ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-0501-6680
ResearcherID: E-1264-2017
Scopus Author ID: 56574323600
Tel.: +370 673 59 397
E-mail: diana.marciulyniene@lammc.lt
Address: Liepu St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
PhD studies, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry and Aleksandras Stulginskis University (from 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2009–2011 Master in Forest Ecology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Forestry and Ecology, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2005–2009 Bachelor in Forestry, Faculty of Forestry and Ecology, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.
Academic degree
2015 Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Forestry), dissertation “Characterization of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus populations of different origin and susceptibility of common ash to the dieback pathogen”
Research fields
- Forest and urban tree health and biosecurity
- Pest and pathogen risk assessment, diagnostics and surveillance
- Tree resistance and adaptation under changing climatic conditions
- Tree microbiomes, soil health and tree-microbe interactions
- Early detection, prevention and integrated management of pests and diseases
- Nature-based solutions and citizen science approaches for sustainable tree health and biodiversity conservation
Position
Since 2023 Chief Researcher, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- 2026 Guest lecturer in the master’s course at Linnaeus University
- Since 2025 Scientific Steering Committee Member, AshforFuture project, Teagasc, Ireland
- 2025 External reviewer of PhD project proposal, Wageningen University & Research / PE&RC Graduate School
- From 2024 Lithuanian Research Council expert to evaluate applications submitted for competitions
- 2023 Guest lecturer in the bachelor’s program “Urban Tree Health and Forest Health” at the Faculty of Forest Sciences, Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre (SSFRC) at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- 2021 Invited expert reviewer of research National Science Centre, proposal Poland, PRELUDIUM 20 call
- 2021–2022 Guest lecturer in the master’s course “Diagnosis, prevention and management of biotic forest damage” at the Faculty of Forest Sciences, SSFRC, SLU
- Since 2021 Member of the PhD Committee of VMU Agriculture Academy and LAMMC
- 2019–2026 Member of the PhD Commission of LAMMC
- Since 2018 Member of the PhD thesis evaluation committee of VMU Agriculture Academy and LAMMC
- Co-founder of Citizen Science Association in Lithuania
- Member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (Alumni)
- Associated Member of the Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute (B.A.B.I.)
- Member of the Lithuanian Society of Phytopathologists
Involvement in programmes and projects
- Since 2025 EU COST Action CA23148 “European Network for the Integrative Approach of Urban Forestry (INTUF)”, member of the working groups (WG1, WG2, WG3, WG4).
- 2024–2026 Swedish Institute (SI) within SI Baltic Sea Neighbourhood Programme project “Emerald Ash Borer invasion: exploring spread patterns and beetle biodiversity dynamics for strategic conservation measures”, coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2022–2024 (extended to 2026) Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Development of ash reproductive material for forestry and nature conservation” (SNS-130), coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2022–2023 KSLA project “Assessing current and future potential of larch in Sweden” (code GFS2021-0008), leader.
- 2021–2025 COST Action CA20132 “Urban Tree Guard – Safeguarding European urban trees and forests through improved biosecurity” (UB3Guard), Management committee member and working group “WG2-Inovations”, leader.
- 2020–2021 Lithuanian Research Council project “Dynamic changes and restoration of soil properties, fungal and insect communities following clearcutting and biomass utilization in pine ecosystems” (code S-SIT-20-2), a principal investigator.
- 2019–2021 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Conservation of resistant ash (Fraxinus excelsior) genotypes in Nordic and Baltic regions to maintain the full range of ecosystem-services provided by this keystone species” (code SNS-126), coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2019–2021 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Preventing the spread of new pathogens in Nordic forests to secure sustainable forestry in growing bioeconomy” (code SNS-123), coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2017–2021 European Regional Development Fund project “Insights into future forests: challenges of climate change and diseases, and possible measures for saving biodiversity and ecosystem functioning” (No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0039), a principal investigator.
- 2017–2020 EU COST Action CA15212 “Citizen Science: to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe”, member of the working group “WG4 – Enhance the role of CS for civil society”.
- 2017–2020 Lithuanian Research Council project “Biogeography and spread of local and invasive tree pathogens: focus on climate, tree species and intensity of forest management” (No. P-MIP-17-112), a principal investigator.
- 2018–2019 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis), invasive deadly pest approaching eastern EU border: preparing for the worst case scenario (EMERALD)” (code: N2018-04), coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2018–2023 EU COST Action CA17122 “Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science”, member of the working groups “WG1: Engaging people in CS” and “WG2: Approaches to CS”.
- 2016–2018 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Assessing the role of climate factors in association with spread of invasive Phytophthora species in forests and from urban landscapes” (code: SNS-121), coordinator in Lithuania.
- 2016–2018 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania project “Pest risk analysis for Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)” (No. MT-16-6), a principal investigator.
- 2012–2016 Swiss contribution and State budget of the Republic of Lithuania project “Incidence of mycoviruses in epidemic and post-epidemic populations of the ash dieback pathogen Chalara fraxinea and evaluation of their potential for biological control of the disease” (No. CH-3-ŠMM-01/12), a principal investigator.
- 2012–2016 EU Cost Action FP1103 “FRAXBACK: Fraxinus dieback in Europe”, member of the working group “WG1 Pathogen”.
- 2012–2015 European Regional Development Fund project “Ecological interactions between massively tree-devastating insects and associated microorganisms in the context of climate change” (No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-02-001), a principal investigator.
- 2012–2014 Lithuanian Research Council project “Eco-genetic control of resistance to the pathogen Chalara fraxinea in common ash” (No. MIP-040/2012), a principal investigator.
Supervision of PhD studies
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