Dr. Adas Marčiulynas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-3039-7945
Tel. +370 600 88 998
E-mail: adas.marciulynas@lammc.lt 
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education

2009–2011 Master thesis “Research of sprout protection with insecticides against weevils of Hylobius tribe in Jurbarkas and Druskininkai forests”, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2005–2009 Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

Agriculture Sciences, Forestry, doctoral dissertation “Biology and Significance of the Spruce Bud Scale (Physokermes Piceae Schrank.) to Sanitary Condition of Norway Spruce (Picea Abies (L.) H. Karst.) in Lithuania” defended at 2 of March 2016.

Research fields

• Forest entomology (tree pests) and forest protection (prevention and control of tree pests)
• Biology and ecology of harmful and beneficial insects
• Pest control tactics and development of integrated pest and disease management programs
• Pest-tree-fungi interactions

Professional experience

Since May, 2021 Senior Researcher, Forest Protection and Game Management Department, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

January, 2017–April, 2021 Researcher, Forest Protection and Game Management Department, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

October, 2015–January, 2017 Junior Researcher, Forest Protection and Game Management Department, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations

• Since 2016 Associated Member of the Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute (B.A.B.I.).

In-service training

• July 9 – August 11, 2022 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, the tasks related to Project No DOTSUT – 09.3.3LMT-K712-23-0029 (Counteracting decline in biodiversity hotspots: conservation ecology and management of wood-inhabiting fungi in oak habitats).
• May 1–31, 2019 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre (SSFRC) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the tasks related to Project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0048 (The resistance of different Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris genotypes against root rot (Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.).
• May 11–27, 2018 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre (SSFRC) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), the tasks related to Project No 3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0039 (Insights into future forests: challenges of climate change and diseases, and possible measures for saving biodiversity and ecosystem functioning)
• January 1 – February 28 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre (SSFRC) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in the framework of COST STSMs. COST Action No. FP1401, A global network of nurseries as early warning system against alien tree pests (GLOBAL WARNING).
• January 16 – February 28, 2017 Short Term Scientific Mission (STSM) in the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre (SSFRC) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) in the framework of COST STSMs. COST Action No.FP1401, A global network of nurseries as early warning system against alien tree pests (GLOBAL WARNING).
• February 10 – March 15, 2014 Short Term Scientific Mission in the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in the framework of COST STSMs. COST Action No. FP1002, Pathway Evaluation and pest Risk Management in Transport (PERMIT).
• October 28 – December 15, 2013 Short Term Scientific Mission in the Department of Forest Mycology and Plant Pathology, Uppsala BioCenter, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in the framework of COST STSMs. COST Action No. FP1103, Fraxinus dieback in Europe: elaborating guidelines and strategies for sustainable management (FRAXBACK).
• October 10–17, 2013 Courses by “EU Structural Funds project „Capacity building for the transfer of university and technologies (UniGeb). Unified and unique scientific methodology for innovative agricultural and forestry sciences research”, Girionys, Kaunas distr., Lithuania.
• August 29–30, 2013 Courses “Training program of professional users on products of plant protection (plant health)”. Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), Akademija, Kaunas distr., Lithuania.
• November 2–4, 2011 Courses given by Prof.Dr. KlausvonGadov “Forest design for Multiple Service using “R”. Aleksandras Stulginskis University (ASU), Akademija, Kaunas distr., Lithuania.

Involvement in programmes and 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), participant.
• 2021–2023 “Counteracting decline in biodiversity hotspots: conservation ecology and management of wood-inhabiting fungi in oak habitats”.
• 2017–2021 “Insights into future forests: challenges of climate change and diseases, and possible measures for saving biodiversity and ecosystem functioning”.
• 2020 “Studies on the effects of Foray 76B aerial spraying on non-target entomofauna in killing nun moth (Lymantria monacha)”.
• 2017–2020 “Biogeography and spread of local and invasive tree pathogens: focus on climate, tree species and intensity of forest management”. 
• 2017–2019 “The resistance of different Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) genotypes against root rot (Heterobasidion annosum (Fr.) Bref.)”. 
• 2017–2019 “Selection of common pine genotypes resistant to root rot”.
• 2016–2018 “Pest risk analysis for Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)”. Foundation: The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania. 
• 2012–2015 “Ecological interactions between massively tree-devastating insects and associated microorganisms in the context of climate change”. Foundation: European Regional Development Fund according to Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1828/2006 article 8 part 4. 
• 2012–2014 “Impact of Spruce bud scale (Physokermes piceae ) on spruce dieback in Lithuania”. Foundation: Lithuanian Research Council. 

Awards

• 2020–2021 Laureate of young scientist scholarship at the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Mishcherikova V., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Prylutskyi O., Marčiulynienė D., Menkis A. 2023. Biogeography of fungal communities associated with Pinus sylvestris L. and Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. along the latitudinal gradient in Europe. Journal of Fungi, 9 (8): 829. IF – 5,2
2. Marčiulynas A., Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V., Menkis A. 2023. Fungi inhabiting stem wounds of Quercus robur following bark stripping by deer animals. Forests, 14 (10): 2077. IF – 2,9
3. Marčiulynas A., Menkis A. 2023. The release and spread of basidiospores of red-listed wood-decay fungus Fistulina hepatica in oak stands. Diversity, 15 (11): 1110. IF – 2,4
4. Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynienė D., Gedminas A., Menkis A. 2023. Seasonal and site-specific patterns of airborne fungal diversity revealed using passive spore traps and high-throughput DNA sequencing. Diversity, 15 (4): 539. IF – 2,4
5. Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Mischerikova V., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Franic I., Menkis A. 2022. Principal drivers of fungal communities associated with needles, shoots, roots and adjacent soil of Pinus sylvestris. Journal of Fungi, 8 (10): 1112. IF – 4,7 
6. Bakys R., Bajerkevičienė G., Pliūra A., Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Lynikienė J., Mishcherikova V., Menkis A. 2022. Fungal communities in re-emerging Fraxinus excelsior sites in Lithuania and their antagonistic potential against Hymenoscyphus fraxineus. Microorganisms, 10 (10): 1940. IF – 4,5
7. Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Lynikienė J., Bakys R., Menkis A. 2022. Fungal communities in leaves and roots of healthy-looking and diseasedUlmus glabra. Microorganisms, 10 (11): 2228. IF – 4,5
8. Bakys R., Pliūra A., Bajerkevičienė G., Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Lynikienė J., Menkis A. 2022. Mycobiota associated with symptomatic and asymptomatic Fraxinus excelsior in post-dieback forest stands. Forests, 13: 1609. IF – 2,9
9. Povilaitienė A., Gedminas A., Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė I., Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Mishcherikova V., Menkis A. 2022. Changes in chemical properties and fungal communities of mineral soil after clear-cutting and reforestation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) sites. Forests, 13 (11): 1780. IF – 2,9            
10. Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Mishcherikova V., Franić I., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Menkis A. 2022. High variability of fungal communities associated with the functional tissues and rhizosphere soil of Picea abies in the southern Baltics. Forests, 13 (7): 1103. IF – 2,9
11. Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Menkys A. 2022. Can Larix sp. Mill. Provide Suitable Habitats for Insects and Lichens Associated with Stems of Picea abies (L.) H. Karst. in Northern Europe? Diversity, 14 (9): 729. IF – 2,4
12. Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V., Marčiulynas A., Baliuckas V. 2021. Effect of extracts from dominant forest floor species of clear-cuts on the regeneration and initial growth of Pinus sylvestris L. with respect to climate change. Plants, 10 (5): 916. IF – 4,658
13. Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Vaičiukynė M., Gedminas A., Menkis A. 2021. DNA-metabarcoding of belowground fungal communities in bare-root forest nurseries: focus on different tree species. Microorganisms, 9 (1): 150. IF – 4,926
14. Lynikienė J., Tamutis V., Gedminas A., Marčiulynas A., Menkis A. 2021. First report of the larch longhorn (Tetropium gabrieli Weise, Coleoptera: Cerambycidae: Spondylidinae) on Larix spp. in Lithuania. Insects, 12 (10): 911. IF – 3,139
15. Marčiulynas A., Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V., Žemaitis P., Jansons Ā., Baliuckas V. 2020. Resistance of Scots pine half-sib families to Heterobasidion annosum in progeny field trials. Silva Fennica, 54 (4): 10276. IF – 1,819
16. Marčiulynas A., Marčiulynienė D., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Vaičiukynė M., Menkis A. 2020. Fungi and Oomycetes in the irrigation water of forest nurseries. Forests, 11 (4): 459. IF – 2,633
17. Lynikienė J., Marčiulynienė  D., Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Vaičiukynė M., Menkis A. 2020. Managed and unmanaged Pinus sylvestris forest stands harbour similar diversity and composition of the phyllosphere and soil fungi. Microorganisms, 8 (2): 59. IF – 4,128
18. Marčiulynas A., Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V., Žemaitis P., Baliuckas V. 2019. The resistance of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) half-sib families to Heterobasidion annosum. Forests, 10 (3): 287. IF – 2,221
19. Menkis A., Povilaitienė A., Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Marčiulynienė D. 2019. Occurrence of common phyllosphere fungi of horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) is unrelated to degree of damage by leafminer (Cameraria ohridella). Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research, 34 (1): 26–32. IF – 1,755
20. Menkis A., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Povilaitienė A. 2017. The great spruce bark beetle (Dendroctonus micans Kug.) (Coleoptera: Scolytidae) in Lithuania: Occurrence, phenology, morphology and communities of associated fungi. Bulletin of Entomological Research, 107 (4): 431–438. DOI: 10.1017/S0007485316001048 IF – 1,761
21. Gedminas A., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynas A., Povilaitienė A. 2015. Effect of Physokermes piceae Schrank. on Shoot and Needle Growth in Norway Spruce stands in Lithuania. Baltic Forestry, 21: 162–169. IF – 0,530
22. Menkis A., Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Lynikienė J., Povilaitienė A. 2015. High-throughput sequencing reveals drastic changes in fungal communities in the phyllosphere of Norway spruce (Picea abies) following invasion of the spruce bud scale (Physokermes piceae). Microbial Ecology, 70 (4): 904–911. IF – 3,93

Other publications

1. Marčiulynienė D., Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Vaičiukynė M., Menkis A. Oomycetes in forest nurseries and forest plantations (Oomycetai medelynuose ir miško želdiniuose). IUFRO Working Party 7.03.04 Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries meeting, 21–26 October 2018, Kuşadası, Turkey, p. 35.
2. Marčiulynas A., Sirgedaitė-Šėžienė V., Baliuckas V. The susceptibility of pine seedlings using artificial inoculation with H. annosum. (Paprastosios pušies sodmenų atsparumo įvertinimas naudojant dirbtinį apkrėtimą H. annosum). IUFRO Working Party 7.03.04 Diseases and Insects in Forest Nurseries meeting, 21–26 October 2018, Kuşadası, Turkey, p. 39.
3. Marčiulynas A., Gedminas A., Lynikienė J. 2017. Netikrojo eglinio skydamario (Physokermes piceae) įtaka paprastosios eglės radialiniam prieaugiui. Agrariniai ir miškininkystės mokslai: naujausi tyrimų rezultatai ir inovatyvūs sprendimai. LAMMC, p. 136–137.
4. Gedminas A., Lynikienė J., Marčiulynas A., Bagdžiūnaitė A. 2015. Netikrasis eglinis skydamaris (Physokermes piceae) Lietuvos eglynuose. Agrariniai ir miškininkystės mokslai: naujausi tyrimų rezultatai ir inovatyvūs sprendimai. LAMMC, p. 72–73.
5. Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Bagdžiūnaitė A., Marčiulynas A., Menkis A. 2014. Eglinis dendroktonas (Dendroctonus micans) Lietuvoje: paplitimas, tyrimai ir problemos. Agrariniai ir miškininkystės mokslai: naujausi tyrimų rezultatai ir inovatyvūs sprendimai. LAMMC, p. 18–19.
6. Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Bagdžiūnaitė A., Marčiulynas A., Menkis A. 2014 Syricid woodwasps and their simbiosis with vectored tree pathogenic fungi. [Sirex genties ragauodegiai ir jų simbiozė su pernešamais medžių patogeniniais grybais]. XIX Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists, Abstract Book, Latvia, p. 43.
7. Marčiulynas A., Lynikienė J., Gedminas A., Bagdžiūnaitė A., Menkis A. 2014. Impact of spruce bud scale (Physokermes piceae) and vectored mycobiota on health of Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) in Lithuania. [Netikrojo eglinio skydamario (Physokermes piceae Schrank.) ir jo pernešamos mikobiotos poveikis sveikoms paprastosioms eglėms (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) Lietuvoje]. XIX Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists. Abstract Book, Latvia, p. 42
8. Bagdžiūnaitė A., Gedminas A., Lynikienė J., Žiogas A., Marčiulynas A., Menkis A. 2014. Fungi associated with the horse chestnut leaf-miner (Cameraria ohridella). [Grybų ir keršosios kaštoninės kandelės (Cameraria ohridella) sąveika]. XIX Symposium of the Baltic Mycologists and Lichenologists. Abstract Book, Latvia, p. 41.
9. Гедминас А., Линикиене Ю., Багджюнайте А., Менкис А., Марчюлинас А. 2013. Энтомопатогенный гриб Cordyceps militaris и его влияние на хвоегрызущих вредителей сосны. [Entomopatogenis grybas (Cordyceps militaris)ir jo poveikis pušies spyglius graužiantiems kenkėjams]. Проблемы микологии и фитопатологии в ХХI веке. 2–4 октября 2013г. Санкт-Петербург. с. 122–124.
10. Marčiulynas A. 2012. Physokermes piceae (Schrank.) and it‘s damage research in Lithuanian spruce grove. IUFRO 7.03.10 “Methodology of forest insect and disease survey” Working Party Meeting Palanga, Lithuania, 10–14 September. 31.