Chairman

Curriculum Vitae

Education 

1993 Doctor of Natural Sciences, degree nostrified by the Lithuanian Research Council, reg. No. 2734
1980 Vilnius University, Faculty of Chemistry, chemist, chemistry teacher

Work experience

2022-2023  Administrative position Executive Director of the VU GMC-EMBL Partnership Institute, Academic position - Senior Researcher at VU GMC VU GMC
2017-2022 Director, Life Sciences Centre, Vilnius University
2009-2023 Senior Researcher, Professor, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Head of the Department of Bioelectrochemistry and Biospectroscopy
2002-2010 Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Biochemistry, Vilnius University, Department of Bioelectrochemistry and Biospectroscopy
2002-2011 Professor, Vilnius Tech (Vilnius Gediminas Technical University), Faculty of Basic Sciences, Department of Chemistry and Bioengineering
1998-2002 Visiting Scientist, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA
1990-1998 Associate Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vilnius University
1984-1988 Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vilnius University
1980-1994 Junior Research Fellow, Department of Physical Chemistry, Vilnius University

Awards

2020 Acknowledgement and Commemorative Medal of the Minister of Health of the Republic of Lithuania for significant contribution to the protection of the health of the Lithuanian people during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Acknowledgement and commemorative medal from the Prime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania for contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic
2018 Knight's Cross of the Order of the Grand Duke of Gediminas
2016 Lithuanian Science Prize 

Research interests

Biochemistry, molecular biophysics, bioelectrochemistry

Additional information

Author of over 90 scientific papers referenced in Thomson Reuters WOS, author of 2 peer-reviewed scientific monographs, author of 2 USSR copyright certificates.
During his scientific career, he has participated in more than 30 national and international conferences. Lecturer in many invited lectures.

Foreign languages

English, French, Russian