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E-mail: vaida.seziene@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2009–2015 PhD of Biochemical sciences (Ecology and Environmental), Vytautas Magnus University jointly with Institute of Forestry, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
2006–2008 Master of Ecology and Environmental sciences (Forest Ecology), Lithuanian Agricultural University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2001–2005 Bachelor of Ecology and Environmental sciences, Lithuanian Agricultural University.
Academic degree
2015 Doctoral dissertation “Allelopathic impact of dominant species of Pinetum-Vacciniosum clear-cuts on Scots pine seedlings growth under climate change conditions”. Biomedical Sciences, Ecology and Environmental Science (03B).
Research fields
- Studies of forest phytocoenoses, forest vegetation assessments
- Metabolic processes in plants
- Climate changes
Position
Since 2023 Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Forest Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC
Since 2019 Head of Laboratory of Forest Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- Lithuanian Union of Foresters
- The Committee of Experts on GMOs
Involvement in programmes and projects
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2023–2026 Horizon Europe project “A sustainable ecosystem for the innovative resource recovery and complex ore extraction” (XTRACT), leader of LAMMC part.
- 2022–2022 Research Council of Lithuania project “Optimization of Pinus sylvestris L. growth and induced systemic resistance ex vitro using jasminic acid”, leader.
- 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), leader of LAMMC part.
- 2022–2024 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) “PROTECT: Effects of defense priming on Norway spruce needle microbiome and pest resistance”, leader of LAMMC part.
- 2021–2025 Horizon2020 project “A holistic fire management ecosystem for prevention, detection and restoration of environmental disasters” (TREEADS), leader of LAMMC part.
- 2021–2024 Ministry of Environment research study “Increasing the overall resistance of Lithuania main forest tree species to pathogens by the innovative combination of genetic and physical methods”, leader.
- 2021–2023 Ministry of Environment research study “Evaluation of the effectiveness of different bacterial preparations in promoting the formation of systemic antipathogenic resistance in Lithuanian coniferous tree species“, leader.
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2021–2023 Ministry of Environment, research project “Selection of root rot resistant genotypes of Norway spruce”.
- 2021–2022 EU and Research Council of Lithuanina project “Investigation of the influence of the biopolymer chitosan on the early development of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) and the formation of antipathogenic resistance”, leader.
- 2020–2022 EU “Experiment” with Innovative company “MKDS” project “Development of an innovative biological preparation for ecologically sustainable protection of agrobiological resources and increase of productivity”, leader.
- 2020–2022 Ministry of Environment research study “Study of possibility to use aspen symbiotic bacteria for biological control of tree-damaging pathogenic fungi”.
- 2019 Research Council of Lithuania project “The effect of innovative physical methods to changes in exposition of secondary metabolites and photosynthetic pigments in different Picea abies half-sib families”, leader.
- 2017–2019 Ministry of Environment research study (No. VPS-2017-146-SBMŪRP) “The selection of Scots pine genotypes resistant to rot root”.
- 2016 Ministry of Environment research study “Investigation of carbon stock values in dead wood to varying degrees of decomposition, establishment of national norms for the valuation of carbon stocks in fallen wood and determination of stock values”.
- 2014–2016 Ministry of Environment project “Improvement of forest fire risk prediction system”.
- 2010–2011 Lithuanian Research Council project “The vulnerability of local tree species and their populations, habitat change and forecasts under changing climate”.
- 2008–2009 Ministry of Environment project “The impact of environmental factors on the reproductive characteristics of Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea abies (L.) Karst.”.
- 2007–2009 Ministry of Environment project “Assessment of climate change impact on forest ecosystems”.
Supervision of PhD studies
- 2021–2025 PhD student Greta Striganavičiūtė “Assessment of the suitability of Betulaceae and Salicaceae family trees for the environmental protection against persistent organic pollutants, using innovative biotechnological tools”.
- 2020–2024 PhD student Ieva Lučinskaitė “Increasing the overall resistance of Lithuania main forest tree species to pathogens by the innovative combination of genetic and physical methods”.
- 2018–2022 PhD student Dorotėja Vaitiekūnaitė “Identification of endophytic microorganisms in cultures of genetically different (Quercus robur) long-lived oak tissues and analysis of their interaction”.
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