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Students

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PhD students, full-time

Andrew Bowman (completed; awaiting graduation)
andrew.bowman@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Memory, science and the dynamics of agricultural development in Zambia: a historical perspective
Supervisor: Michael Worboys
Second supervisor: Jonathan Harwood

Roberto Cantoni
roberto.cantoni@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
[The Earth under surveillance]
Supervisor: Simone Turchetti
Second supervisor: James Sumner

Imogen Clarke
imogen.clarke-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Negotiating 'progress': promoting 'modern' physics in Britain, 1900-1940
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral studentship with the Science Museum
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Supervisory representative at the Science Museum: Robert Bud

Nick Duvall
nicholas.duvall@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Forensic medicine in Scotland, 1910-1945
Supervisor: Ian Burney
Second supervisor: David Kirby

James Farry (completed; awaiting graduation)
james.farry@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Entertaining, interesting and responsible?: a historical study of the relationship between British space science and the mass media
Supervisor: David Kirby
Second supervisor: Jeff Hughes

Jenny Goodare
jennifer.goodare@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
The Royal Society: The place of science in cultural politics and Cold War Britain
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Second supervisor: Michael Worboys

Alex Hall
alexander.hall@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
The rise of blame and risk in twentieth-century UK society: environmental events and their lasting effects
Supervisor: James Sumner
Second supervisor: Simone Turchetti

Emily Hankin
emily.hankin@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Buying modernity? The consumer experience of domestic electricity in the era of the grid
ESRC CASE studentship with the Science Museum
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Second supervisor: James Sumner

David Hirst
david.hirst-3@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
A history of the formation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Supervisor: David Kirby
Second supervisor: Simone Turchetti

Alice Nicholls
alice.nicholls@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Life support in twentieth-century medicine: a history of British intensive care
Supervisor: Michael Worboys
Second supervisor: John Pickstone

Katherine Platt
katherine.platt-2@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Technology and Regional Identity: Siemens in the North of England ESRC CASE studentship with Siemens UK
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Second supervisor: Simone Turchetti
Supervisory representative at Siemens UK: Steve Aughton

Marie Reinholdt
mariereinholdt@hotmail.com
The construction and treatment of childhood behavioural disorders in Britain and North America
Supervisor: John Pickstone
Second supervisor: Emm Barnes

Sam Robinson
samuel.robinson-3@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Oceanography and the military in Cold War Europe
Supervisor: Simone Turchetti
Second supervisor: Jeff Hughes

Rachael Russell
rachael.russell@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Nausea and vomiting: a history of signs, symptoms and sickness in nineteenth-century Britain
Supervisor: Michael Worboys
Second supervisor: Flurin Condrau

Robert Smail
robert.smail@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
[Scientific activity in mountainous regions]
Supervisor: Vlad Jankovic
Second supervisor: Ian Burney

Ellen van Reuler
a.vanreuler@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
The histories of cancer care and palliative care policies in England and the Netherlands during the postwar era, and their potential to inform policy debates
Supervisor: John Pickstone
Second supervisor: Carsten Timmermann

Jakob Whitfield
jakob.whitfield@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Jet engine development at Metropolitan-Vickers, Trafford Park, 1935-1960
ESRC CASE studentship with the Museum of Science and Industry
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Second supervisor: James Sumner
Supervisory representative at MoSI: Nick Forder

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PhD students, part-time

David Crompton
Health and economy in interwar Wigan
Supervisor: John Pickstone
Second supervisor: Bill Luckin

John Turney
[Renal dialysis in the UK]
Supervisor: John Pickstone
Second supervisor: Michael Worboys

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MPhil (Masters by research) students

Emma Midgley
emma.midgley@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk
Representations of contemporary physics within museums, galleries and festivals through art and science cross-disciplinary practices
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes

Michael Rayner
mbzydmr1@aol.com
Astrophysics in Britain, 1880-1940
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes
Second supervisor: James Sumner

Mike Webb
mike.webb@student.manchester.ac.uk
Radiation protection standards at UK nuclear weapons tests
Supervisor: Jeff Hughes

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Visiting research students

We currently have no visiting students.

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MSc (taught Masters) students, full time

  • Rachel Boon
  • Robert Elliott
  • Tim Felton
  • Ruth Lainez-Gonzalez
  • Gemma Reed
  • Violeta Ruiz Cuenca
  • Charles Williams

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MSc (taught Masters) students, part time

  • John Cairns (Year 2)
  • Teresa Chilton (Year 2)
  • Richard Hatton (Year 2)
  • Rebecca Cadorette (Year 1)

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MSc graduands 2011

  • Megan Barrett
  • George Bruce
  • Ryan Hamill
  • Daniel Hughes
  • Anshuni Kaneria
  • Katherine Platt
  • Zoe Reigan
  • Rosie Yohannan

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