Dr. Iveta Varnagirytė-Kabašinskienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-6733-5302
Tel. +370 612 89 434
E-mail: iveta.kabasinskiene@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania

Education           

–2006 PhD studies, Vytautas Magnus University jointly with Lithuanian Institute of Forestry (since 2010 Institute of Forestry of the Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry).

1999–2001 Master of Ecology and Environmental sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Lithuanian Agricultural University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

1995–1999 Bachelor of Applied ecology, Faculty of Forestry, Lithuanian Agricultural University (since 2019 VMU Agriculture Academy).

Academic degree

2006 PhD of Biochemical sciences (Ecology and Environmental sciences), dissertation “Initial effects of compensatory wood ash fertilization: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and heavy metals in soil and plants of Scots pine stands (Pinetum vacciniosum forest type)”.

Research fields

• Forest ecology
• Soil and plant chemistry
• Forest biomass

Position

Since 2021 Head of Department of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

Since 2020 Part-time Professor, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vytautas Magnus University (VMU).

Since 2018 Chief Researcher, Department of Silviculture and Ecology, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations

• Membership in the professional bodies – Lithuanian Soil Science Society of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• From 2022 Membership in the Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Baltic Forestry”

Involvement in programmes and projects

International projects

• 2023 SNS project “Integrating soil monitoring in Nordic forests – data harmonization, future designs and studies to examine soil function at different scales” (NorForSoil), researcher and coordinator in Lithuania.

• Since 2022 Horizon 2020 project “Preventing and fighting extreme wildfires with the integration and demonstration of innovative means” (DRYADS), researcher.
• 2022 SNS project “Biochar in forests”, researcher and coordinator in Lithuania.
• 2017–2021 SMART project “Development of wood modifying eco-friendly technology for higher value products”, researcher.
• 2016 EFINORD-SNS project “Ecotoxic components in wood”, researcher.
• 2016–2020 SNS project “CAR-ES III – Centre of advanced research on environmental services from Nordic forest ecosystems”, researcher and coordinator in Lithuania.
• 2004–2007 Nordic-Baltic project “Estimation of carbon storage in forest biomass in the Nordic and Baltic countries – common methods, protocol and tools for obtaining comparable biomass expansion functions” (BEF), researcher.
• 2002–2005 EU project “Wood for energy – a contribution to the development of sustainable forest management” (WOOD-EN-MAN QLK5-CT-2001-00527), researcher.

National projects

• 2023 RTO LT project “GREENURGI: Adapting urban green infrastructure to capture traffic-related microplastic particles for a healthier urban environment”, researcher. 

• 2022–2024 Ministry of Environment project “Changes in organic carbon stocks in forest floor and mineral topsoil layers in Scots pine stands of different age”, leader.
• 2020–2021 National Programme “Sustainability of Agro-, Forest and Water Ecosystems“ project “Dynamic changes and restoration of soil properties, fungal and insect communities following clearcutting and biomass utilization in pine ecosystems”, researcher.
• 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in dead organic matter (dead wood) analyzing various degrees of dead wood decomposition rates”, researcher.
• 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in forest land and non-forest land in soil and forest litter”, researcher.
• 2016 Ministry of Environment project “Study for evaluation of carbon stocks in soil and forest litter in forests that were afforested and reforested on non-forest land”, leader.
• 2014–2016 Ministry of Environment study “Improvement of forest fire risk forecasting system”, researcher.
• 2012–2013 Ministry of Environment study “Prognosis of Lithuanian forest tree species and possibilities of alien forest trees immigration and growing in the context of climate change”, researcher.
• 2011–2012 Ministry of Environment study “Stump use for biofuel: resources, technological, economic and ecological assessment”, researcher.

Supervision of PhD studies

• 2019–2023 Gediminas Survila PhD project “Peculiarities of growth of forest plantations planted on agricultural land using deep plowing”.

• 2017–2023 Dovilė Gustienė PhD project “Peculiarities of reforestation in clear cuttings of Scots pine stands on nutrient poor sites”.
• 2016–2020 Benas Šilinskas PhD project “Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood properties dependence on growth conditions and stand management”.
• 2012–2016 Valda Araminienė PhD project “Birch sp. health and growth under current and simulated climate condition”.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)