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Tel.: +370 614 08 345
E-mail: jurgita.ceseviciene@lammc.lt
Address: Instituto Ave. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania
Education
2001–2007 PhD studies, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture (since 2010 Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry) and Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2001 Master of Agronomy, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.
1999 Bachelor of Agronomy, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.
Academic degree
2007 Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (Agronomy), dissertation “Winter wheat grain technological properties as influenced by fertilization, harvesting time and length of storage period”
Research fields
- Quality and technological properties of cereal grains and their products (flour, bran, dough, starch, bread)
- Analysis of chemical composition of herbaceous plants intended for food, feed, and energy resources using various agrotechnologies
- Evaluation of bioactive compounds in different plant raw materials
- Studies of soil and agricultural plants chemical composition and interaction under the influence of agrotechnological practices (fertilisation, tillage, varieties, and cover crops)
- Composition and effects of new-generation organic fertilisers (digestates, etc.)
- Adaptation of laboratory methods, expansion of application possibilities, integration of new methods, and assessment of the accuracy of obtained data
Position
Since 2024 Senior Researcher, Chemical Research Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations, expert activity
Involvement in programmes and projects
- 2026–2029 EIP activity group project “Innovative digestate management technologies for sustainable yield, soil, and environment” (INDIGTECH), leader.
- 2025–2027 Research Council of Lithuania programme Researcher Groups project “Contribution of humic substances to the retention and mobility of environmentally hazardous synthetic polymers in soil systems”, co-investigator.
- 2024–2025 Recovery and Resilience Facility “NextGeneration Lithuania” and the State Budget of the Republic of Lithuania project “Preparation for submitting an application under the EH programme call HORIZON-MISS-2024-SOIL-01-03 ‘Development of dynamic monitoring systems to assess soil erosion status and temperature changes at the European scale”, co-investigator.
- 2022–2024 Project “Connecting sustainable agroecosystems and farming with circular bioeconomy and new technologies” (ConnectFarms), funded by ERA-NET Co-fund SusAn, FACCE ERA-GAS, ICT-AGRI-FOOD and SusCrop 2021 invitation “Circularity in mixed crops and livestock farming systems with emphasis on climate change mitigation and adaptation”, co-investigator.
- 2020 Ministry of Agriculture project “Production of alternative biomass sources (including alternative protein production sources and technologies) in primary agriculture: technological solutions, their use for bioeconomy development purposes – energy, feed, food”, co-investigator.
- Since 2017 LAMMC long-term research programme “Plant Biopotential for Multifunctional Use and Sustainability of Agroecosystems”, measure “Research of plant nutritional, feed value and healing components in the conditions of new technologies, sustainable environment and changing climate”, leader.
- 2017–2020 Ministry of Agriculture programme Rural Development 2014–2020, measure “Knowledge transfer and information activities”, project “Quality and risk assessment of conserved forages aimed at ensuring high feeding-value forage and well-being for dairy cattle”, co-investigator.
- 2017–2021 Lithuanian Research Council high level R&D (SMART) project “Quality diagnostics of biogas production by-product (digestate) for innovative use as a biofertilizer”, co-investigator.
- 2017–2021 Lithuanian Research Council High level R&D (SMART) project “Development of winter wheat varieties for amylose-free starch and vital gluten processing”, co-investigator.
- 2014–2015 Research Council of Lithuania programme “Healthy and Safe Food” project “Perennial legumes – a source of value added ingredients for functional food” (LegFOOD), co-investigator.
- 2014–2015 Lithuanian Rural Development Programme project “Innovative bean plant growing technologies enriching local protein feed and biological soil nitrogen”, co-investigator.
- 2012–2015 ESF project “Scientific validation of C3 and C4 herbaceous plants multifunctionality for innovative technologies: phyto-raw materials – bioproducts – environmental effects”, co-investigator.
- 2012–2014 Lithuanian Council of Science project “Comprehensive studies on biopotential of multi-use energy C4 type plant switchgrass” (EnergoSora), co-investigator.
- 2013 Lithuanian Rural Development Programme project “Use of cereals and other resources in the sustainable agriculture system”, co-investigator.
- 2012, 2013 Ministry of Education and Science project “The consolidation of university knowledge and technology communication ability” (UNIGEB), part M-ŽI-13 “Application and development of the laser diffraction method for soil and plant materials in agricultural science”, co-investigator.
- 2011–2013 Ministry of Agriculture research development programme “Creating and Introduction of Plant Varieties”, project “Screening of cereal varieties for whole-grain food with improved nutritional value”, co-investigator.
- 2011–2012 Ministry of Agriculture research development programme “Crop Development”, project “Quality assessment of country produced preserved herbal feed for cattle by spectrometry”, co-investigator.
- 2008–2009 Ministry of Agriculture research development programme “Development of Organic Farming”, project “Studio of organic wheat suitable for processing”, co-investigator.
- 2008 Research Council of Lithuania scientific group project “Creation of cheap and quick method for non-food wheat grain quality assessment”, co-investigator.
- 2007–2009 Research Council of Lithuania programme “Industrial Biotechnology Development”, project “Wheat for special purpose biopolymers”, co-investigator.
Supervision of PhD students and interns
- 2025 Student Marlo Jimenez (Agro-Food Engineering Program, Institut Agro Dijon, France), international internship at the Chemical Research Laboratory (20 weeks), supervisor
- Since 2024 PhD student Birutė Jomantaitė, PhD project “The impact of environmentally friendly tillage on agroecosystem sustainability”, scientific advisor
- 2019–2024 PhD student Danutė Petraitytė, PhD project “Changes in the chemical composition and technological properties of cereal grains and in the quality of soil as influenced by different fertilization systems”, scientific supervisor
- 2020–2023 PhD student Lauksmė Merkevičiūtė-Venslovė, PhD project “Quality of conserved forage and factors influencing its changes”, scientific advisor
- 2017–2020 PhD student Yuliia Kochiieru, PhD project “The research of raw material and product quality of bread cereals in the aspect of mycotoxins”, scientific advisor
- 2017 bachelor Aira Druktienytė (Industrial Biotechnology programme, Kaunas University of Technology) internship at the Chemical Research Laboratory (1 month), supervisor
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