ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-0501-6680
ResearcherID: E-1264-2017
Scopus Author ID: 56574323600
Tel. +3701 37 547 221
E-mail: diana.marciulyniene@lammc.lt
Liepu St. 1, Girionys, LT-53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2009–2011 The MSc in Forest Ecology and Environmental Science, Faculty of Forestry and Ecology, Lithuanian University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2005–2009 The BSc in Forestry, Faculty of Forestry and Ecology, Lithuanian University of Agriculture.
Academic degree
2015 PhD in Agricultural Sciences (Forestry), PhD topic “Characterization of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus populations of different origin and susceptibility of common ash to the dieback pathogen”, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry jointly PhD program with Aleksandras Stulginskis University (from 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
Research fields
- Local and invasive plant pathogens, their spread and establishment in new environments
- Chemical interaction of wood/fungal pathogen and insect ecology
- Ecological role of invasive organisms and relationships with tree hosts
- Tree genetics and selection (tree resistance/susceptibility to pathogens)
- Composition of soil microorganism communities
- Innovative forest protection methods
- New diagnostic methods for the elucidation and investigation of tree diseases
- Population genetics (genetic diversity of pathogens)
Position
Since 2023 Chief Researcher, Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
Since 2021 Postdoctoral researcher at the Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre, SLU.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
- Citizen Science Association in Lithuania, co-founder
- Member of the Young Academy of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
- From 2016 Associated Member of the Baltic-American Biotaxonomy Institute (B.A.B.I.)
- Member of Lithuanian Phytopathological Society
- Since 2021 Member of the PhD Committee of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy and Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
- Since 2019 Member of the PhD Commission of Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
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Since 2018 Member of the PhD thesis evaluation committee of Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy and Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
- 2022 Guest lecturer in the master's course “Diagnosis, prevention and management of biotic forest damage” at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- 2021 Guest lecturer in the master's course “Diagnosis, prevention and management of biotic forest damage” at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU)
- December 1, 2020 Co-organiser of scientific workshop “Dynamic changes and restoration of soil properties, fungal and insect communities following clearcutting and biomass utilization in pine ecosystems”, Lithuania.
- September 23, 2020 Co-organiser of seminar-discussion “Lithuanian dissertations: publishing, storage, accounting”, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
- Since 2018 Member of the working groups “WG1: Engaging people in CS” and “WG2: Approaches to CS” for EU COST Action CA17122: “Increasing understanding of alien species through citizen science”
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2017–2020 Member of the working group “WG4 – Enhance the role of CS for civil society” for EU COST Action CA15212: “Citizen Science: to promote creativity, scientific literacy, and innovation throughout Europe”.
- 2012–2016 Member of the working group “WG1 Pathogen“ for EU Cost Action FP1103: “FRAXBACK: Fraxinus dieback in Europe”
Involvement in programmes and projects
- 2022–2024 SNS (Nordic Forest Research Co-operation Committee) project “Development of ash reproductive material for forestry and nature conservation”, coordinator in the Institute of Forestry.
- 2022–2023 KSLA project “Assessing current and future potential of larch in Sweden”, leader.
- Since 2021 EU 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 (2021–2022).
- 2022–2024 Nordic Forest Research (SNS) project “Development of ash reproductive material for forestry and nature conservation”, coordinator in Lithuania.
- 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” (S-SIT-20-2),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” (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” (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),principal investigator.
- 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”.
- 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”, partner.
- 2016–2018 Ministry of Agriculture project “Pest risk analysis for Xylella fastidiosa (Wells et al.)”.
- 2012–2016 Swiss contribution and State budget of the RL 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”.
- 2012–2015 European Regional Development Fund project “Ecological interactions between massively tree-devastating insects and associated microorganisms in the context of climate change“, member (2015).
- 2012–2014 Lithuanian Research Council project “Eco-genetic control of resistance to the pathogen Chalara fraxinea in common ash“.
Supervision of PhD studies
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