Dr. Gintarė Šidlauskaitė

ORCiD iD: 0000-0001-8027-6389
Mob.  +370 689 00 919
E-mail: gintare.sidlauskaite@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58343 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania

Education 

2018–2022 Doctoral studies in Natural Sciences, Ecology and Environmental, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. 

2015–2017 Master degree studies in Applied Ecology, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2011–2015 Bachelor degree studies in Environmental Sciences and Ecology, Vytautas Magnus University.

Academic degrees and pedagogical titles

2022 Doctoral degree in Natural Sciences, Ecology and Environmental, dissertation topic “Legumes and grasses interspecies compatibility for perennial swards productivity and for sustainability of the agroecosystem functions”.

Research fields

• Ecology and Environmental Science, Agroecology

Professional experience

Since 2022 Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Agroecology, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

2018–2021 Junior Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Agroecology, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

In-service training

• 2022 June 26–30 International internship at the University of Caen Normandy (UNICAEN), France. The purpose – to present to EGF2022 delegates the latest ongoing research related to grassland and the contribution of its products to the development of circular, healthy and sustainable food systems.
• 2019 December 17–19 Courses Dr. Vilma Žydžiūnaitė “Writing a scientific paper”, Lithuania (24 academic hours).
• 2019 August 26–30 PhD International courses (40 akademic hours, ECTS 2.0), Lithuania, certificate received:

Articles editor Prof. dr. Frank Witlox (Ghent University, Belgium) courses “Publication of scientific article data” (8 academic hours).

Professor Head of Research Group Ari Visa (Tampere University), Finland courses “Research data from researcher to the audience” (8 academic hours).

Director (Senior Advisor) Enrico Luzzatto (European Patent Academy, Germany) courses “Patenting procedures from the idea of research to the (European) patent” (8 academic hours).

dr. Hallvard Fossheim (University of Bergen, Norway) courses “Research ethics” (8 academic hours).

• 2019 July 1–5 PhD International courses “Writing a Scientific Text: Ways, Forms, and Challenges”  (40 akademic hours, ECTS 2.0), Lithuania, certificate received.
• 2019 march 4 Courses “Successful participation in HORIZON 2020 and other international MTEPI programs”, ”Development of international competence of researchers 2 (TYKU 2)“, (8 akademic hours), Lithuania, certificate received.
• 2018 august 20–24 3^rd International PhD Summer School, Lithuania, certificate received:

Martijn Wackers (Delft University of Technology) courses “Oral Presentation and Communication Skills Development” (8 academic hours).

Telma Esteves (University of Twente) courses “Research Grant Proposal Development” (8 academic hours).

Roger Strand (University of Bergen) courses “Research Ethics, Integrity and Responsibility” (8 academic hours).

Arminas Ragauskas (Kaunas University of Technology) courses “Entrepreneurship and Innovations” (8 academic hours).

Participation in programmes and projects

• June 21, 2021 – January 5, 2023 Scientific commissioned project “Development of productive and full-fledged grassland growing technology by fertilizing with organic and mineral fertilizers” according to 2019-o6-21 contract no. 001. Position: project promoter.
• January 13 – December 31, 2020; Jun 1 – December 15, 2021 LMT National High Level MTEP (SMART) Project “Expanding Multifunctional Properties of Legume Plants in the Feed and Food Chain (SmartLegume)” is implemented under contract no. DOTSUT-219 (01.2.2-LMT-K-718-01-0068). Position: Project Specialist.

MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database

1. Šidlauskaitė G., Kemešytė V., Toleikienė M., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2022. Plant diversity, functional group composition and legumes effects versus fertilisation on the yield and forage quality. Sustainability, 14 (3): 1182. IF – 3,889

2. Šidlauskaitė G., Toleikienė M., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. Productivity potential of three tetraploid ryegrass cultivars and their mixture in new swards with clovers. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 108 (3): 241–246. IF – 1,281
3. Toleikienė M., Arlauskienė A., Šarūnaitė L., Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2020. The effect of plant-based organic fertilisers on the yield and nitrogen G. utilization of spring cereals in the organic cropping system. Zemdirbyste-Agriculture, 107 (1): 17–24. IF – 1,083
   

Other peer-reviewed publications

1. Šidlauskaitė G., Šarūnaitė L., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2022. Multispecies grass-legume swards productivity and reducing nitrogen fertilisation. Grassland Science in Europe, 27: 478–480.
2. Šidlauskaitė G., Kemešytė V., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2022. Responses of perennial ryegrass cultivars and their mixtures to white and red clovers as companions in swards. Grassland Science in Europe, 27, 475–477.
3. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. Effects of mineral fertilizers on grasslands of different species composition. Proceedings of 17th International Conference of Young Scientists on Energy and Natural Sciences Issues (CYSENI 2021), ISSN 1822-7554.
4. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2020. The influence of different grass-legume mixtures on the productivity of first year spring cutting. Grassland Science in Europe, 25: 135–137.
5. Šidlauskaitė G., Stiklienė A., Dėdelė A. 2017. The estimation of nitrogen dioxide using ADMS-Urban model and biotest method in Kedainiai city. Human and nature safety, p. 160–163.
6. Šidlauskaitė G., Dėdelė A. 2015. The estimation of nitrogen dioxide using ADMS-Urban model in Kedainiai city. Human and nature safety, p. 105–107.

Other publications

1. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2022. Nitrogen fertilizer reduction opportunities in perennial swards. Mano ūkis, p. 48–52. ISSN 1392-3595.
2. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2021. The competence of legume for the potential productivity of grasslands and a safer environment. Proceedings of 10th Conference of Young Scientists “Young scientists for advance of agriculture“, Vilnius, Lithuania, 18 November. Book of Abstracts, p. 15.
3. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2020. Evaluation of fecundity of perennial ryegrass of different genetic origin. Physics and natural sciences: proceedings of 63rd international conference “Open Readings 2020“, Vilnius, Lithuania, 17–20 March. Book of Abstracts, p.  542.
4. Šidlauskaitė G., Kadžiulienė Ž. 2020. Skirtingos genetinės kilmės daugiamečių svidrių produktyvumo vertinimas. Proceedings of 9th Conference of Young Scientists “Young scientists for advance of agriculture“, Vilnius, Lithuania, 12 November. Book of Abstracts, p. 25.
5. Šidlauskaitė G. 2019. Yield productivity of grass-legume mixtures in the second year of sward. International Conference of Young Scientists: Young Scientists for Advance of Agriculture. Vilnius, Lietuva, 14 September. Book of Abstracts, p. 22.
6. Miškinytė A.,Dėdelė A. 2016. Šidlauskaitė G. Relationship between modelled pollution of nitrogen dioxide and traffic flow. Air quality science and application: proceedings of 10th international conference, Milano, 14-18 March: abstracts. Hatfield, UK: University of Hertfordshire.