Justė Aželytė
Unit: P. B. Šivickis laboratory of parasitology
PhD study period: 2021-10-01 – 2025-09-30
Dissertation topic: “Avian malaria parasites: genetic structure, interaction with gut microbiome and factors shaping parasite development”
Scientific Supervisor: dr. Vaidas Palinauskas
Scientific Consultant: dr. Alejandro Cabezas-Cruz

 

Margarita Kazak
Unit: Laboratory of Entomology
PhD study period: 2021-10-01 – 2025-09-30
Dissertation topic: “Biting midge (Culicoides: Ceratopogonidae) ecology, phylogeny and their role in the parasite transmission”
Scientific Supervisor: dr. Rasa Bernotienė

Ieva Olechnavičiūtė
Unit: Laboratory of Entomology
PhD study period: 2022-10-01 – 2026-09-30
Dissertation topic: “Pesticide effects on nutritional ecology of carabid beetles”
Scientific Supervisor: dr. Norbertas Noreika

German Alfredo Gutierrez Liberato
Unit: P. B. Šivickis laboratory of parasitology
PhD study period: 2022-12-19 – 2026-12-18
Dissertation topic: “Insights into the biology of neglected apicomplexan non-pigmented bird blood parasites of the families Lankesterellidae and Leucocytozoidae
Scientific Supervisor: dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas

Misa Shimizu
Unit: P. B. Šivickis laboratory of parasitology
PhD study period: 2023-10-01 – 2027-09-30
Dissertation topic: “Species inferences of neglected Haemoproteus (Haemosporida, Haemoproteidae) blood parasites using morphological and molecular methods
Scientific Supervisor: dr. Jenny Dunn (University of Lincoln, UK)
Scientific Consultant: dr. Carolina Romeiro Fernandes Chagas (Nature Research Centre, Lithuania)

Pasquale Ciliberti
Unit: Laboratory of Entomology
PhD study period: 2023-12-21 – 2027-12-20
Dissertation topic: “Taxonomy and Ecology of Limoniinae crane flies (Diptera) of Italy”
Scientific Supervisor: prof. dr. (HP) Sigitas Podėnas

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