Dr. Kristina Bunevičienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-6473-0796
Tel. +370 621 72 082
E-mail: kristina.buneviciene@lammc.lt
Studentų St. 15A-J329, Akademija, Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education      

2016–2020 PhD studies, Agrobiology laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

2012–2014 Master of Chemical engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology.

2008–2012 Bachelor of Applied chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

Doctor in Agronomy Science, dissertation topic “Quality of biofuel ash based fertilizer products and their effect on soil and plants”.

Research fields

• Soil, multicultural plants, soil improvers and organic fertilizers, identifying micro- and macroelements
• Sustainable use and analysis of bulk and granular biofuel ash

Professional experience

Since May, 2021 Researcher, Agrobiology Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

February, 2019 – April, 2021 Junior Researcher, Agrobiology Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

June, 2014 – February, 2019 Chemist Specialist, Chemical Research Subdivision, Kaunas branch, National Public Health Surveillance Laboratory.

February, 2015–July, 2015 Lecturer, Kauno kolegija/University of Applied Sciences.

In-service training

• March – May, 2021 Online training “Estimation of Measurement Uncertainty in Chemical Analysis”, University of Tartu, Estonia.
• July 20 – 24, 2020 Summer school “Mokslinių projektų rengimas: būdai, formos ir iššūkiai” (Preparation of research projects: methods, forms and challenges), Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
• October–December, 2019 internship “Structural analysis of bulk and granular biofuel ash and interaction of the main ash component (CaCO₃) with organic acids”, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, USA.
• February 27, 2018 Training ISO/IEC 17025:2017 “General requirements for the competence of testing, testing and calibration laboratories”, Vilnius.
• May 17, 2018 Training “Risk management in the health care system according to the requirements of the latest Lithuanian standards”, Vilnius.
• June 18 – 22, 2018 Summer school “14th Summer School on Toxic Compounds in the Environment 2018”, Recetox Research Centre, Czech Republic.
• November 17 – 18, 2016 Seminar “Ecotoxic components in wood ash”, Sweden.
• September 20, 2016 Seminar “Workshop on Academic Publishing”, Kaunas.
• October 06, 2015 Seminar “Analytical and Chromatography Technology”, Vilnius.
• November 14, 2012 Seminar “XRF and XRD solutions from PANalytical”, Kaunas.

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2023–2026 Project funded by Research Council of Lithuania (LMTLT) “The management of mineral nutrition to control the quality and safety of postharvest leafy vegetables” (NutriSafe), implementer.

• 2021–2024 Long-term institutional research program PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY AGROGENIC AND FOREST SOILS, task 4 measures 1 “The effect of biofuel ash, a by-product of industrial enterprises, on the micro- and macroelement composition of soil and plants”, leader.
• February – December, 2021 “RTO Lithuania” project “Plant nutrients recovery using secondary raw materials” (NUTREC), participant.
• February, 2020 – December, 2021 The national research program “Sustainability of agro forest and water ecosystems” project “Management of Greenhouse Gas Emissions via Adjustment of Nitrogen Flows in Agrosystem”, participant.
• March–December, 2019 HORIZON 2020 project PANACEA “A thematic network to design the penetration PAth of Non-food Agricultural Crops into European Agriculture”.
• July–August, 2013 Research Council of Lithuania project “Promotion of Student Scientific Activities” (F5-90-845 / SMP13-056), participant.
• February–May, 2013 Research Council of Lithuania project “Promotion of Student Scientific Activities” (F5-90-608 / SMT13P-066), participant.

Awards

• 2020 Lithuanian Academy of Science – letter of commendation for young researcher and PhD students.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Szady C., Picarillo G., Davis E. J., Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Baltrusaitis J., Navea J. 2023. Iron dissolution and speciation from combustion particles under environmentally relevant conditions. Environmental Chemistry, in press. IF – 4,3
2. Doyeni M. O., Barcauskaite K., Buneviciene K., Venslauskas K., Navickas K., Rubezius M., Baksinskaite A., Suproniene S., Tilvikiene V. 2023. Nitrogen flow in livestock waste system towards an efficient circular economy in agriculture. Waste Management and Research: The Journal for a Sustainable Circular Economy, 41 (3): 701–712. IF – 3,9
3. Venslauskas K., Navickas K., Rubežius M., Tilvikienė V., Supronienė S., Doyeni M. O., Barčauskaitė K., Bakšinskaitė A., Bunevičienė K. 2022. Environmental impact assessment of sustainable pig farm via management of nutrient and co-product flows in the farm. Agronomy, 12 (4): 760. IF – 3,7
4. Drapanauskaitė D., Bunevičienė K., Repšienė R., Karčauskienė D., Mažeika R., Baltrusaitis J. 2022. The effect of pelletized lime kiln dust combined with biomass combustion ash on soil properties and plant yield in a three-year field study. Land, 11 (40): 521. IF – 3,9
5. Medveckienė B., Kulaitienė J., Vaitkevičienė N., Levickienė D., Bunevičienė K. 2022. Effect of harvesting in different ripening stages on the content of the mineral elements of rosehip (Rosa spp.) fruit flesh. Horticulturae, 8 (6): 467. IF – 3,1
6. Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Silva M., Slepetiene A., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Phosphate removal from simulated wastewater using industrial calcium-containing solid waste. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (6): 106575. IF – 7,968
7. Buneviciene K., Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Tilvikiene V., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Granulated biofuel ash as a sustainable source of plant nutrients. Waste Management and Research, 39 (6): 806–817. IF – 4,432
8. Buneviciene K., Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. A mixture of green waste compost and biomass combustion ash for recycled nutrient delivery to soil. Agronomy, 11 (4): 641. IF – 3,949
9. Bunevičienė K., Drapanauskaitė D., Mažeika R., Tilvikienė V. 2021. Biofuel ash granules as a source of soil and plant nutrients. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (1): 19–26. IF – 1,281
10. Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Repsiene R., Mazeika R., Navea J., Baltrusaitis J. 2020. Physicochemical characterization of oelletized lime kiln dust as potential liming material for acidic soils. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 12: 1267–1280. IF – 3,449

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Bunevičienė K., Drapanauskaitė D., Mažeika R. 2020. Biokuro pelenų panaudojimo galimybės auginant vasarinius miežius. Žemės ūkio mokslai, 27 (3): 90–99.
2. Drapanauskaitė D., Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R. 2020. Kalkinimo medžiagos įtaka dirvožemio pH ir vasarinių miežių derlingumui skirtingomis dirvožemio drėgmės sąlygomis. Žemės ūkio mokslai, 27 (3): 100–107.

Other publications

1. Bagamulskytė I., Bunevičienė K. 2022. Effects of wood biofuel ash on the chemical composition and quality of maize grown. Open Readings 2022, Vilnius, Lietuva. Book of Abstracts, p. 420. 
2. Bunevičienė K., Pašvenskaitė M. 2021. Granulation of industrial waste and analysis of the obtained granules. Open Readings 2021, Vilnius, Lithuania. Abstracts book, p. 132.
3. Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R., Bunevičius V. 2020. Granulated biofuel ash as source of plant nutrients. 19th Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop. Abstracts book, p. 25.
4. Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R. 2019. The influence of granulated ash on soil and plant. Book of Abstracts of X International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2019”, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, p. 600.
5. Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R. 2019. Of biofuel ash and compost mixtures influence on soil in field and pot experiments. Book of Abstracts of International Conference “SmartBio”, Kaunas, Lithuania, p. 174.
6. Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R. 2019. The influence of the fertilizer products, produced from biofuel ash on soil. Book of Abstracts of International Conference „18^th Alps-Adria Scientific Workshop”, Cattolica, Italy, p. 34–35.
7. Bunevičienė K., Mažeika R. 2019. Chemical composition and structure of granular biofuel ashes and its influence on soil. Book of Abstracts of International Conference „Open Readings 2019“, Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 478.
8. Cirtautaitė K., Mažeika R. 2018. The effect of ash and compost mixtures on soil and plant. Book of Abstracts of IX International Scientific Agriculture Symposium “AGROSYM 2018”, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, p. 887.
9. Cirtautaitė K., Mažeika R. 2017. The use of biofuel ash and its influence on soil. Book of Abstracts of International Conference “Young scientists for advance of agriculture”, Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 31.
10. Cirtautaitė K., Eisinas A. 2013. Sintetinio kalcio hidroaliumosilikato priedo įtaka portlandcemenčio hidratacijai. Book of Abstracts of “Student Scientific Practice”, Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 198–200.
11. Cirtautaitė K., Eisinas A. 2013. Kalcio hidroalimosilikatų sintezė iš AlF₃ gamybos atliekos – silikagelio. Book of Abstracts of “Student Research 2012–2013”, Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 451–453.
12. Cirtautaitė K., Baltakys K. 2013. Klinoptilolito adsorbcijos geba Zn²⁺, Co²⁺ ir Mn²⁺. Book of Abstracts of Student Scientific Conference "Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2013", Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 50–52.
13. Cirtautaitė K., Baltakys K. 2012. Klinoptilolito adsorbcijos geba Ni²⁺ ir Fe³⁺. Book of Abstracts of Student Scientific Conference "Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2012", Klaipėda, Lithuania, p. 39–41.