Dr. Regina Skuodienė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-2742-9697
Tel. +370 46 458 233
E-mail: regina.skuodiene@lammc.lt
Gargždų St. 29, Vėžaičiai, LT-96216 Klaipėda dist., Lithuania

Education    

1994–1999 PhD student, Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture.

1984–1991 Biology (qualification of biologist, biology and chemistry teacher), Vilnius University.

Academic degree

199 Doctor of Biomedical Sciences (Agronomy, 06B), dissertation “Investigations of legume and grass swards and their management systems on soddy podzolic loam soil”.

Research fields

• Grassland biodiversity changes patterns and agrobioecological researches
• Productivity and quality of grassland ecosystems
• Weed problems in different cropping systems

Position

Since 2021 Chief Researcher, Vėžaičiai Branch, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC

Memberships and affiliations to professional organisations

• Member of Lithuanian Soil Science Society
• Member of Lithuanian Scientific Society
• Member of Lithuanian Association of Herbology
• Science Society of Galicia as international Honorary Member
• Official opponent for the defence of doctoral thesis for Agricultural sciences (2012–2014) and the Council member (2009, 2010, 2018 and 2022).
• Member of the Qualification Committee for the Final paper assessment in Klaipėda State University of Applied Sciences (2016).
• Scientific supervisor for the final Bachelor's assessment (KU 2003, 2011–2013; VDU 2016; ASU 2016).

Involvement in programmes and projects

• 2022–2026 LAMMC long-term research programme “Biopotential of plants for multifunctional use and sustainability of agroecosystems”, executor.
• 2022–2026 LAMMC long-term research programme “Productivity and sustainability agrogenic and forest soils”, executor.
• 2022–2026 LAMMC long-term research programme “Genetics, biotechnology  and breeding  for plant biodiversity and innovative technologies”, executor.

• 2021–2024 Horizon 2020 programme EJP SOIL internal program project “Are mixed species systems fostering belowground C inputs and C sequestration?” (MIXROOT-C), coordinator of the Lithuanian part, senior researcher.

• 2017–2021 LAMMC long-term research programme “Genetic determination of the traits of agricultural and forest plants, development of modern cultivars”, executor.
• 2017–2021 LAMMC long-term research programme “Productivity and Sustainability of Agricultural and Forest Soils”, executor.
• 2015–2018 Research Council of Lithuania National scientific programme “Sustainability of Agro-forest and water ecosystems” project “The influence of long-term contrasting intensity resources management on genesis of different soils and to other agro-ecosystems components” (AGROTVARA), partipicant.
• Lithuanian Ministry of Agriculture project “The status of agricultural crops and yield forecast in Lithuania”, partipicant.

• 2012–2014 Foreign economic entities (PRP SAS, France) scientific research work “Effect of PRP SOL on the moraine loam soil microbiological, chemical, physical properties and crop yield under sustainable management system in Western Lithuania”.

Supervision of PhD studies

• 2019–2023 Scientific supervisor of Vilija Matyžiūtė PhD study “Soil seed bank in different agrophytocenoses of the hilly relief”.

• 2013–2018 Scientific supervisor of Donata Tomchuk PhD study “Root biomass and carbon sequestration in various grassland ecosystems”.

SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)