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Position Postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Molecular Biology, Laboratory of Evolutionary Genetics, for work in the field of natural sciences, field of biology, on the HRZZ project " Evolution of Cooperation: Ecology, Behaviour and Kin Relationships in Flour Beetles (ECO-KIN), for a fixed term of 2 years, 1 executor 

In addition to the general criteria for employment from Article 39, paragraph 7 of the Act on Higher Education and Scientific Activity, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• • academic degree of PhD in the field of natural sciences, field of biology or interdisciplinary natural sciences,
• • experience in experimental research, data analysis, and scientific publishing,
• • active knowledge of English in speech and writing.

Preference will be given to candidates with experience working with insects, gas chromatography, and the analysis of insect cuticular chemical compounds.

In addition to the application document, applicant needs to provide: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Diploma, e-mail address of at least one referee, and other evidence needed for satisfying position related selection criteria. 

Selected candidates who have achieved their higher qualifications outside Croatia will be required, before the signing of the employment contract, to obtain the Ruling on the Recognition of Foreign Higher Educational Qualifications issued by the Agency for Science and Higher Education.

The candidate cannot be employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Republic of Croatia for a total of more than four years. With a candidate for the position of Postdoctoral Fellow who has already been employed as a Postdoctoral Fellow, an employment relationship can be established for a maximum of 4 years, and the candidate is required to submit a certificate of employment from the previous employer or previous employment contracts for the position of senior assistant.

The employment, according to the Rules of Croatian Science Foundation - for work on a project as Postdoctoral Fellow, can be contracted a maximum of two times (i.e. on two different projects) and only with candidates whose period between the enrolment in doctoral studies and this employment is no longer than 10 years.

A work contract with a Postdoctoral Fellow can be concluded upon the consent of Croatian Science Foundation.

The employment includes a six-month trial period. 

ln accordance with Article 13 of the Gender Equality Act, persons of both sexes may compete in hiring competitions.

Late applications and applications without proof that the required prerequisites have been met will not be considered, as well as applications without a specified position and contest point to which the candidate is applying and applications submitted unaccordingly to the instructions for electronic submission.

Instructions for submitting tender applications - electronically only: [email protected]

Deadline for applications is July 20, 2026. Applications should be submitted as a single .pdf file (no more than 15 MB). Do not submit author's works, dissertations, etc. - they can be referred to by a link.

In the subject line of the electronic message the following has to be written: Application for job vacancy: Postdoctoral Fellow, Contest Point No. 4.