Recruitment 2025

Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences offers the following PhD projects to doctoral schools in the academic year 2025/2026:

 Interdisciplinary Doctoral School of Agricultural Sciences

1.  PhD topic: Metabolic and molecular characteristics of selected entomopathogenic fungi and their impact on plant and soil microbiome   

Doctoral supervisor: prof. dr hab. Magdalena Frąc (m.frac@ipan.lublin.pl)

Assistant supervisor: dr inż. Dominika Siegieda (d.siegieda@ipan.lublin.pl)

2. PhD topic: The impact of biochar on the development and welfare of the black soldier fly

Doctoral supervisor: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Bieganowski (a.bieganowski@ipan.lublin.pl)

Assistant supervisor: dr inż. Piotr Bulak (p.bulak@ipan.lublin.pl)

3. PhD topic: Development of the optimum pectin extraction strategy for 3D printing

Doctoral supervisor: prof. dr hab. inż. Justyna Cybulska (j.cybulska@ipan.lublin.pl)

Recruitment rules [PDF]

Application deadline: July 04, 2025

Publication of a detailed exam schedule, including information on the time of a given candidate’s recruitment interview: July 8,2025
Interviews with Candidates: July 10, 2025

Publication of ranking lists: by July 14,2025

Application Form – Online registration

Doctoral School of Quantitative and Natural Sciences

1. PhD topic: Determination of the quantity characterising the susceptibility of soils to splash erosion

Doctoral supervisor: dr hab. inż. Agata Sochan (a.sochan@ipan.lublin.pl)

2. PhD topic: Assessment of grassland soils in terms of greenhouse gas emissions and factors regulating gas exchange

Doctoral supervisor: dr hab. inż. Anna Walkiewicz (a.walkiewicz@ipan.lublin.pl)

Recruitment rules  [PDF]

Recruitment schedule in 2025:

• Opening of the Online Application System (OAS) for the Candidates: 01.07.2025
• Last day of the registration through OAS and acceptance of the Candidates’ documents at the Doctoral School’s Office ul. Weteranów 18, 20-038 Lublin. The Doctoral Schools’ Office must receive the documents sent by the post office no later than 18.08.2025 (documents submitted in person are accepted from Mon until Thu during office hours).
• Interviews with the Candidates: 25.08.2025 – 03.09.2025.08.2024

Online registration    active from 1 July