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 five interdisciplinary research themes.  You can also watch the films of our PhD researchers

Environment

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 

Food

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)

Health

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

Marie-Theres Zeuner: Taking the fight to aggressive brain tumours

Vincent Deluca: What happens to our brains when we learn a second language? 

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

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

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

Films from our PhD researchers

Watch our PhD researchers share about their research and their experiences