Dr. Donata Drapanauskaitė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-0302-5652
Tel. +370 647 683 18
E-mail: donata.drapanauskaite@lammc.lt
Studentų 15A-328, Akademija, Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education

2016–2020 PhD studies, Agrochemical Research Laboratory, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

2012–2014 Master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology.

2008–2012 Bachelor’s degree in Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Kaunas University of Technology.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2020 Doctoral degree in Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy, dissertation topic “Effect of different chemical composition and structure of liming materials on acid soil neutralizing”.

Research fields

• Chemical composition and structure of liming materials
• Mineral fertilizers and soil improvement materials research

Professional experience

Since 2022 May Senior Researcher, Agrobiology Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

November 2021 – May 2022 Researcher, Agrobiology Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

May–November, 2021 Researcher, Agrochemical Research Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

January 2020 – May 2021 Junior Researcher, Agrochemical Research Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

May 2019 – May 2021 Senior Chemist, Agrochemical Research Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

March 2015 – May 2019 Chemist, Agrochemical Research Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

In-service training

• February–March, 2022 Research internship “Determination of Pharmaceutical and Pesticide Residues in Wastewater Using Liquid Chromatography with Mass Detector”, Institute of Pesticides and Water Research, University of Jaume I, Castellon de la Plana, Spain.
• May–November, 2021 Post-Doc Research Associate, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA.
• February–April, 2021 Research internship “Investigation of mechanosynthesis of urea fertilizers with organic materials”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Bethlehem, Lehigh University, USA.
• June 21–25, 2021 Summer school “17th RECETOX summer school 2021”, Brno, Czech Republic, 4 ECTS.
• June 15–19, 2020 Summer school “16th RECETOX summer school and SMURBS training school 2020”, Brno, Czech Republic, 4 ECTS.
• August–December, 2019 Research internship “Studies of slow-release fertilizers obtained using model wastewater solutions and insoluble magnesium minerals”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University,  Bethlehem, USA.
• February–March, 2019 Research internship “OPEN ACCESS TO SCIENCE AND RESEARCH - MITAP II”, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, USA.
• June 18–22, 2018 Summer school “14th summer school on toxic compounds in the envoronment”, Brno, Czech Republic, 8 ECTS.
• March 27– May 7, 2018 Training “Estimation of measurement uncertainty in chemical analysis”, University of Tartu, duration of 26 hours, 1 ECTS.
• November 28, 2017 – February 9, 2018 Training “LS-MS method validation”, University of Tartu, duration of 52 hours, 2 ECTS.
• June 15–16, 2016 Practical training “Method validation and quality control”, duration 16 hours.
• September 20, 2016 Seminar “Workshop on academic publishing”.

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2022–2026 Long-term institutional research program BIOPOTENTIAL OF PLANTS FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL USE AND SUSTAINABILITY OF AGROECOSYSTEMS, task 4 “Use of non-food plant waste in the production of bioadsorbents and wastewater treatment”, executor.
• 2021–2023 EU H2020 EJP SOIL project “External organic matters for climate mitigation and soil health (EOM4SOIL)”, researcher.
• February–December, 2021 Interinstitutional project “Plant nutrients recovery using secondary raw materials”, researcher.
• 2020–2023 EEA Baltic Research Program project “Sustainable Use of Soil Resources for Climate Change (SUCC)”, junior researcher.

Awards

• 2020 award from the LAS in Young Scientists and Doctoral Students Research Works Competition for the research paper “Effect of different chemical composition and structure of liming materials on acid soil neutralizing”.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Szady C., Picarillo G., Davis E. J., Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Baltrusaitis J., Navea J. 2023. Iron dissolution and speciation from combustion particles under environmentally relevant conditions. Environmental Chemistry, in press. IF – 4,3
2. Brekalo I., Martinez V., Karadeniz B., Orešković P., Drapanauskaite D., Vriesema H., Stenekes R., Etter M., Dejanović I., Baltrusaitis J., Užarević K. 2022. Scale-up of agrochemical urea-gypsum cocrystal synthesis using thermally controlled mechanochemistry. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 10 (20): 6743–6754. IF – 8,198
3. Drapanauskaitė D., Bunevičienė K., Repšienė R., Karčauskienė D., Mažeika R., Baltrusaitis J. 2022. The effect of pelletized lime kiln dust combined with biomass combustion ash on soil properties and plant yield in a three-year field study. Land, 11 (40): 521. IF – 3,9
4. Centorcelli J. C., Drapanauskaite D., Handler R. M., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Solar steam generation integration into the ammonium bicarbonate recovery from liquid biomass digestate: process modeling and life cycle assessment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (45): 15278–15286. IF – 9,224

5. Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Silva M., Slepetiene A., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Phosphate removal from simulated wastewater using industrial calcium-containing solid waste. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (6): 106575. IF – 7,968

6. Buneviciene K., Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Tilvikiene V., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Granulated biofuel ash as a sustainable source of plant nutrients. Waste Management and Research, 39 (6): 806–817. IF – 4,432
7. Buneviciene K., Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. A mixture of green waste compost and biomass combustion ash for recycled nutrient delivery to soil. Agronomy, 11 (4): 641. IF – 3,949
8. Bunevičienė K., Drapanauskaitė D., Mažeika R., Tilvikienė V. 2021. Biofuel ash granules as a source of soil and plant nutrients. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (1): 19–26. IF – 1,281
9. Barcauskaite K., Drapanauskaitė D., Silva M., Murzin V., Doyeni M., Urbonavicius M., Williams C., Supronienė S., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Low concentrations of Cu2+ in synthetic nutrient containing wastewater inhibit MgCO3-to-struvite transformation. Environmental Science: Water Research and Technology, 7: 521–534. IF – 5,819

10. Drapanauskaite D., Handler R. M., Fox N., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Transformation of liquid digestate from the solid-separated biogas digestion reactor effluent into a solid NH₄HCO₃ fertilizer: sustainable process engineering and life cysle assessment. ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, 9 (1): 580–588. IF – 9,224

11. Bravo J., Drapanauskaitė D., Sarunac N., Romero C., Jesikiewicz T., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Optimization of energy requirements for CO2 post-combustion capture process through advanced thermal integration. Fuel, 283: 1–14. IF – 6,609
12. Drapanauskaite D., Buneviciene K., Repsiene R., Mazeika R., Navea J., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Physicochemical characterization of pelletized lime kiln dust as potential liming material for acidic soils. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 12: 1267–1280. IF – 3,449

13. Mažeika R., Arbačiauskas J., Masevičienė A., Narutytė I., Šumskis D., Žičkienė L., Rainys K., Drapanauskaite D., Staugaitis G., Baltrusaitis J. 2021. Nutrient dynamics and plant response in soil to organic chicken manure-based fertilizers. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 12: 371–382. IF – 3,449

14. Buneviciene K., Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Tilvikiene V., Baltrusaitis J. 2020. Granulated biofuel ash as a sustainable source of plant nutrients. Waste Management and Research, 39 (6): 806–817. IF – 3,549
15. Barčauskaitė K., Brazienė Z., Avižienytė D., Silva M., Drapanauskaite D., Honer K., Gvildienė K., Slinksiene R., Jancaitiene K., Mazeika R., Staugaitis G., Dambrauskas T., Baltakys K., Baltrusaitis J. 2020. Mechanochemically synthesized gypsum and gypsum drywall waste cocrystals with urea for enhanced environmental sustainability fertilizers. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 8 (4): 103965. IF – 5,909
16. Silva M., Barcauskaite K., Drapanauskaite D., Tian H., Bučko T., Baltrusaitis J. 2020. Relative humidity facilitated urea particle reaction with salicyclic acid: A combined in situ spectroscopy and DFT study. ACS Earth and Space Chemistry, 4 (7): 1018–1028. IF – 3,475
17. Kaminskas R., Drapanauskaitė D., Barauskas I. 2014. Influence of carbonated pozzolana on sulfate attack of cement stone at low temperatures. Advances in Cement Research, 26 (2): 85–92. IF – 0,590

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Bunevičienė K.,  Drapanauskaitė D., Mažeika R. 2020. Biokuro pelenų panaudojimo galimybės auginant vasarinius miežius. Žemės ūkio mokslai, 27 (3): 90–99.
2. Drapanauskaitė D., Bunevičienė K.,  Mažeika R. 2020. Kalkinimo medžiagos įtaka dirvožemio pH ir vasarinių miežių derlingumui skirtingomis dirvožemio drėgmės sąlygomis. Žemės ūkio mokslai, 27 (3): 100–107.

Other publications

1. Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R. 2018. Quality studies of different liming material. 12th International Scientific Conference „The Vital Nature Sign“, Kaunas, Lithuania, p. 34.
2. Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R. 2018. The influence of different liming materials on soil neutralization. IX International Scientific Agriculture Symposium „Agrosym 2018“. Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, p. 882.
3. Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Mituzas J. A. 2017. Granulated cement kiln dust: As Alternative Liming Material for Agricultural Soils. 17th International RAMIRAN conference. Wexford, Ireland, p. 180.
4. Drapanauskaite D. 2017. Studies into the chemical composition and structure of different liming materials. International Conference of Young Scientists ‘Young Scientists for Advance of Agriculture’. Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 21.
5. Drapanauskaite D., Mazeika R., Staugaitis G. 2015. Naujų granuliuotų kalkinimo trąšų tyrimai. IV Conference of young scientists “Young Scientists for Advance of Agriculture” Vilnius, p. 24.
6. Drapanauskaite D., Kaminskas R. 2012. Opokos priedo įtaka cemento akmens sulfatinei korozijai žemoje temperatūroje. Student research 2011/2012: Conference reports summary. Vilnius, Lithuania, p. 1390141.