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| Research Interests: | Environmental assessment and ecosystem development, Mammal ecology |
| Present Position: | Associate professor, Institute of Biosciences, LSC |
| Education: |
1985 - Biology, VU 1993 - PhD, VU |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2015 - professor 2007 - assoc. professor 2003 - lecturer |
| Basics of ecology, Educational practice of ecosystems, Environmental impact assessment, MSc programme seminar, Population dynamics (PhD), Biological conservation (PhD) |
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| Supervision of Doctoral Students: |
Scientific superviser of doctoral student Asta Kovrigina 2021–-2025 |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB |
| Academic Cooperation: | Dr. Busher PE, Boston University, USA Dr. Iso-Touru, T., Natural Resources Institute, Finland (Luke) |
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Projects and Grants: |
2016–2019 - INTERREG Baltic Sea region programme Water Management in Baltic Forests (WAMBAF) of Interreg Baltic Sea Region, expert. |
| Qualification Improvement, Sertificates: | Expert group in Environmental Science in frame of the project “SKAR-3: Development of a system for the description of studies” by The Centre for Quality Assessment in Higher Education, 2019–2020. VP1-3.2-ŠMM-V-02-003 project “Development and implementation of the National Science Promotion Measures System” qualification improvement training “Science Communication”, 2012. Organizing training for second and third cycle students and increasing the scientific competence of researchers by creating preconditions for the implementation of EU legislation related to the study and monitoring of global change and anthropogenic impacts on ecosystems. BPD2004-ESF-2.5.0-03-05 / 0024, 2006–2008. Research and monitoring of global change and anthropogenic impacts: assessing the environmental impact of climate change using GIS (Geographic Information Systems) technologies, 26 February 2007–02 March. |
| Other Related Activities: |
Head of the research group “Environmental Assessment and Ecosystem Development” at Department of Ecology and Environmental Research of Institute of Biosciences. Member of expert group of large carnivores population management in Lithuania by the Ministry of Environment. Member of expert group of Game and Trophies by the Lithuanian Council of Hunters and Fishermen. Peer reviewer for Journals: Baltic Forestry, Zoology and Ecology, American Middland Naturalist, European Journal for Wildlife Research, Aquatic Ecology; Folia Zoologica, North Western Journal of Zoology. Member of the Scientific Committee of the 11th Baltic Theriological Conference, January 25–27, 2021, Kaunas, Lithuania; https://btc.vdu.lt/ Member of the Scientific Committee of the 8th International Beaver Symposium, September 18–20, 2018, Vosborg, Denmark; https://discovermammals.org/8th-international-beaver-symposium/ |
| Research Dissemination: |
Live or artificial, big or small - which Christmas tree is the most sustainable at home? (in Lithuanian), 2023 Live or artificial, big or small - which Christmas tree is the most sustainable at home? (in Lithuanian), 2023 Science without sermons. Which Christmas tree is more environmentally friendly? (in Lithuanian), 2023 |
| Languages: | Lithuanian, English, Russian, Polish |