Archaeological Science

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Dr Irene Lemos, Reader in Classical Archaeology

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Biochemistry

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Professor Gyorgy Radda, Professorial Fellow
Professor Judy Armitage, Director, Oxford Centre for Integrative Systems Biology
Dr Kieran Clarke, Research Fellow (Physiological Biochemistry)
Professor Béla Novák, Chair of Systems Biology

The College particularly welcomes applications for the Life Sciences Interface and Systems Biology Doctoral Training Centres.

Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

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Biology

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Dr Tim Guilford, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Peter Holland, Linacre Professor of Zoology

The College particularly welcomes applications in Development and Evolution. Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

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Chemistry

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Professor Tim Softley, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Véronique Gouverneur, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Alison Parkin, Junior Research Fellow
Dr Christopher Rodgers, Junior Research Fellow

Chemists form a sizeable proportion of the Middle Common Room and are members of the Frederick Soddy Chemistry Society with undergraduates and Fellows.

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China

Dr Karl Gerth, Tutorial Fellow in the History of China
Dr Patricia Thornton, Tutorial Fellow in the Politics of China

With leading scholars in Chinese art and archaeology, modern Chinese history and politics, Merton is an exciting place to be for students of China. Graduate students in the fields of History, Art History, Archaeological Science, and Politics and International Relations are particularly encouraged to apply.

Graduates students of China may also be interested in our interdisciplinary research groups, the History of the Book Research Group and Global Directions Research Group.

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Classics, Ancient History, and Classical Archaeology

Professor Irene Lemos, Professor of Classical Archaeology
Dr Jonathan Prag, Tutorial Fellow in Ancient History
Dr Rhiannon Ash, Tutorial Fellow in Classical Languages and Literature
Professor Gail Fine, Senior Research Fellow in Ancient Philosophy
Dr Rachel Mairs, Fitzjames Research Fellow in Literae Humaniores
Mr Luuk Huitink, Leventis Research Fellow in Ancient Greek

Merton has a lively classical community, made up of c.20 undergraduates and 10-15 graduates in classical subjects, in addition to the Fellows listed above. Graduate accommodation is some 5 minutes walk from the Bodleian Library, and 10 minutes from the main Classics site (consisting of the Ioannou Centre for Classical and Byzantine Studies, the Ashmolean Museum, and the Sackler Library).

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Economics

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Professor Peter Neary, Professor of Economics
Professor Simon Wren-Lewis, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Robert Metcalfe, Junior Research Fellow

Graduate accommodation is close to the Economics buildings in Manor Rd.
Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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English

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Professor Suzanne Romaine, Professor of English Language
Professor Richard McCabe, Tutorial Fellow
Professor David Norbrook, Merton Professor of English Literature
Dr Michael Whitworth, Tutorial Felloww
Dr Giles Bergel, JPR Lyell Research Fellow in the History of the Book
Dr Kate McClune, Fitzjames Research Fellow

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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History

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Dr Steven Gunn, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Karl Gerth, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Matthew Grimley, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Giles Bergel, JPR Lyell Research Fellow in the History of the Book

The College awards an annual research award worth £1,000 to a current Merton History graduate in memory of Rajiv Kapur.

At any one time, one graduate student at Merton is funded through a major scholarship in memory of former Warden, John Roberts.

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Law

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Ms Mindy Chen-Wishart, Tutorial Fellow
Ms Jenny Payne, Tutorial Fellow

Merton offers the John Barton Scholarship, worth £15,000, to support a student reading for the BCL/MJur. This is a new scholarship, launched in 2009. Read more about the first recipient of this scholarship, Felix Wardle.

Merton offers the Barnett Bequest, worth £5,500, to support a UK student reading for the BCL. Read more about the Barnett Bequest.

Graduate accommodation is close to the Law Faculty in Manor Road.

Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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Management Studies

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Professor Alan Morrison, Tutorial Fellow
Dr Kate Blackmon, Tutorial Fellow

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Mathematics and Computer Science

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Professor Ulrike Tillmann, Professorial Fellow in Mathematics
Professor Luke Ong, Tutorial Fellow in Computer Science
Professor Boris Zilber, Professor of Mathematical Logic
Professor Alexander Scott, Tutorial Fellow

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Medicine

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Professor Gyorgy Radda, Professorial Fellow
Dr Paul Chamberlain, University Lecturer in Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Professor David Paterson, Tutorial Fellow
Professor Guy Goodwin, WA Handley Professor of Psychiatry
Dr Kieran Clarke, Research Fellow (Physiological Biochemistry)
Dr Simon Draper, Junior Research Fellow
Professor Robert MacLaren, Bodley Fellow (Ophthamology)

Graduates are welcome to join the Merton Bio-medical and Life Sciences Research Group.

Merton has a sizeable group of clinical researchers, in addition to Second BM students.

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Modern Languages

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Dr Jonathan Thacker, Tutorial Fellow in Spanish
Dr Ian Maclachlan, Tutorial Fellow in French
Dr Kirstin Gwyer, Junior Research Fellow

Graduates are welcome to join the History of the Book Research Group.

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Music

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Dr Joshua Walden, Junior Research Fellow
Dr Dan Grimley, Tutor in Music

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Philosophy

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Professor Gail Fine, Senior Research Fellow

Merton’s main site lies close to the Philosophy Faculty at 10 Merton Street.

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Physics

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Dr Alan Barr, Tutorial Fellow
Professor James Binney, Professorial Fellow
Professor Artur Ekert, Professorial Fellow
Professor Simon Hooker, Professorial Fellow
Dr Alexander Schekochihin, Tutorial Fellow
Mr Ian Abel, Culham Junior Research Fellow
Professor Andrea Cavalleri, Supernumerary Fellow

Learn more about Graduate Scholarship opportunities.

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Politics and International Relations

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Professor David Rueda, Tutorial Fellow in Politics
Dr Patricia Thornton, Tutorial Fellow in the Politics of China

 

Graduate accommodation is close to the Politics and International Relations Department in Manor Road.

Graduates are welcome to join the Global Directions Research Group.

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