Biosciences
interdisciplinary doctoral study program
Presentations of topics of doctoral dissertations
By the start of the summer semester in the 2nd year of study (the middle of February) a doctoral student hands in an application for approval of the topic and title of a doctoral thesis.
In accordance with the programme of doctoral study of Biosciences a student must present the topic of the doctoral dissertation. With the successful presentation of the topic, the student obtains 5 ECTS, which count towards the quota of credit points that he/she must obtain for advancement to the third year of study.
By the time of submission of the application for approval of the topic and title of doctoral dissertation, a doctoral student must have attended the presentation of at least three topics of doctoral dissertations of other doctorands. At the time of submission of his application, she or he shall attach evidence (FORM) by which she or he proves participation in the presentations of topics. Presentation dates will be announced on an ongoing basis. Presentations will take place live or online. After the online presentation, the chairman of the commission confirms by confirmation email that the student participated in the presentation: form for online participation. The student prepares a short report on each presentation he / she has listened to and attaches it to the confirmation e-mail of the chairman of the commission or add it the form if the presentation was live.
Dates of presentations of the topics of the doctoral dissertations of individual students are published in the table below:
| Student |
Scientific area |
Title of doctoral dissertation |
Date and location of the presentation |
| Vid Naglič | Agronomy |
Integrating morphological and molecular approaches for soil microarthropod assessment in agroecosystems chairperson of the commission: prof. dr. Stanislav Trdan (stanislav.trdan@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Tuesday, 9. 6. 2026, at 9.00 a.m., at Dep. of agronomy BF, Jamnikarjeva 101, lecture room A4 |
| Katja Knez |
Economics of Natural Resources
|
Farmers’ and garden owners’ motivations and preferences for nature conservation and restoration in Slovenia chairperson of the commission: prof. dr. Andrej Udovč (andrej.udovc@bf.uni-lj.si) |
The date will be announced later |
| Svit Brudar | Managing Forest Ecosystems |
Stability, wood quality, growth and development of forest stands under different thinning regimes on permanent research plots chairperson of the commission: doc. dr. Andrej Rozman (andrej.rozman@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Tuesday, 2. 6. 2026 at 3.00 p.m., conference room, Dep. of forestry, Večna pot 83, LJ and online: |
| Carla Marion | Cell Sciences |
Regulation of glucose and lipid metabolism in astrocytes by extracellular free fatty acids chairperson of the commission: prof. dr. Marko Kreft (marko.kreft@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Thursday, 11. 6. 2026 at 9.00 a.m., conference room, Dep. of Biology BF, Večna pot 111, LJ and online, the link will be announced at a later date |
| Aisha Levina | Cell Sciences |
High-throughput microfluidic analysis of the response of suspended cells and vesicles to solution changes chairperson of the commission: prof. dr. Kristina Sepčić (kristina.sepcic@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Wednesday, 10. 6. 2026 at 4.00 p.m., lecture room B4, Dep. of Biology BF, Večna pot 111, LJ |
| Sani Muhammad Ismail | biotechnology |
Develompent of novel model membrane systems for studying functional and structural properties of Nep1-like proteins chairperson: prof. dr. Kristina Sepčić (kristina.sepcic@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Friday, 19. 6. 2026 at 3.00 p.m., conference room, Dep of. Food science BF, Jamnikarjeva 101, LJ |
| Valentine Uka | Protection of the Natural Heritage |
Impact of urban green spaces on human well- being chairperson of the commission: prof. dr. Grega Repovš (gregor.repovs@bf.uni-lj.si) |
Friday, 5. 6. 2026 at 10.00 a.m., online: |