To answer the specific aspect of the question, about transcendental number theory, I think one thing you should do is to talk (by email, maybe) with Michel Walschmidt in Paris. I think he could give you an educated opinion about how cold is the subject, and if it is not too cold, where you can an adviser which would help you working on it.
Joël
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