Accelerating Clinical Care
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Lu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr Tianjin Huang

Informal enquiries contact email:  L.Liu3@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Efficient Fine-Tuning and Pre-training Strategies for Developing Robust Multi-Modality Models
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Tianjin Huang
Second Supervisor:   Dr. Gaojie Jin

Informal enquiries contact email:  T.Huang2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Efficient Knowledge Fusion and Adaption for Federated Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Man Luo
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Luo@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Efficient Data Generation and Knowledge Fusion for Urban Computing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Man Luo
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Luo@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: V2G Optimisation using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Man Luo
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Luo@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Interpretable tumor segmentation with medical Foundation Models (FMs)
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xujiong Ye
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Ye2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for functional RNA molecular design
Lead Supervisor:  Ke Li
Second Supervisor:   Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Li@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for functional RNA molecular design
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Ke Li
Second Supervisor:   Professor Krasimira Tsaneva-Atanasova

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Li@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Enhancing Lung Disease Decision-Making in Uncertainty with Counterfactuals and Causability Using Probabilistic Causal Models
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xujiong Ye
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Ye2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: An efficient medical Vision language models (VLM) for healthcare applications
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Xujiong Ye
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Ye2@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Preference Elicitation of Requirements for Decision-Making in Self-Adaptive and Autonomous Systems using Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Huma Sarmin
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  h.samin@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Multi-agent reinforcement learning control for renewable energy integration in smart grids
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Saptarshi Das
Second Supervisor:   Prof Mohammad Abusara

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.Das3@exeter.ac.uk      

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Impact of small-magnitude volcanic eruptions on the historical climate
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Thomas Aubry
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  T.Aubry@exeter.ac.uk     

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Jurassic carbon cycle and palaeotemperature in time and space - the heterogeneity and evolution of the Laurasian Seaway
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Clemens V. Ullmann
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.Ullmann@exeter.ac.uk              

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: AI-Driven Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Southeast China
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Yasser Maghsoudi
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  Y.Maghsoudi-Mehrani@exeter.ac.uk       

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Mixing It Up: how are deep waters along the SW Atlantic continental slope mixed upwards?
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Katy Sheen
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.L.Sheen@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Adversarial learning control and optimization for future smart grids
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Saptarshi Das
Second Supervisor:   Prof Mohammad Abusara

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.Das3@exeter.ac.uk      

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Brachiopod evolutionary relationships and Ocean chemistry reconstruction based geochemistry and shell structures.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Clemens V. Ullmann
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.Ullmann@exeter.ac.uk              

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Reconstructing the ancient Asian Monsoon: lessons from the past to inform the future
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Kate Littler
Second Supervisor:   Dr Sev Kender

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Littler@exeter.ac.uk    

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Characterising the immune repertoire of a global crop pest Myzus persicae
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Mark Hanson
Second Supervisor:   Bartek Troczka

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Hanson@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Evolutionary ecology of arboviral diseases
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Mario Recker
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Recker@exeter.ac.uk 

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: A Darwinian framework for phenotypically integrating genetic, developmental, physiological and sensory influences to adapt to an ever changing world.
Lead Supervisor:  Sasha Dall
Second Supervisor:   Bram Kuijper

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.R.X.Dall@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: A comparison of fitness measures.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. David Hosken
Second Supervisor:   MD Sharma

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.J.Hosken@exeter.ac.uk             

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Gulls as reservoirs and vectors of avian influenza and antimicrobial resistance
Lead Supervisor:  Associate Professor Neeltje Boogert
Second Supervisor:   Professor Camille Bonneaud

Informal enquiries contact email:  N.J.Boogert@exeter.ac.uk            

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Environmental cues for long-distance migration in a beneficial insect
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Karl Wotton
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.R.Wotton@exeter.ac.uk             

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Colour change, camouflage behaviour, and chemical pollution
Lead Supervisor:  Martin Stevens
Second Supervisor:   Prof Jon Blount

Informal enquiries contact email:  Martin.Stevens@exeter.ac.uk     

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Patterns and consequences of migrations of beneficial insects
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jason Chapman
Second Supervisor:   Dr Karl Wotton

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Chapman2@exeter.ac.uk          

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Autoimmunity Gone Wild: using a wildlife model to understand interactions between environmental stress and genetic risk factors in autoimmune disease development
Lead Supervisor:  Assoc Prof Barbara Tschirren
Second Supervisor:   Assoc Prof Sarah Richardson

Informal enquiries contact email:  B.Tschirren@exeter.ac.uk             

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Pathogen Host Shifts
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Ben Longdon
Second Supervisor:   NA

Informal enquiries contact email:  B.Longdon2@exeter.ac.uk            

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Climatic changes experienced by life on earth
Lead Supervisor:  Ilya Maclean
Second Supervisor:   Liang Ma

Informal enquiries contact email:  I.M.D.Maclean@exeter.ac.uk      

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Behavioural evo-ecotoxicology: how do sublethal impacts of pharmaceutical contamination alter evo-eco processes in a freshwater invertebrate?
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Alastair Wilson
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Wilson@exeter.ac.uk  

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Molecular basis of insect-plant interactions
Lead Supervisor:  Richard ffrench-Constant
Second Supervisor:   Professor Chris Bass

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.Ffrench-Constant@exeter.ac.uk           

********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Pollinator species traits and the response to environmental change
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jeremy Field
Second Supervisor:   Dr Nick Royle

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.P.Field@exeter.ac.uk    

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: A sustainable material for vibration mitigation: end-of-life tyres rubber and graphene
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Maria Rosaria Marsico
Second Supervisor:   Julian Mauricio Londono Monsalve

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.R.Marsico@exeter.ac.uk          
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Applications of AI and Machine Learning to Computational Fluid Dynamics
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Gavin Tabor
Second Supervisor:   Dr Xu Chu

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.R.Tabor@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Hydrofoil and hull design for electric boats
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Justin Hinshelwood
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Hinshelwood@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Engineering and Integration of Solid-State Hydrogen Storage Systems for Enhanced Efficiency and Safety in Urban Transportation
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Mi Tian
Second Supervisor:   Professor Monica Craciun

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Tian@exeter.ac.uk       
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Intelligent vibration isolation systems
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Maria Rosaria Marsico
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Monica Craciun- Dr Julian Mauricio Londono Monsalve

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.R.Marsico@exeter.ac.uk          
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Adaptive facade structures for net-zero buildings: Numerical simulation, design and testing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jiajia Shen
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Shen3@exeter.ac.uk     
Department:  Engineering

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Towards Sustainable AI: research into an integrated framework to address the environmental and social challenges of large-scale AI applications
Lead Supervisor:  Prof ZHONG FAN
Second Supervisor:   DR XIAOYANG WANG

Informal enquiries contact email:  Z.Fan@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Advanced Control and Optimisation in Modern Power Systems with Renewable Integration
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Gianmario Rinaldi
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.Rinaldi3@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Process optimisation for 3D printing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Jingchao Jiang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Jiang2@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Advanced nanocomposites for green hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting
Lead Supervisor:  Yongde Xia
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Yanqiu Zhu

Informal enquiries contact email:  Y.Xia@exeter.ac.uk           
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: MOFs derived advanced functional materials for efficient electrochemical energy storage and conversion
Lead Supervisor:  Yongde Xia
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  Y.Xia@exeter.ac.uk           
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Applications of thermodynamics machine learning in engineering
Lead Supervisor:  Hussein Rappel
Second Supervisor:   -

Informal enquiries contact email:  H.Rappel@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: 4D printing of functionalised nonlinear structures for net-zero buildings
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Jiajia Shen
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Shen3@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Machine learning for urban flood modelling and risk mitigation
Lead Supervisor:  Guangtao Fu
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.Fu@exeter.ac.uk           
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Machine Learning-Based Metocean Forecasting for Offshore Wind
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ajit C Pillai
Second Supervisor:   Dr Ian Ashton

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Pillai@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Sustainable solid electrolytes for Li ion batteries
Lead Supervisor:  Zhenyu Zhang
Second Supervisor:   Xiaohong Li

Informal enquiries contact email:  Zhenyu.Zhang@exeter.ac.uk       
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Ab-initio Molecular Dynamics Modeling of Electrocatalysts for Green Hydrogen Production
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Habib Ullah
Second Supervisor:   Professor Shaowei Zhang

Informal enquiries contact email:  hu203@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Computational Design of Sustainable Materials for Energy Applications
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Habib Ullah
Second Supervisor:   Shaowei Zhang

Informal enquiries contact email:  hu203@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Smart monitoring system enabled by harvesting from wind, vibration and/or electromagnetic energy
Lead Supervisor:  Meiling Zhu
Second Supervisor:   Zheng Jun Chew

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Zhu@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Non-abelian wave control with classical waves
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jensen Tsan Hang Li
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Li13@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Early Diagnosis and Prediction of Obesity and Obesity-Related Comorbidities by using a Long-Term Stomach-Residence Capsule Robot
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr Rupam Das

Informal enquiries contact email:  Y.Liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Quantum Bayesian Inference and its applications
Lead Supervisor:  Hussein Rappel
Second Supervisor:   -

Informal enquiries contact email:  H.Rappel@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Application of construction and demolition waste materials in concrete 3D printing
Lead Supervisor:  Akbar Javadi
Second Supervisor:   Farhad Namdari

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.A.Javadi@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Physics-informed machine learning (PI-ML) for structural health monitoring
Lead Supervisor:  Prakash Kripakaran
Second Supervisor:   Ki Koo

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Kripakaran@exeter.ac.uk          
*******     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Experimental and numerical modelling of erosion at offshore wind turbine monopiles
Lead Supervisor:  Prakash Kripakaran
Second Supervisor:   Diego Panici

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Kripakaran@exeter.ac.uk          
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Multi-material 3D printing
Lead Supervisor:  Jingchao Jiang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Jiang2@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Combining 3D printing and deployable auxetic structures for innovative carbon construction
Lead Supervisor:  Prakash Kripakaran
Second Supervisor:   Lele Vinai

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Kripakaran@exeter.ac.uk          
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Exploring and Exploiting Nonlinearity in Small-Scale Robots
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Yang Liu
Second Supervisor:   Dr Jiajia Shen

Informal enquiries contact email:  Y.Liu2@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Meta-Nanoparticles with Strong Light-Matter Interactions for Net-Zero Applications:  from Solar-Driven Water Splitting to CO₂ Reduction
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Changxu Liu
Second Supervisor:   Prof David Wright

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.C.Liu@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Non-abelian wave control with classical waves
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Jensen Tsan Hang Li
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Li13@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Design and development of positive electrode materials for sodium-ion battery
Lead Supervisor:  Xiaohong Li
Second Supervisor:   Hannah Hughes

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Li@exeter.ac.uk             
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Use of construction and demolition waste in 3D concrete printing
Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Akbar Javadi
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Farhad Namdari

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.A.Javadi@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: 2D-material Sensors for Nanoscale NMR Spectroscopy
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Isaac Luxmoore
Second Supervisor:   Prof Geoff Nash

Informal enquiries contact email:  i.j.luxmoore@exeter.ac.uk            
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Development of a robotic knee brace for osteoarthritis patients
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Akbar Javadi
Second Supervisor:   Dr Xijin Hua

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.A.Javadi@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Sustainable transition of the energy system in China
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  Xiaoyu.Yan@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Sustainable transition of the urban water systems in China
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  Xiaoyu.Yan@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOF)-Based Drug Delivery for Targeted Neuromodulation in Neurological Disorders
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Rupam Das
Second Supervisor:   Prof Mi Tian

Informal enquiries contact email:  rd609@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: New Targets for Early Osteoarthritis Diagnosis and Intervention: Linking Collagen Molecular Organisation with Tissue Biomechanical Function
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Second Supervisor:   Chris Scotton

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Load/deformation behaviour of auxetic meshes with hybrid lattice design
Lead Supervisor:  Raffaele Vinai
Second Supervisor:   Prakash Kripakaran

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.Vinai@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Tunable Collagenous Templates: A Biomimetic Approach for Creating High-Performance Biocomposites
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Yanqiu Zhu

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Study on the Gas-Water-Coal Coupling Mechanism of CO2-ECBM in Deep Non-coal Seam and the Safety of Storage System
Lead Supervisor:  Study on the Gas-Water-Coal Coupling Mechanism of CO2-ECBM in Deep Non- coal Seam and the Safety of Storage System
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Hylke Glass

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.A.Javadi@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Full life cycle sustainability assessment of space technologies
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Second Supervisor:   Prof Markus Mueller

Informal enquiries contact email:  Xiaoyu.Yan@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Digital Twin for Virtual Synchronous Generators in Microgrids
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Mohammad Abusara
Second Supervisor:   Saptarshi Das

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Abusara@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Optimal control of Virtual Synchronous Generators in Microgrids
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Mohammad Abusara
Second Supervisor:   Saptarshi Das

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Abusara@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Smart micro-robot for medical applications - modelling, simulation and control
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Halim Alwi
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  H.Alwi@exeter.ac.uk       
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Water Distribution Asset Health Management using Machine Learning (AI) Algorithms
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Raziyeh Farmani
Second Supervisor:   -

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.Farmani@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Strategies for Alleviating Urban Heat Island Effect Using Different BIPV Combined with Hydrogen Heating Based on Digital Twin Technology
Lead Supervisor:  Aritra Ghosh
Second Supervisor:   Asif Tahir

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Ghosh@exeter.ac.uk   
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: AI-Driven Fluid Mechanics: Revolutionizing Energy Efficiency and Thermal Management
Lead Supervisor:  Dr.-Ing. Xu Chu
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Gavin Tabor

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Chu@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: AI-Driven Digital Transformation for Power Systems
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Dawei Qiu
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Zhong Fan

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.Qiu@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Advancing Osteoporosis Detection with Biomechanics-enhanced Diagnostic Metrics for New 3D X-ray Imaging System
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Junning Chen
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Karen Knapp

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Chen3@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Biodiversity footprint of UK households
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  Xiaoyu.Yan@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Engineering Design of Novel Anion Exchange Membrane (AEM) Water Electrolyser for Hydrogen Production
Lead Supervisor:  Xiaohong Li
Second Supervisor:   Dr Zhenyu Zhang

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Li@exeter.ac.uk             
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Seawater Electrolysis for Green Hydrogen Production from Renewable for Energy Storage
Lead Supervisor:  Xiaohong Li
Second Supervisor:   Prof Federico Caprotti

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Li@exeter.ac.uk             
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Digital twinning for sustainable product design
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Wei Zhang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  W.Zhang5@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Autonomous Operations in Offshore Wind Energy - This project will investigate the existing industrial practices in the offshore wind industry for surveying, installation and maintenance to identify the potential to integrate autonomous systems.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Faryal Khalid
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Khalid2@exeter.ac.uk  
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Dynamical systems based sustainability appraisal of net zero transition pathways
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Xiaoyu Yan
Second Supervisor:   Prof Jean-Francois Mercure

Informal enquiries contact email:  Xiaoyu.Yan@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: AI-driven development of auxetic geometries for deployable 3D structures
Lead Supervisor:  Raffaele Vinai
Second Supervisor:   Prakash Kripakaran

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.Vinai@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: In-silico Simulation of Voluntary Control of Knee Orthosis for Patients with Knee OA via Neuromechanical Modelling
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Xijin Hua
Second Supervisor:   Professor Akbar Javadi

Informal enquiries contact email:  X.Hua@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Carbon-Based Nanostructures for Advanced Energy Storage Applications

Lead Supervisor:  Anna Baldycheva
Second Supervisor:   Monica Craciun

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Baldycheva@exeter.ac.uk        
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title:. Developing Superhydrophobic Construction Materials through Combined Chemical and Morphological Approaches to Prevent Mold Growth, Water Damage, and Enhance Thermal Insulation
Lead Supervisor:  Anna Baldycheva
Second Supervisor:   Monica Craciun

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Baldycheva@exeter.ac.uk        

 

Department:  Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship (UEBS)

Project Title:  AI and big data: The human-in-the-loop for product service development

Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.Ahmed-Kristensen@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title:  Tropical Forests, Fire, and Climate: Ecological and Economic Risks and Opportunities for Zero-Deforestation Goals
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Ted Feldpausch
Co-supervisor: Prof. Joshua Ignatius
Contact Email:  t.r.feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk        

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title:  Impacts of Wildfire and Drought on Tropical Forest Vegetation and Soils and Potential for Forest Restoration
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Ted Feldpausch
Contact Email:  t.r.feldpausch@exeter.ac.uk        

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: "Are tropical peatlands becoming a stronger methane source?"
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Angela Gallego-SAla
Second Supervisor:   Dr Sarah Chadburn

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Gallego-Sala@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Chinese Geophilosophy: science, folklore and heritage
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Pepe Romanillos
Second Supervisor:   Dr Laura Smith

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.L.Romanillos@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Understanding the spatiotemporal origin of the warming in the Southern Ocean using  transient and biogeochimical oceanic tracers.

Lead Supervisor:  Associate professor Marie-Jose Messias
Second Supervisor:   Dr Malcolm Woodward

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Messias@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Reproductive Justice in China: Medicalization, family planning policies, and reproductive decision making
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Cordelia Freeman
Second Supervisor:   Professor Kate Fisher

Informal enquiries contact email:  c.freeman@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Evaluating the Impact of Large Wood on Water Quality in River Restoration
Lead Supervisor:  Diego Panici
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.Panici@exeter.ac.uk   
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: "Arctic peatlands - will they become a stronger sink?"
Lead Supervisor:  Angela Gallego-Sala
Second Supervisor:   NA

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Gallego-Sala@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: Extending the application of a (new) Rangeland Productivity Index in Africa, to improve spatially and temporally explicit assessment of human impacts on rangeland management.
Lead Supervisor:  Andrew Cunliffe
Second Supervisor:   NA

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Cunliffe@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Unravelling accumulations of large woody debris to multi-span bridges and impacts on hydraulics, scour, and flood risk
Lead Supervisor:  Diego Panici
Second Supervisor:   Prakash Kripakaran

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.Panici@exeter.ac.uk   
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Characterising the hydraulic and hydrological response of beaver dams for resilience to hydrological extremes
Lead Supervisor:  Diego Panici
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.Panici@exeter.ac.uk   

Project Title: Effect of delays in networks
Lead Supervisor:  Jan Sieber
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Sieber@exeter.ac.uk    
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Physical precursors of tropical Pacific sea surface temperature pattern trends.
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Mat Collins
Second Supervisor:   TBD

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Collins@exeter.ac.uk 
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Why is the predictable signal too weak in seasonal weather forecasts, and does this matter for projections of climate change?
Lead Supervisor:  Prof James Screen
Second Supervisor:   Prof Adam Scaife

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Screen@exeter.ac.uk   
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Modelling the partially ionised solar atmosphere
Lead Supervisor:  Andrew Hillier
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.S.Hillier@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Dynamic Turbulence Modelling for Convective Storm Simulation
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Georgios Efstathiou
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.Efstathiou@exeter.ac.uk           
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Statistical modelling and machine learning approaches for state-of-the-art genome engineering
Lead Supervisor:  Magdalena Strauss
Second Supervisor:   Jordi Solana

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.Strauss@exeter.ac.uk
Department:  Mathematics and Statistics

********     ********     ********     ********

 

Project Title: Statistical methods for analysing the performance of multivariate, space-time forecasts
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Christopher Ferro
Second Supervisor:   Dr Stefan Siegert

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.A.T.Ferro@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Multi-step look-ahead adaptive design of computer experiments
Lead Supervisor:  Hossein Mohammadi
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  H.Mohammadi@exeter.ac.uk     

Project Title: Modelling shape generation by the basement membrane
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Richards
Second Supervisor:   Dr Stefan Harmansa

Informal enquiries contact email:  David.Richards@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Computing with light
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Jacopo Bertolotti
Second Supervisor:   Dave Phillips

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Bertolotti@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Novel high throughput imaging to accelerate biological discovery: Combining cutting edge optical imaging techniques together with a range of small animal models to understand how we can modulate appetite and behaviour using small molecule drug candidates.
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Alex Corbett
Second Supervisor:   Dr Elizabeth Williams

Informal enquiries contact email:  A.Corbett@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

 Project Title: AI and Planetary Climates
Lead Supervisor:  Nathan Mayne
Second Supervisor:   Dr Simon Driscoll (Reading)

Informal enquiries contact email:  N.J.Mayne@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Deep Learning of Spin Dynamics for Quantum Biology

Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Daniel Kattnig
Second Supervisor:   Dr David Richards

Informal enquiries contact email:  D.R.Kattnig@exeter.ac.uk             
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Bio-inspired Microscopic Swimming
Lead Supervisor:  Geoff Nash
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.R.Nash@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Using Optical Sensors to Explore the Potential of Light-Driven Biocatalysis - Electrifying the engineered redox enzymes for single-molecule biotransformations
Lead Supervisor:  Frank Vollmer
Second Supervisor:   Srikanth Pedireddy

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Vollmer@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Optical metasurfaces for multifunctional infrared spectroscopy and hyperspectral imaging
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Calum Williams
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  cw1137@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Subject-specific modelling to determine spinal biomechanics in vivo
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Judith Meakin
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.R.Meakin@exeter.ac.uk              
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Chiral quantum emitters in van der Waals heterostructures
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Maciej Dabrowski
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.K.Dabrowski@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Directional Quantum Technologies (theory)
Lead Supervisor:  Dr. Charles Downing
Second Supervisor:   Prof. Misha Portnoi

Informal enquiries contact email:  C.A.Downing@exeter.ac.uk         
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Using machine learning to develop a diagnostic tool for microglia states
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Richards
Second Supervisor:   Dr Tom Piers

Informal enquiries contact email:  David.Richards@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Mathematical modelling of early embryogenesis
Lead Supervisor:  Dr David Richards
Second Supervisor:   Prof Krasi Tsaneva-Atanasova

Informal enquiries contact email:  David.Richards@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Using phonons to assist spin-orbit torque switching
Lead Supervisor:  Professor R J Hicken
Second Supervisor:   Paul Keatley

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.J.Hicken@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Spin current propagation through antiferromagnetic thin film metamaterials
Lead Supervisor:  Professor R J Hicken
Second Supervisor:   Dr M Dabrowski

Informal enquiries contact email:  R.J.Hicken@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Novel approaches for Raman spectroscopic biofluid analysis and diagnostics
Lead Supervisor:  Prof Nick Stone
Second Supervisor:   Dr Ben Gardner

Informal enquiries contact email:  N.Stone@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: BIOLUMENS: Fabrication and Biological Integration of Optical MicroLasers for Ultra-Multiplexed Encoding of Single-Cell Sensing
Lead Supervisor:  Frank Vollmer (myself)
Second Supervisor:   Prof Steffen Scholpp

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Vollmer@exeter.ac.uk 
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Investigating the structure of exoKuiper belts using ALMA observations and numerical simulations
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Sebastian Marino Estay
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.Marino-Estay@exeter.ac.uk    
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Ultrafast thermo-optical control of spins in a 2D van der Waals semiconductor
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Maciej Dabrowski
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  M.K.Dabrowski@exeter.ac.uk     
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Automated tracking of cell populations in microfluidic droplets using deep learning object detection for study of antimicrobial resistance
Lead Supervisor:  Fabrice Gielen
Second Supervisor:   Remy Chait

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Gielen@exeter.ac.uk   

Department:  Management (UEBS)

Project Title: An AI-driven approach for evaluating design creativity
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ji Han
Second Supervisor:   Dr Pingfei Jiang

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Han2@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Data-Driven Design Strategies for Sustainable Re-use and Re-manufacturing
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Pingfei Jiang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Jiang@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Expanding the business case for solid-state hydrogen storage: a market driven viability analysis.
Lead Supervisor:  Professor Konstantinos Chalvatzis
Second Supervisor:   Dr Mi Tian

Informal enquiries contact email:  K.Chalvatzis@exeter.ac.uk          
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Enhancing Sustainable Product Design for Efficient Disassembly and Recycling
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Pingfei Jiang
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Jiang@exeter.ac.uk       
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Geopolitical risk and foreign direct investment: a global perspective
Lead Supervisor:  Associate Professor Jing-Lin Duanmu
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Duanmu@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Data-driven bilevel optimization and hierarchical decision making
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Fanlin Meng
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Meng2@exeter.ac.uk   
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: A Human-AI Collaboration System for Design Engineering
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Ji Han
Second Supervisor:   Dr Pingfei Jiang

Informal enquiries contact email:  J.Han2@exeter.ac.uk      
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Bridging the Knowledge Transfer Gap in Design
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Pingfei Jiang
Second Supervisor:   Dr Ji Han

Informal enquiries contact email:  P.Jiang@exeter.ac.uk
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Unlearning and Team Ambidexterity: How and When it Might Happen?
Lead Supervisor:  Amir Mehralian
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  G.Mehralian@exeter.ac.uk           
********     ********     ********     ********

Project Title: Learning game-theoretic behaviours from data
Lead Supervisor:  Dr Fanlin Meng
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  F.Meng2@exeter.ac.uk   

Department:  Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship (UEBS)

Project Title:  AI and big data: The human-in-the-loop for product service development

Lead Supervisor:  Prof. Saeema Ahmed-Kristensen
Second Supervisor:   TBC

Informal enquiries contact email:  S.Ahmed-Kristensen@exeter.ac.uk

********     ********     ********     ********

Department:  Finance and Accounting (UEBS)

Project Title:  ESG disclosure and IPO underpricing: comparison between developed and developing countries

Lead Supervisor:  Monika Tarsalewska
Second Supervisor:   Ping Sun

Informal enquiries contact email:  m.tarsalewska@exeter.ac.uk