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Research Interests: Chemical and Behavioral Ecology, Allelopathy, Microplastics 
Present Position: Assistant professor - VU LSC Institute of Biosciences
Education:
2015 - PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University
2006 - MSc in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University
2004 - BSc in Biology (Ecological Biology), Vilnius University 
Experience (Past Positions): 2017–present - Assistant professor, Vilnius University
2016–2017 - Lecturer, Vilnius University
2008–2019 - Research assistant, The State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre (NRC) 
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Basics of Animal Behaviour, Behavioural Ecology (LT & E), Chemical Ecology, Environmental Biodiversity, Baltic Sea Region Ecology, Human Ecology 
Awards: 2024-12-19 Awarded as the best lecturer at the VU LSC
2023-03-2- VU LSC certificate of recognition for organising educational activities for school children
Publications:

LABT_LMAVB 
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1. Judžentienė, Asta; Pečiulytė, Dalė; Nedveckytė, Irena. In Situ Antimicrobial Properties of Sabinene Hydrate, a Secondary Plant Metabolite. Molecules. 2024; 29 (17):4252. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules29174252
2. Judžentienė, Asta; Būdienė, Jurga; Stancelytė, Donata; Nedveckytė, Irena. Phytochemistry and Allelopathic Effects of Tanacetum vulgare L. (Tansy) Extracts on Lepidium sativum L. (Garden Pepper Cress) and Lactuca sativa L. (Lettuce). Horticulturae. 2024; 10(6):538. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10060538
3. Judžentienė, Asta; Būdien,ė Jurga; Labanauskas, Linas; Stancelytė, Donata; Nedveckytė, Irena. Allelopathic Activity of Canadian Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis L.) Extracts on Seed Germination and Growth of Lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) and Garden Pepper Cress (Lepidium sativum L.). Plants. 2023; 12(7):1421. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants12071421
4. Judžentienė, Asta; Būdienė, Jurga; Nedveckytė, Irena; Garjonytė, Rasa. Antioxidant and Toxic Activity of Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench and Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don Essential Oils and Extracts. Molecules 2022, 27, 1311. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041311
5. Nedveckytė, Irena; Pečiulytė, Dalė; Būda, Vincas. Fungi associated with horse-chestnut leaf miner moth Cameraria ohridella mortality. Forests. 2021; 12( 1):, art. no. 58, p. [1-12]. https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010058
6. Ignatavičius, Gytautas; Satkūnas, Jonas; Grigienė, Alma; Nedveckytė, Irena; Rahidul Hassan, Howlader; Valskys, Vaidotas. Heavy metals in sapropel of lakes in suburban territories of Vilnius (Lithuania): reflections of paleoenvironmental conditions and anthropogenic influence. Minerals. 2022, vol. 12, no. 1, art. no. 17, p. [1-19]. https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010017
7. Būda V., Apšegaitė V., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Butkienė R., Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., 2016. Response of moth Plodia interpunctella to volatiles of fungus-infected and uninfected wheat grain. Journal of Stored Products Research, 69: 152-158 DOI: 10.1016/j.jspr.2016.08.001
8. Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Nedveckytė I., Būda V., 2016. Honey bee infection caused by Nosema spp. In Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Science, 60(2): 77-87. DOI: 10.1515/jas-2016-0019
9. Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., Būda V., 2014. Entomopatogeniniai grybai: įvairovė ir sąveikos su vabzdžiais ypatumai. Ekologija, 60(3): 39-53.doi: 10.6001/ekologija.v60i3.2980
10. Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., Dirginčiūtė-Volodkienė V., Būda V., 2011. Pine defoliator Bupalus piniaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its entomopathogenic fungi. 2. Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces farinosus. Ekologija, 57(1): 12-20. doi: 10.6001/ekologija.v57i1.1305
11. Pečiulytė D., Nedveckytė I., Dirginčiūtė-Volodkienė V., Būda V., 2010. Pine defoliator Bupalus piniaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its entomopathogenic fungi. 1. Fungi isolation and testing on larvae. Ekologija, 56(1-2): 34-40. doi: 10.6001/ekologija.v56i1-2.1285

Academic Cooperation: Nature Research Center
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia 

Projects and Grants:

2024 - 2025 NordPlus project „BalticSeaBioMed/2024“. No. NPHE-2024/10369. Partner
2024 - 2025 Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), Student research during the semester. “Phytotoxicity of Tanacetum vulgare essential oil on model organisms”. No. S-ST-24-95. Project leader.
2023 – 2024 Research Council of Lithuania (LMT), Student research during the semester. “Effects of polystyrene diets on survival, genotoxicity and microbiome of Tenebrio molitor (L.) larvae”. No. S-ST-23-98. Project leader.
2023- 2024 NordPlus project „BalticSeaBioMed/2023“. No. NPHE-2023/10225. Partner
2021-2022 VU Science Promotion Fund project „Effects of stress and serotonin on individual behavior of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) “. No. MSF-JM-1/2021. Researcher.
2014 - 2016 National Research Program “Healthy and Safe Food”, No. SVE-10/2014 (MICOTOX), project „Search for biomarkers and detection of harmful substances in cereals and their products for quality and safety control”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Junior Researcher.
2015 – 2015 National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, project “Impact of pathogens on pheromone production in young honey bee queens”. Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Administrator.
2014 – 2015 National Research Program “Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact”, No. LEK-01/2012 (VIRUSAI), project „Detection of bees, Apis mellifera, foreign pathogens and their spread in Lithuania”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Researcher.
2010 – 2012 National Research Program “Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact”, No. LEK-12/2010 (ENTOMO PATO), project „Insects and entomopathogens: interactions between invasive and native species, new diagnostic methods”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Biologist.

Research Dissemination: 1. 2024-01-04 Lecture for Teachers "Preparing a student science project for an international competition: from idea to presentation". Workshop on "How to prepare a student biology project suitable for an international competition?"
2. Vilnius University program “Student for one day”, multiple public lectures on different topics: “Dominance, Hierarchy and Territorial Behaviour”; “Allelopathy”; “Air pollution”; “Animal nuptial gifts”; “Courtship Behaviuors” and others.
3. 2022-11-22 Video report on microplastics https://tv.lrytas.lt/zinios/lietuvos-diena/2022/11/20/news/pokycius-del-mokamu-plastikiniu-maiseliu-gyventojai-vertina-teigiamai-zada-ta-pati-naudoti-kelis-kartus-25232992
4. Since 2018 until present – 36 educational excursions to Chemical Ecology for school students from 9th – 12th grades.
5. Since 2021 until present – a judge at International Project Olympad “VILIPO” for students aged 12-19.
6. 2021-04-07 Lecture for Teachers “The secret language of animals or animal communication trivia”
7. Public lecture in The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences “Chemo-Ecological Interactions of Plants” 2018.
8. https://www.lrytas.lt/gamta/zeme/2018/08/17/news/specialistai-protinga-visuomene-turetu-atsisakyti-plastiko--7277681/?utm_source=lrExtraLinks&utm_campaign=Copy&utm_medium=Copy
Other Related Activities: 1. Member of an International Chemical Ecology Association (since 2025)
2. Member of a BalticSeaBioMed consortium (since 2023)
3. Member of a Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute (since 2016).
4, Participation in the Climate Change Working Group of Vilnius University (since 2020). 
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

 

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