CALL FOR TENDERS
for candidates for young researchers with
selected mentors in 2026
Call for Tenders IJS MR 2026
All forms:
Deadline for submitting applications is 23 August 2026.
Forms should be sent to the following email address: mr2026@ijs.si.
PhD title
Regular employment
Work in an innovative environment
Working with top experts
International colaboration
Mentors
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Dr. Andreja Kozak
Our research programme focuses on understanding the role of proteases in both normal physiology and disease, with a particular emphasis on inflammation and cancer. Proteases tightly control key processes such as immune responses, cell-cycle progression, cell death,...
Prof. Dr. Dušan Turk
The primary role of endosomal/lysosomal system is protein degradation (Turk et al., 2012). In addition to nonspecific proteolysis in the acidic environment of endosomes/lysosomes, proteolytic enzymes cysteine cathepsins also have specific roles, such as the cleavage...
Prof. Ddr. Boris Turk
Biology
Asst. Prof. Dr. Iztok Urbančič
What do we do? We know that living in polluted environment poses a great risk for our health, increasing the probability for cancer, pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions, as well as neurodegeneration, but the steps of disease development remain largely unknown. In...
Computer science and informatics
Prof. Dr. Peter Korošec
The doctoral research program Learning for Adaptive Optimization focuses on developing learning-based methods for adaptive optimization in dynamic, uncertain, and/or complex environments. The research targets solving various complex problems where conventional...
Prof. Dr. Barbara Koroušić Seljak
The research programme focuses on the development and application of machine learning and natural language processing methods for advanced data analysis in the field of nutritional science. The aim of the project is to develop innovative approaches for integrating,...
Prof. Dr. Gregor Papa
The PhD research investigates algorithmic frameworks for solving NP-hard routing and scheduling problems formulated as constrained combinatorial optimization problems. The problem classes considered are defined over discrete solution spaces with complex feasibility...
Dr. Gregor Kosec
Asst. Prof. Dr. Tome Eftimov
The programme “Trustworthy Benchmarking and Explainable Evaluation of Large Language Models Across Tasks and Prompting Regimes” addresses a central challenge in modern AI: how to evaluate large language models (LLMs) in a reliable, reproducible, and explainable manner...
Electronic components and technologies
Materials
Dr. Samir El Shawish
Recent incidents of pipe cracking in nuclear power plants in France, Belgium, and Slovenia have highlighted the deficiencies in the monitoring and predictive capabilities of preventive maintenance programs within the nuclear industry. These shortcomings impede the...
Mechanics
Dr. Samir El Shawish
Recent incidents of pipe cracking in nuclear power plants in France, Belgium, and Slovenia have highlighted the deficiencies in the monitoring and predictive capabilities of preventive maintenance programs within the nuclear industry. These shortcomings impede the...
Physics
Dr. Jaka Vodeb
Strongly correlated quantum systems represent an important research area in modern physics, as they give rise to complex phenomena such as phase transitions, spontaneous symmetry breaking, metastable states, and collective excitations. The development of new quantum...
Dr. Tadej Novak
In recent years, the amount of data collected in the ATLAS experiment at the Large Hadron Collider has doubled. At the same time, computational methods and machine learning methods have also advanced rapidly, enabling the use of the latest technologies to analyse this...
Prof. Dr. Irena Drevenšek Olenik
Organic ferroelectric thin films combine ferroelectric functionality with the key advantages of organic materials. This makes them highly attractive for next-generation electronic and electromechanical elements in devices that are flexible, lightweight, and...
Prof. Dr. Matjaž Kavčič
High energy resolution X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), probing the valence occupied electronic states below the Fermi level, can be used to provide information on local electronic structure and bonding configuration of atoms within different technologically...
Asst. Prof. Miha Mihovilovič
Prof. Dr. Simon Širca
Dr. Jan Rozman
About the Programme The PhD candidate will join the Biophysics Group at the Department of Theoretical Physics (F-1), which focuses on understanding the physics of biological processes at both the tissue and molecular scales. The group also has an extensive network of...
Asst. Prof. Dr. Jure Kokalj
Prof. Dr. Robert Jeraj
1. Environmental medical physics 2. Screening programs
Dr. Klemen Ambrožič
Dr. Denis Golež
The doctoral candidate will develop a quantum theory for the strong light-matter coupling in many-body quantum systems, such as a density charge wave or exciton insulators, in a cavity with a confined electromagnetic field.
Prof. Dr. Luka Snoj
Dr. Aljaž Čufar
Dr. Nerea Sebastian Ugarteche
Ferroelectric nematics, recently discovered, exhibit spontaneous polarization and nonlinear optical properties comparable to ferroelectric solids, while being fluid. This unique combination of fluidity, i.e. tunability and processability, and polarity unlocks exciting...
Prof. Dr. Zdravko Kutnjak
Asst. Prof. Dr. Iztok Urbančič
What do we do? We know that living in polluted environment poses a great risk for our health, increasing the probability for cancer, pulmonary and cardiovascular conditions, as well as neurodegeneration, but the steps of disease development remain largely unknown. In...
Dr. Zala Lenarčič
Systems and cybernetics
Prof. Dr. Damir Vrančić
New control structures and new methods for tuning controller parameters and process identification 1. Process control concept based on process self-feedback The basic principle of the closed-loop process control is to measure the output of the process (the...
Prof. Dr. Pavle Boškoski
1. Identification of real-order systems with application to electrochemical power systems 2. Analysis of nonlinear dynamics with application to medical data
Dr. Samo Gerkšič
Predictive control is practically the most relevant advanced control method for multivariable dynamical systems with relatively slow dynamics, however challenges remain with implementation for processes with fast dynamics, due to the computation time of on-line...
Dr. Boštjan Pregelj
Telecommunications
Asst. Prof. Dr. Samed Bajrić
The young researcher training programme focuses on quantum-secure communication systems, with an emphasis on the secure integration of post-quantum cryptographic mechanisms into modern communication systems and the analysis of their long-term robustness in real...
Dr. Tanja Pavleska
The increasing sophistication of cyber threats and the growing integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into digital systems require approaches that both leverage AI for cybersecurity and ensure the security of AI systems themselves. This research area therefore...
Assist. Prof. Dr. Tomaž Klobučar
Modern information and communication systems and networks are becoming more dynamic, distributed, and complex, requiring proactive protection and rapid recovery to mitigate and manage increasingly frequent and sophisticated cyberattacks, which is especially true for...