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Postdoctoral fellowships in Lithuania:

  • Supervisor: Dr. Olena Kudlai. Postdoc fellow: Dr. James Omondi Outa (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024–2026). Topic: Towards a better understanding of the diversity, phylogeny and life cycles of blood flukes in freshwater fish
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Melanie Adele Tchoumbou (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024–2026). Topic: Mechanisms of avian cerebral haemoproteosis
  • Supervisor: Dr. Petras Prakas. Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Giedrius Šidlauskas (postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024-2026). Topic: Molecular investigation of Toxoplasma and Sarcocystis parasites in rodents from Lithuania
  • Supervisor: Dr. Živilė Jurgelėnė. Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Sergej Šemčuk (postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024-2026). Topic: Fish as trophic ontogenesis model for studying the impact mechanisms of ecofriendly sorbents modified with nanocomposites
  • Supervisor: Dr. Vaida Šeirienė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Nick Bennett Schafstall (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024–2027). Topic: Reconstruction of pre-anthropogenic climate in the Baltics and Eastern Europe, based on the climate envelopes of beetle species
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Alžbeta Šujanova (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024–2026). Topic: Unveiling the hidden threats of widespread blood parasites
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Albertas Bitinas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Michal Šujan (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2024–2026). Topic: Cosmogenic nuclide dating of the continental ice sheet inception in Lithuania („CosmoLith“)
  • Supervisor: Dr. Vaidas Palinauskas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Nathan Jay Baker (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2022–2024). Topic: How changes in biodiversity change biodiversity: long-term trends in freshwater invertebrates as vectors of haemosporidian parasites
  • Supervisor: Dr. Dalia Kiselienė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Karolis Minkevičius (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2022–2024). Topic: Agricultural landscapes of Roman Period: agriculture and natural environment interactions in Lithuania in I-IV c.
  • Supervisor: Dr. Asta Audzijonytė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Denis Copilas Ciocianu (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2022–2024). Topic: Evolutionary history of Ponto-Caspian Amphipoda: integration of molecular and morphological traits, fossils and molecular clocks (EPoCA)
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Melanie Adele Tchoumbou (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2022–2024). Topic: Exoerythrocytic development of little investigated avian hemoproteosis
  • Supervisor: Dr. (HP) Dalius Butkauskas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Alina Marandykina-Prakienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2021–2023). Topic: Molecular diagnostics of Sarcocystis species parasitizing sheep and goat
  • Supervisor: Dr. Petras Prakas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Elžbieta Jankovska-Bortkevič (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2021–2023). Topic: The effect of increasing cold on the dynamics of polyamine biosynthesis of winter oilseed rape and the scope of its control
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Carolina R. F. Chagas (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2021–2023). Topic: Insights into pathogenicity of leucocytozoonoses
  • Supervisor: Dr. Kristina Ložienė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Vaida Vaičiulytė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Assessment of the effect of fertilization on the aboveground biomass, composition of essential oil, amount and density of essential oil glands in Thymus × citriodorus
  • Supervisor: Dr. Olena Kudlai. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Camila Pantoja de Oliveira (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Biodiversity assessment of the coastal waters of the Brazilian Atlantic forests: Abundance and genetic diversity of marine parasites and their fish host species
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Carolina Hernández-Lara (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Mechanisms of pathogenesis of visceral lesions caused by avian haemosporidiosis
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vincas Būda. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Dovilė Bukauskaitė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Does haemosporidian gametocyte viability change in different seasons in nature?
  • Supervisor: Dr. Mindaugas Dagys. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Mikas Ilgūnas (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Exoerythrocytic development of haemosporidian parasites in birds of prey
  • Supervisor: Dr. Sigita Jurkonienė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Effects of light and dark conditions on the photophysiological response and production of leafy vegetables in indoor horticulture
  • Supervisor: Dr. Asta Audzijonytė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Denis Copilaş-Ciocianu (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: DNA barcoding database of Ponto-Caspian Amphipoda: towards improvement of invasion management and biodiversity conservation
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Elena Servienė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Dominykas Aleknavičius (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2020–2022). Topic: Cultivating crickets for future food: safety investigations in microbiota aspects
  • Supervisor: habil. dr. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2017–2020). Topic: Molecular characterization of avian haemosporidian parasites and identification of their vectors
  • Supervisor: Dr. Miglė Stančikaitė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Andrej Spiridonov (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2017–2020). Topic: The impact of solar radiation cycles and oceanic events on vegetation dynamics in the Postglacial Period
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Sigitas Podėnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Rita Žiegytė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2017–2020). Topic: Identification of blackfly and biting midge species participating in the transmission of haemosporidian parasites
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vincas Būda. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Žilvinas Pūtys (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2013–2015). Topic: Chemical alarm signals of the round goby Neogobius melanostomus
  • Supervisor: Dr. Jurga Motiejūnaitė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Rasa Buožytė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2013–2015). Topic: Forest ecosystem lesions and mycorrhizae changes
  • Supervisor: Dr. Romualda Petkevičiūtė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Olena Kudlai (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2013–2015). Topic: Molecular and morphological approach to revealing diversity, taxonomy and life-cycles of larval flukes parasitizing in water molluscs changes
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Vincas Būda. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Rasa Čepulytė – Rakauskienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2013–2015). Topic: Search for the sex pheromone of the potato quarantine pest – nematode Globodera rostochiensis
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Vladimirov Dimitar Dimitrov (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2013–2015). Topic: Molecular and morphological characterization of avian malaria and related haemosporidian parasites
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Gediminas Valkiūnas. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Asta Križanauskienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2011). Topic: Investigation of specificity of avian malaria parasites and other haemosporidia (Sporozoa, Haemosporida)
  • Supervisor: Dr. Habil. Vytautas Kontrimavičius. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Arseny Makarikov (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2011) Topic: Morphology, systematics and biogeography of cestodes of family Hymenolepididae of European small rodents (Rodentia). Formation of the hymenolepidid faunistic complex of the Baltic region
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Aniolas Sruoga. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Marija Starodubaitė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2011). Topic: Molecular-genetic, phenetic and morphometric variability in the genus Talpa and determination of taxonomic criteria
  • Supervisor: Dr. Gražina Skridlaitė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. S. Radzevičius (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2011). Topic: Reconstruction of Proterozoic, Paleozoic and Mesozoic geological processes
  • Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Habil. Jonas Mažeika. Postdoc fellow: Dr. V. Vaitkevičienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2012). Topic: The impact of hydrogeological factors on the solubility and adsorption of radionuclides in the environment of a radioactive waste repository
  • Supervisor: Dr. Miglė Stančikaitė. Postdoc fellow: Dr. Rasa Binkienė (Postdoctoral fellowship term: 2009–2011). Topic: Dynamics of short-term palaeoecosyste m changes in the Postglacial Period: trends and prognosis of evolution
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