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Tel. +370 641 24 570
E-mail: ieva.cesniene@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2020–2024 PhD studies in Agricultural Sciences (Forestry), Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
2018–2020 Master's degree in Applied Biotechnology, Vytautas Magnus University.
2014–2018 Bachelor's degree in Biotechnology, Vytautas Magnus University.
Academic degree
2024 Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Forestry), dissertation “Physiological and metabolic response of silver birch (Betula Pendula Roth.) and Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H. Karst.) after seed treatment with cold plasma and electromagnetic field”.
Research fields:
- seed treatment with physical and chemical stressors
- tree resistance to biotic and abiotic stressors
- evaluation of biochemical compounds, metabolic processes in plants
- plant health in a changing climate
Position
Since 2025 Researcher at the Laboratory of Forest Plant Biotechnology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
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), executor.
- 2021–2025 Horizon 2020 project “Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means” (TREEADS), executor.
- 2022–2024 NordGen Forest-SNS project “PROTECT: Effects of defense priming on Norway spruce needle microbiome and pest resistance”, executor.
- 2021–2024 Ministry of Environment project “Increasing the overall resistance of Lithuania main forest tree species to pathogens by the innovative combination of genetic and physical methods”, executor.
- 2020–2024 CA19110 “Plasma applications for smart and sustainable agriculture” (PlAgri), coordinator at the Institute of Forestry.
- 2021–2023 Ministry of Environment project “Evaluation of the effectiveness of different bacterial preparations in promoting the formation of systemic antipathogenic resistance in Lithuanian coniferous tree species”, executor.
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