Justina Kaziūnienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0003-2056-6653
Tel. +370 622 97 525
E-mail: justina.kaziuniene@lammc.lt
Studentų St. 15A, Akademija, LT-53362 Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education  

Since 2021 PhD’s student in Agricultural sciences, dissertation topic “Selection of competitive and efficient Rhizobium spp. strains for different Pisum sativum genotypes”, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.   

2018–2020 Master’s degree in Agrobiotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy, Lithuania.     

2014–2018 Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.

Research fields

• Isolation and screening of plant growth promoting bacteria from different habitats
• Competitiveness studies of diazotrophic bacteria
• Evaluation of the antagonistic properties of bacteria against plant diseases causing pathogens

Position

Since 2021, doctoral student at the Microbiology Laboratory, Institue of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2022–2025 Lithuanian Research Council project “Optimisation of legume nitrogen fixation and use in the organic farming ecosystem”, Junior Researcher.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)