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. 

Environment

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

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

Faith Orchard: The clinical characteristics and cognitive biases associated with adolescent depression

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

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