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Dr. Vidas Stakėnas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0001-5553-9378
Tel. +370 682 56 828
E-mail: vidas.stakenas@lammc.lt
Liepų  St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania

 

Education

1981–1985 PhD studies.

1975–1980 qualification of geographer and tearcher (specialisation of meteorologist), Faculty of Geosciences, Vilnius University.

 

Academic degree

1993 Doctor of agrarian sciences, dissertation “Solar radiation during ecosystem formation process in young Norway spruce stands”.

Research fields

  • Forestry
  • Ecology and environment

Position

Since 2017 Chief Researcher, Department of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations

  • Member of Lithuanian Geography Society
  • Member of Society of Lithuanian Foresters
  • From 2011 membership in the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Miškininkystė” (“Silviculture”)
  • Member of Invasive Species Control Council of the Ministry of Environment
  • Since 2011 Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee (04A, Forest sciences)
  • Since 2011 Member of the Doctoral Studies Committee (03B, Ecology and Environmental sciences)

Involvement in programmes and projects

  • 2022–2024 Ministry of Environment project “Changes in organic carbon stocks in forest floor and mineral topsoil layers in Scots pine stands of different age”, researcher.
  • 2020–2023 “Evaluation of soil organic carbon sustainability in forest ecosystems”, leader.
  • 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in dead organic matter (dead wood) analyzing various degrees of dead wood decomposition rates”, leader.
  • 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in forest land and non-forest land in soil and forest litter”, researcher.
  • 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in soil and forest litter in forests that were afforested and reforested on non-forest land”, researcher.
  • 2015–2018 National Science Programme “Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Aquatic Ecosystems” project “Study of impact of clear cuttings on biodiversity dynamics in forest ecosystems”, executive director of LIF part.
  • 2011–2014 Nordic Forest Investigation Committee (SNS) project “Leaching of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus from forest land in the Nordic and Baltic countries”, executor.
  • 2010–2011 National Science Programme “Lithuanian Ecosystems: Climate Change and Human Impact” project “Disturbances of native tree species and populations, current species distribution and forecast under climate change”, leader.
  • 2004–2008 COST FP0601 activity “Forest Management and the Water Cycle” (FORMAN).
  • 2003–2006 Priority Directions Science Programme “The complex effects of anthropogenic climate and environmental changes on the forestry and agro-ecosystem vegetation” (APLIKOM), executive director of LIF part.
  • 2002–2005 EU 5th Framework Programme “Wood-En-Man (QLK-CT-2001-00527) – WOOD FOR ENERGY – a contribution to the development of sustainable management”, executor.
  • 2001–2009 Project “Monitoring of forests located in the 3 km sanitary protection zone of the Ignalina nuclear powery plant”, leader.
  • 1992–1997 State Scientific Program “Ecological Sustainability of Regional Development in Historical Perspective: Lithuanian Case Studies” (ECOSLIT), executor.
  • Since 1989 Project “European Forest Monitoring” (ICP-Forests), executor (since 2005 leader).

Supervision PhD studies

  • 2013–2016 Supervisor of Julija Konstantinavičienė PhD project “Factors of development of willow energy plantation in Lithuania”.
  • 2013–2015 Supervisor of Gediminas Čapkauskas PhD project “Natural disturbances of forest stand development: tree damages and risk of defoliation”.
  • 2010–2014 Supervisor of Povilas Žemaitis PhD project “Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) condition and disturbances in the changing climate”.
  • 2003–2007 Supervisor of Brigita Serafinavičiūtė PhD project “The effect of troposphere ozone on the morphology of the main autochthonic forest plants in Lithuania”.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)

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