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Master’s projects &
postdoctoral research.
We welcome prospective team members, master’s students and postdoctoral researchers from Slovenia and internationally. Explore research opportunities in soil microbiomes, plant microbiomes, sequencing, bioinformatics and One Health.
MASTER’S THESIS TOPICS
Work with real questions
and real research systems.
Our thesis topics combine field or laboratory work with questions grounded in agricultural practice. Contact us to discuss the topic, supervision and current availability.
01Biodegradable mulch films & soil microbiomes
Do repeated applications of biodegradable films select for microorganisms capable of breaking them down? Work with samples from field experiments at Ptuj and Jable.
Microbial cultivation · respirometry · ddPCR
Discuss this topic02Nutrient cycling in a long-term fertilisation experiment
How do decades of fertilisation and organic matter management shape microbial carbon use and nutrient cycling? Use the IOSDV experiment at Jable, running since 1993.
Soil sampling · microbial biomass · respiration · enzyme assays
Discuss this topic03Antimicrobial resistance in agricultural soils
How does long-term manure application affect the persistence of resistance genes? Connect soil and manure sampling with molecular analysis in a One Health context.
Environmental DNA · qPCR / ddPCR · resistance genes
Discuss this topic04Reproducible microbiome bioinformatics
Help compare analytical pipelines and develop a documented workflow for amplicon and/or shotgun metagenomic datasets across projects.
Pipeline evaluation · sensitivity analysis · Snakemake / Nextflow
Discuss this topic05The wheat microbiome & drought
Explore plant responses to water stress or investigate microbe–wheat interactions within WHEATSHIELD. The precise thesis question can be developed around your background.
Plant phenotyping · microbial cultivation · microbiome analysis
Discuss this topicTo start the conversation, email nejc.stopnisek@kis.si with your topic of interest and a short description of your background. Students in agronomy, biology, microbiology, biochemistry, bioinformatics and related fields are welcome.
POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH
Let’s develop
the next idea.
Prospective postdoctoral fellows
We welcome international postdoctoral researchers interested in developing fellowship proposals and a research direction together. Please send a short research idea, your CV and the funding scheme or timeline you have in mind. Funded vacancies, when available, will be advertised separately.
Discuss a postdoctoral proposalResearch partnerships
Explore collaboration opportunities for joint studies and international research proposals.