CALL FOR TENDERS
for candidates for young researchers with
selected mentors in 2025
All forms:
Deadline for submitting applications is May 6th 2025.
Forms should be sent to the following email address: mr2025@ijs.si.
PhD title
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International colaboration
Mentors
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Biology
Dr. Tilen Koklič
The young researcher will participate in the development of a new concept (uCellnNet) to accelerate the mechanistic detection of disease development, with which we want to divide the response of a complex native tissue with a branched network of interactions and...
Doc. 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...
Biotehnology
Dr. Milica Perišić Nanut
The research program "Pharmaceutical Biotechnology: Science for Health" (P4-0127) focuses on investigating the fundamental molecular mechanisms of cellular function and the disruptions that arise, contributing to the development and progression of various diseases,...
Chemistry
Prof. dr. Tea Zuliani
We are looking for a motivated and curious candidate for the position of a young researcher who will contribute to the development and optimization of state-of-the-art analytical methods for determining the isotopic composition of non-traditional elements (Mg, Cu, Sr,...
Doc. dr. Tina Kosjek
Unlocking the Secrets of Chemical Exposure Through Hair Analysis Are you passionate about impactful research that bridges analytical chemistry, environmental science, and public health? Do you want to develop cutting-edge techniques that contribute to a healthier...
Prof. dr. Anton Kokalj
A young researcher will focus on research in atomistic materials modeling based on Density-Functional Theory (DFT) methods. A candidate may choose among several topics, ranging from modeling the state-of-the-art functional energy-related materials nad semiconductors,...
Doc. dr. Evgeny Goreshnik
The goal of this project is to develop copper(I)-halide networks. This type of MOFs could have very outstanding physical properties and potential applications. Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are a special class of materials that offer a high degree of structural and...
Doc. dr. Matej Kanduč
Are you fascinated by how molecules assemble into complex structures and how this impacts modern biotechnological applications? In our research group, we study fundamental physical processes at the molecular level using molecular dynamics simulations. About the...
Computer science and informatics
Dr. Dragi Kocev
Prof. dr. Dunja Mladenić
Doc. dr. Aleksandra Rashkovska Koceva
Dr. Gregor Kosec
Numerical modelling of increasingly complex physical systems helps the community to address important questions such as identifying environmental problems, improving technological processes, developing biomedical applications, etc. The involved mathematical models...
Prof. dr. Matjaž Gams
Artificial Quantum Intelligence Introduction AI has rapidly evolved from expert systems to large language models (LLMs) like GPT, achieving remarkable success. However, LLMs still lack self-awareness, reasoning, and adaptability, while classical computing limits their...
Doc. dr. Tea Tušar
Solving real-world optimization problems can be very challenging. Many problems contain multiple conflicting objectives to be optimized simultaneously and are heavily constrained. Moreover, the evaluation of solutions is often performed via simulation, meaning that it...
Prof. dr. Sašo Džeroski
Control and care of the environment
Prof. dr. Janez Ščančar
Doc. dr. Tomaž Rijavec
Microbial-based biocatalytic aggregated systems are artificially constructed consortia that can be obtained from natural samples or prepared by combining individual previously isolated strains. Artificially aggregated microbial cells can form three-dimensional...
Doc. dr. Igor Živković
The general objective of the program is to address fundamental scientific questions about natural environmental systems and processes at different levels, their interactions and responses to human activities, and to provide scientific evidence for the development of...
Doc. dr. Marko Štrok
The innovative radiochemical methods, substantially advancing existing ones in terms of overall performance for determination of Ca-41, Fe-55, Ni isotopes, Se-79, Pd-107, I-129, Cs-135, Pb-210 and U-236, will be developed. These methods are used and will be applied to...
Dr. David Kocman
This PhD research focuses on data analytics and ICT support for participatory-based environmental and health research. The candidate will develop tailored digital tools and services to engage citizens and other stakeholders in co-creating knowledge and solutions,...
Electronic components and technologies
Dr. Andraž Bradeško
Prof. dr. Danjela Kuščer Hrovatin
Chemical contamination of food is a major public health risk worldwide, causing mild to severe symptoms in humans and contributing to bacterial resistance. The topic of the PhD study is the development of materials and test sensor structures for the rapid and...
Dr. Vincenc Nemanič
Manufacturing technologies and systems
Materiali
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...
Prof. dr. Nina Daneu
PhD student will be involved in structural and chemical analysis of inorganic materials down to the atomic scale by advanced electron microscopy methods. He/she will learn to use state-of-the-art research equipment, such as the Spectra 300 analytical transmission...
Doc. dr. Slavko Kralj
The research will be highly interdisciplinary and will be focused primarily on the field of nanotechnology (anisotropic magnetic nanoparticles) and pharmaceutical technology, as well as to a lesser extent on the field of chemistry and cell biology. Part of the...
Dr. Muhammad Shahid Arshad
Project Overview: The objective of this PhD project is to investigate the application of magnetic-field-assisted 3D printing technology for the fabrication of next-generation multipole magnets with improved performance and efficiency in electric motor applications....
Dr. Tomaž Tomše
Dr. Aljaž Iveković
Dr. Andraž Bradeško
Prof. dr. Danjela Kuščer Hrovatin
Chemical contamination of food is a major public health risk worldwide, causing mild to severe symptoms in humans and contributing to bacterial resistance. The topic of the PhD study is the development of materials and test sensor structures for the rapid and...
Dr. Matjaž Panjan
Doc. dr. Sašo Gyergyek
Catalysts are involved in about 80% of all chemical transformations that we as a society relay on. An efficient and stable catalyst is therefore crucial for obtaining the necessary compounds. Among other measures, the so-called electrification of chemical industry and...
Prof. dr. Andraž Kocjan
Prof. dr. Matjaž Spreitzer
Prof. dr. Tadej Rojac
Prof. dr. Anton Kokalj
A young researcher will focus on research in atomistic materials modeling based on Density-Functional Theory (DFT) methods. A candidate may choose among several topics, ranging from modeling the state-of-the-art functional energy-related materials nad semiconductors,...
Dr. Petra Jenuš Belec
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...
Neurobiology
Physics
dr. Jurij Simčič
Dr. Jelena Vesić
The Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research (FAIR) accelerator center is one of the largest projects for fundamental research in the world. The accelerator complex is currently being built on the premises of one of the leading laboratories for nuclear...
Dr. Gregor Kramberger
Prof. dr. Samo Korpar
Prof. dr. Robert Jeraj
Dr. Klemen Ambrožič
Doc. dr. Andraž Rešetič
Liquid crystal elastomers (LCEs) are a material that combines the self-ordering properties of liquid crystals with the elasticity of a polymer network. The result is an elastic material that can reversibly change shape in response to an external stimulus, such as...
Doc. dr. Žiga Kos
We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to explore soft matter systems driven far from equilibrium. These include colloids manipulated by magnetic fields, bacterial colonies, microtubule suspensions powered by ATP-driven molecular motors, and synthetic...
Prof. dr. Miha Škarabot
Doc. dr. Andrej Vilfan
Prof. dr. Rok Žitko
Superconducting electronic circuits are one of the key platforms for modern quantum technologies, with applications in quantum computing, simulations, and sensing. The use of such devices exploits the quantum behavior of electrical circuits at very low temperatures to...
Doc. dr. Tomaž Rejec
The candidate will explore the symmetry and the topological properties of multi-terminal Josephson junctions with the aim of identifying those in which new synthetic topological materials could be realized. He will also explore ways to use such junctions as useful...
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.
Doc. dr. Miha Muškinja
Dr. Tilen Koklič
The young researcher will participate in the development of a new concept (uCellnNet) to accelerate the mechanistic detection of disease development, with which we want to divide the response of a complex native tissue with a branched network of interactions and...
Doc. dr. Jernej Mravlje
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.
Doc. dr. Luka Šantelj
The Standard Model (SM) of elementary particle physics successfully describes all known particles and their interactions. Despite the many successes of SM, it alone does not offer answers to questions such as: what is dark matter, or why the masses and coupling...
Prof. dr. Luka Snoj
Reliable and deployable energy sources play a central role in overcoming many of the challenges that humanity will face in the coming decades. As the climate crisis worsens, the world is urgently looking for sustainable, carbon neutral and reliable energy sources to...
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...
Doc. dr. Mojca Vilfan
Microfluidics is the science and technology that studies the behaviour of fluids in confined geometries. These can be simple, such as straight channels, or they can be of arbitrarily complex shapes, representing a more realistic model of similar systems found in...
Dr. Gašper Kokot
Colloidal active matter are systems of hundreds of microscopic particles driven out-of-equilibrium by external fields. They display non-trivial spontaneous collective organisation into static and dynamic patterns that can be controlled by the driving field. This...
Dr. Igor Vaskivskyi
Strongly-correlated materials, or the materials, in which Coulomb interaction between the electrons cannot be neglected, became of great importance for technology and basic science. They exhibit a rich variety of exciting properties, such as metal-insulator...
Doc. dr. Matjaž Humar
Prof. dr. Zdravko Kutnjak
Doc. 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...
Doc. dr. Sabina Markelj
The work will take place at a Department for low and medium energy physics (F2) in an experimental station on 2 MV tandem accelerator https://f2.ijs.si/en/infrastructure/2020071509342251/mic--microanalytical-centre , in a dynamic and relaxed environment. It would...
Doc. dr. Matej Kanduč
Are you fascinated by how molecules assemble into complex structures and how this impacts modern biotechnological applications? In our research group, we study fundamental physical processes at the molecular level using molecular dynamics simulations. About the...
Dr. Zala Lenarčič
Driving matter out of equilibrium challenges our understanding and intuition for quantum systems, as well as the imagination to exceed the limitations given by the equilibrium. In our understanding of equilibration of excited quantum systems, exact symmetries play a...
Process mechanical engineering
Dr. Blaž Mikuž
The study of heat transfer in gas-liquid two-phase flows is a highly active research field that is of great interest for both numerical modelling and experimental investigation of physical phenomena. Due to the high heat transfer efficiency during flow boiling, such...
Dr. Mitja Uršič
The proposed thesis is motivated by interest in understanding the physical mechanisms that govern the heat transfer in the forced-convection film boiling. The candidate will investigate the physical background of the liquid-vapour interface morphology in relation to...
Systems and cybernetics
Prof. dr. Damir Vrančić
Prof. dr. Pavle Boškoski
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...
Doc. dr. Matija Perne
I am looking for a candidate who will use mathematical modeling to study the functioning or development of a selected subsystem of our planet. Karst regions are characterized by the solubility of their bedrock and a significant proportion of underground water flow....
Doc. dr. Dejan Gradišar
Dr. Miha Glavan
Telecommunications
Dr. Samed Bajrić
Dr. Tanja Pavleska
The increasing complexity of cybersecurity threats necessitates the development of autonomous and AI-driven solutions capable of enhancing security operations, threat intelligence, and incident management. However, traditional security automation often lacks...
Doc. 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...