Dr. Amir Aly

Applications are invited for three-year PhD studentships at the University of Plymouth, UK. The studentships will start on Wednesday 1 October 2025. A list of projects can be found below. It is essential that candidates discuss their proposal/plans with their intended supervisor(s), prior to writing their proposal and submitting an application. The school can only consider PhD research proposals that have the support of a supervisor. The projects include: 1. AI-Based Analysis of Voice Biomarkers in Neurodevelopmental Disorders, 2. Virtual Reality Training for Spatial Familiarity with Autistic Individuals, 3. Enhancing Social Interaction for Autistic Individuals through Anthropomorphic Augmented Reality, 4. Examining Cohesion and Authoritarianism through Synchronised VR Interactions, 5. Pure Fantasy: Harnessing VR to Explore and Enhance the Ideal Self in Autistic Individuals, 6. Board games for autistic wellbeing.