Dr. Giedrė Samuolienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-1085-1004
Tel. +370 655 54 905
E-mail: giedre.samuoliene@lammc.lt 
Kauno St. 30, Babtai, LT-54333 Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education          

–2008 PhD studies, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture and Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2003 Master’s degree in Chemical Analysis and Control, Vytautas Magnus University.

2001 Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degree

2008 Doctoral degree in Agronomy, dissertation “Physiological and biochemical aspects of flowering initiation in carrot Daucus sativa (Hoffm.) Röhl”

Research fields:

• horticulture,
• photophysiology,
• stress physiology,
• productivity physiology,
• metabolism.

Position

Since 2021 Science Coordinator, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Since 2018 Head of Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Since 2016 Chief Researcher, Laboratory of Plant Physiology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations to professional organisations

• Member of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• Member of the Research Council of LAMMC (Chair since 2025) 
• Expert of the Research Council of Lithuania
• Member of the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
• Member of Lithuanian Society of Plant Physiologists

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2026–2030 HORIZON-WIDERA-2025-01-ACCESS-01 project “Building Networks of Excellence in Controlled Environment Agriculture for Transformative and Inclusive Research and Innovation in Widening Countries” (ID 101311108), WP2 leader.

• 2024–2028 Research Council of Lithuania programme NordForsk project “Green nitrogen transition: The potential of legumes in control environment agriculture” (GreeNTrans).

• 2022–2025 National Research programme project “Biodiversification of plant species and explication of corresponding precision agriculture technologies within nutrition-based approach”, leader. 

• 2022–2024 The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences joint research project “HormOnDrought: Physiological and molecular mechanisms of phytohormones-mediated drought stress tolerance”, leader

• 2022–2023 R&D project “Management of target metabolites of industrial hemp for the development of COVID-19 symptom relief products” (SMART).

• 2021–2024 National Research project “Environmental and genotype impacts on plant exosome characteristics”.

• 2020–2023 R&D project “Biological plant protection strategies: boosting sustainability-orientated competitiveness in controlled environment horticulture” (SMART).
• 2017–2020 R&D project “UV-A lighting strategies for controlled environment horticulture: upgrade to sustainable, high-value productionc” (SMART).
• 2017–2020 Research Council of Lithuania project “Dynamic light spectrum and intensity modelling and photoresponse in different vegetable morphogenesis stages” (MODELIGHT), leader.
• 2016–2018 Programme Horizon 2020 project EUFRUIT.
• 2014–2016 Research Council of Lithuania project PHYSAPP, leader.
• 2011–2014 Research Council of Lithuanial programme “Save and Safe Food” (MICROGREENS).
• 2010–2011 Research Council of Lithuania High Technology project NUTRILED.
• 2007–2009 Research Council of Lithuania High Technology project PHYTOLED.
• 2003–2006 Research Council of Lithuania High Technology project HORTILED.

Supervision of PhD studies

• 2024–2028 Supervisor of PhD student Ayesha Khan

  2024–2028 Supervisor of PhD student Muhammad Ali Umer

• 2020–2024 Supervisor of PhD student Ieva Gudžinskaitė

• 2020–2024 Supervisor of PhD student Martynas Urbutis
• 2018–2022 Supervisor of PhD student Algirdas Kazlauskas (interrupted studies)
• 2017–2021 Supervisor of PhD student Kristina Laužikė
• 2013–2016 Supervisor of PhD student Alina Čeidaitė

Granted patent

2025 – European Patent Office, European Patent No. EP4260682B1: Viršilė A., Samuolienė G., Brazaitytė A., Miliauskienė J., Sutulienė R., Haimi P.-J., Novickovas, A., Jankauskienė J. Lighting method for promoting accumulation of secondary metabolites in Chelidonium majus plants

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