Supervisors and Projects
The IIB supervisor pool will be over 50 senior investigators, early career researchers (ECR) and international supervisors from collaborating institutions.
To provide the highest level of support and training, we offer a co-supervisory model, with every student mentored across disciplinary and/or international boundaries.
Primary supervisors will be established infectious disease researchers with substantial funding and training records, and students will join well resourced laboratories with post-doctoral and senior research staff offering inbuilt technical expertise and day-to-day support.
Each student will have a dedicated thesis committee composed of their primary and co-supervisors and two additional ‘assessors’, inclusive of a management team member. The assessors provide independent assessment and pastoral care, and can feed back on supervisor performance.
Thesis committees will be gender balanced and inclusive of ECRs providing fresh, diverse perspectives. Students will meet assessors, independently of their supervisors quarterly, with flexible additional meetings as required. Based on UoG best-practice, a formal annual review will be completed, including reports from the student, supervisors, and assessors and overseen by the local PGR convenor.
Supervisor List
| Simon Babayan - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Francesco Baldini -School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| *Michael Barrett - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Matt Berriman - School of Infection & Immunity |
| David Bhella - School of Infection & Immunity |
| James Brewer - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Olwyn Byron - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Alfredo Castello - School of Infection & Immunity |
| *Sarah Cleaveland - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Julia Cordero - School of Cancer Sciences |
| Victoria Cowling - School of Cancer Sciences |
| Christina Faust - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Paula Da Fonseca - School of Molecular Biosciences |
| Marieke Pingen - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Heather Ferguson - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Taya Forde - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Joe Grove - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Jo Halliday - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| *Katie Hampson -School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Daniel Haydon - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| **Virginia Howick - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Ed Hutchinson - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Chris Illingworth - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Roz Laing - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Poppy Lamberton -School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Martin Llewellyn - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Annette MacLeod - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Megan MacLeod - School of Infection & Immunity |
| *Rick Maizels - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Kevin Maloy - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Matt Marti - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Richard McCulloch - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Alison Michie - School of Cancer Sciences |
| Simon Milling - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Christopher Moxon - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Massimo Palmarini - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Emilie Pondeville - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Pablo Murcia - School of Infection & Immunity |
| *Thomas Otto - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Lisa Ranford-Cartwright - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| David Robertson - School of Infection & Immunity |
| *Andy Roe - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Lilach Sheiner - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Steven Sinkins - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Laura Spagnolo - School of Molecular Biosciences |
| *Daniel Streicker - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Emma Thomson - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Andrew Tobin - School of Molecular Biosciences |
| *Mafalda Viana - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Daniel Wall - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Ed Roberts - School of Cancer Sciences |
| Stephen Carter - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Katarzyna Mordrzynska - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Brian Willet - School of Infection & Immunity |
| Harriet Auty - School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
* donates academics who accepted a PhD student in 2023 and therefore cannot in 2024.
** currently on maternity leave.
Co-Supervisor List
Early Career Researchers will Co-Supervise PhD projects:
| Benjamin Brennan |
| Adam Dobson |
| Christina Faust |
| Adam Fletcher |
| Claire Harding |
| Antonia Ho |
| Katarzyna Modrzynska |
| Chris Moxon |
| Anna Pearce |
| Marieke Pingel |
| Ed Roberts* |
Co-Supervisors with expertise in fields outside infectious disease include:
| Andrew Biankin - Tumour biology |
| Neil Bulleid - Protein structure |
| Nicholas Hanley - One Health Economics |
| Richard Hartley - Drug design |
| Pasquale Maffia |
| David McAllister - Multimorbidity |
| Graeme Milligan - Cellular biochemistry |
| Richard Reeve - Population and ecosystem health |
| Kostas Tokatlidis |
| Helen Walden - Protein structure |
In addition, PhD students may select Co-Supervisors at overseas partner institutions, including:
| Matthew Cotten - Uganda |
| Mia Crampin - Malawi |
| Alison Elliott - Uganda |
| Markus Meissner - Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich |
| Henry Mwandumba - Malawi |
| Frances Ndungu - Kenya |
| Karl Seydel - Malawi |
Supervisor Movies
Some of our supervisors have produced short movies to give students a flavour of their lab, research and what their project might look like.