Find out more about some of our postgraduate researchers and their experiences of studying for a doctorate at Reading.

The following profiles feature some of our current and recently graduated postgraduate researchers working in each of our four interdisciplinary research themes.  You can also watch the films of our PhD researchers

Environment

Sam Laryea: Building foundations in Africa (Construction Management)  

Marek Kubik: Renewable Energy: creating a sustainable future 

Natalya Sergeeva: Exploring narratives of innovation in the UK construction sector 

Simon Lee: Measuring the impact of climate changes on aircraft turbulence 

Ben Woden: Understanding cloud chemistry 

Godwin Ayesiga: Improving weather forecasting in East Africa in a highly-supportive environment

Irene Teixidor-Toneu: Medicinal plant use in developing countries

Joanna Baker: Integrating extinct and extant diversity into macro-evolutionary analyses

Oliver Ellingham: Identification Methods of the Powdery Mildew Fungus

Rosalie Callway: Building support for greener neighbourhoods 

Agriculture, Food and health

Ruth Barnes: When healthy foods go wrong

Luke Bell: Rocket science: phytochemical, postharvest, shelf-life & sensory attributes of rocket species

Nurul Aqilah Binti Mohd Zaini: Production of D-Lactic Acid from Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles (DDGS)

Maitreyee Wairagkar: Helping people with disabilities through the power of the mind

Ines da Silva Serra: Effects of phytocannabinoids in the treatment of tuberous sclerosis

Willemijn Doedens: Improving communication for people with acquired brain injury 

Prosperity & Resilience

Shamsa Al Sheibani: the pursuit of innovation   

Lisa Schopohl: Essays on pension funds and responsible investment

Neha Hui: Labour market and well-being constraints facing sex workers

Oluyemisi Bolade-Ogunfodun: Ethical dimensions of organisational culture

Heritage & Creativity

Matt Fittock: Detecting the buried secrets of our past 

Mark Player: Japanese punk film production

Vaibhav Singh: Devanagari type in the twentieth century

Geraldine Ng: Moral views of the influential philosopher Bernard Williams

Monica-Palmero-Fernandez: The realm of goddesses in Ancient Mesopotamia

Evan Hayles Gledhill: "Deviant subjectivities": The monster and the child in Gothic imagination

part-time phd researchers

Natalya Sergeeva: Exploring narratives of innovation in the UK construction sector 

Mark Player: Japanese punk film production 

Films from our PhD researchers

Watch our PhD researchers share about their research and their experiences