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Tel. +370 601 99 530
E-mail: povilas.zemaitis@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2010–2014 PhD studies in ecology and environmental sciences, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry jointly with Vytautas Magnus University.
2008–2010 Master in environmental management science, Faculty of Natural Science, Vytautas Magnus University.
2004–2008 Bachelor in environmental science and ecology, Faculty of Natural Science, Vytautas Magnus University.
Academic degree
2014 PhD degree in biomedical sciences (ecology and environmental sciences), dissertation “Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) condition and disturbances in the changing climate”.
Research fields
- Forest health and vulnerability
- Forest dynamics
- Climate change effects on forest ecosystems
Position
Science 2019 Senior Researcher, Department of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- Since 2021 Ministry of Agriculture Project Selection Committee activity “Investments in forestry technologies”, expert
- Since 2021 Kaunas city municipal Committee for Protection, Maintenance, and Management of City Greenery, expert
- Since 2020 UNECE-FAO, Forestry and Timber Section, Team of Specialist on Boreal Forests, member
- Member of Scientific Council of LAMMC
- Member of Lithuanian Foresters’ Union
Involvement in programmes and projects
International projects
- 2022–2025 Horizon Europe project “A holistic approach to sustainable, digital EU agriculture, forestry, livestock and rural development based on reconfigurable aerial enablers and edge artificial intelligence-on-demand systems” (CHAMELEON), executor.
- 2021-2025 Horizon 2020 project “Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils” (HoliSoils), executor.
- 2021–2025 COST CA20118 activity „Three-dimensional forest ecosystem monitoring and better understanding by terrestrial-based technologies”, member of management committee.
- 2019–2023 LIFE project “Demonstration of climate change mitigation potential of nutrients rich organic soils in Baltic States and Finland” (OrgBalt), executor.
- 2017–2019 EU program 7BP ERA-NET SUMFOREST project “Benchmarking wood material value chains against non-renewable value chains by using and expanding assessment tool ToSIA” (BenchValue), executor.
National and state authority projects
- 2021–2023 Ministry of Environment project “Selection of root rot (Heterobasidion annosum) resistance Norway spruce half-sib families”, executor.
- 2020–2022 Ministry of Environment project “Butt rot impact on vulnerability and sustainability of Norway spruce stands”, coordinator.
- 2019–2021 Ministry of Agriculture project “Evaluation and monitoring of soil condition in Lithuania”, executor.
- 2018–2019 Ministry of Environment project “Selection of root rot (Heterobasidion annosum) resistance Scots pine half-sib families”, executor.
- 2015–2018 National Science Program “Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Aquatic Ecosystems” project “Study of impact of clear cuttings on biodiversity dynamics in forest ecosystems”, executor.
- 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in forest land and non-forest land in soil and forest litter”, executor.
- 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”, executor.
- Since 2012 Topic “European forest monitoring” (ICP-Forests), executor.
- 2011 National Science Program “Lithuanian Ecosystems: Climate Change and Human Impact” project “Disturbances of native tree species and populations, current species distribution and forecast under climate change”, executor.
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