Confirmed dates for the ninth Faculty of Science PhD Student Symposium 2025 (9th PhDSS) are April 28th and 29th 2025!
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Monday
08:30 Registration
09:00 – 09:15 Opening
09:15 – 10:00 IL1 Jason Pellettieri, PhD
10:00 – 10:20 Coffee Break
10:20 – 10:30 Sponsor: Selvita
10:30 – 11:30 Oral Presentations: Sessions 1A, 1B
11:30 – 12:15 IL2 Krešimir Kumerički, PhD
12:15 – 12:20 Group photo
12:20 – 13:20 Lunch Break
13:25 – 14:35 Oral Presentations: Sessions 2A, 2B
14:40 – 15:10 W1 Anita Kanđera
15:10 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:40 Oral Presentations: Sessions 3A, 3B
16:40 – 18:25 Poster session
Tuesday
08:30 Registration
09:00 – 10:00 Oral Presentations: Sessions 4A, 4B
10:00 – 10:30 Coffee Break
10:30 – 11:15 IL3 Vjekoslav Kovač, PhD
11:20 – 11:50 W2 Marko Košiček, PhD
12:00 – 13:00 Lunch Break
13:00 – 14:10 Panel Discussion:
Startups – From Hypothesis to Market
14:10 – 14:40 Coffee Break
14:40 – 15:25 IL4 Petra Bajo, PhD
15:30 – 16:30 Oral Presentations: Sessions 5A, 5B
16:30 – 17:45 Poster session 2
17:50 – 18:20 Closing and Award
Ceremony
18:30 -20:00 Quiz & Games!
The 9th PhD Student Symposium will be held at two departments of the Faculty of Science in Zagreb: the Department of Physics (Bijenička cesta 32) on Monday, April 28, and the Department of Mathematics (Bijenička cesta 30) on Tuesday, April 29.
The program will consist of invited lectures, workshops, oral presentations, poster sections, sponsor sections, and an entertainment section (a STEM quiz – stay tuned for applications).
Invited speakers
This year the Symposium will have 4 invited speakers as well as Panel discussion.
- Jason Pellettieri, PhD: “The Biology of Planarians – Circling the Globe to Study Worms that Are Flat”
- Krešimir Kumerički, PhD: “The Shape of the Proton”
- Vjekoslav Kovač, PhD: “Problem Solving at the Level of Mathematical Research”
- Petra Bajo, PhD: “Speleothems: Time Capsules of Earth’s Climate History”
- Panel discussion: “Startups – From Hypothesis to Market” (Mateo Čupić – Entropic; Stipe Lukin – KalphaTech; Marijana Serdar – Latom ; Mario
Špadina – SeaCras)
Workshops
Workshops are carefully selected for PhD students. This year we will give you an opportunity to join two workshops:
- Anita Kanđera: “Find Your Rhythm! Practical Guidelines for Time Management”
- Marko Košiček, PhD: “Communicating Science with Non-Scientists”
Please note that the standard oral presentations last for 8 minutes followed by 2 minutes reserved for questions. The poster sessions will be organized in a few time slots. Further, please recall that the goal of this symposium is to present your work to the general scientific audience.
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Awards @ Symposium
- The Best Talk
- The Best Poster
- The Most Attentive Listener
Every year we give three types of Awards. The Best Talk and The Best Poster awards are given to people who managed to get the most interest from the participants, followed the guidelines and presented their research work in an appealing way. Since we have passive participants, we decided to include The Most Attentive Listener award, given to people who followed the Invited Speakers’ talks. To win this award make sure to follow us on Social Media.
Program and Abstracts from Previous Years
