Dr. Giedrius Petrauskas

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-2277-9145
Tel. +370 347 37 293
E-mail: giedrius.petrauskas@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania

Education    

2016–2020 PhD student, Department of Grass Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2014–2016 Master of Science in Biotechnology, Faculty of Agronomy, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2009–2013 Bachelor of Science in Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degree

2021 Doctor in Agronomy science, dissertation “Genetic diversity of the autochthonous red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populations”.

Research fields

• Breeding of clovers

• Research of genetic resources of clovers in situ, ex situ, and in vitro

• Development and application of molecular markers in genetic diversity studies

Position

Since 2023 Researcher, Department of Grass Breeding, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC. 

Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations

• Member of Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers (LSYR)
• Member of Gesellschaft für Pflanzenzüchtung (GPZ), Julius Kühn-Institut, Germany
• 2017 member of Organising Committee of the joint meeting of Fodder Crops and Amenity Grasses Section and Protein Crops Working Group of EUCARPIA-Oil and Protein Crops Section “Breeding Grasses and Protein Crops in the Era of Genomics”

Involvement in programmes and projects

• Since 2017 Ministry of Environment programme “Investigation of the plant genetic resources, renewal of genetic collections and preparation of plant genetic material for storage at Plant Gene Bank”, executor.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)