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E-mail: vita.tilvikiene@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai distr., Lithuania
Education
2005–2007 University of Agriculture (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy), Faculty of Agricultural Engineering. Graduated with a master’s degree in mechanical engineering
2001–2005 University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering. Graduated with a bachelor‘s degree in mechanical engineering
Academic degrees and pedagogical titles
2011 Doctor in Agronomy Science. 2007–2011 PhD studies at Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry. Topic “Management of tall fescue, cocksfoot and reed canary grass swards for biogas, biomass quality and energy value”. Completed with a doctoral degree in agricultural sciences, agronomy.
Professional experience
From 2021 Chief researcher, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
From 2021 January LAMMC Deputy Director for Research
2019–2020 Associate professor, Vytautas Magnus University
2017–2018 Associate professor, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy)
2017–2020 Head of Agrobiolgy Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
From 2017 Lecturer, Aleksandras Stulginskis University
2016–2021 Senior researcher, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
2014–2016 Researcher, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
2011–2014 Junior researcher, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
From 2011 Scientific secretary, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
2010–2014 Scientific secretary, Institute of Agriculture, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry
2009–2010 Administration assistant, Lithuanian Institute Agriculture
2007–2009 UAB “Plungės prekyba” export manager
In-service training
2018 May 17 – June 1 Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), research internship “Multifunctional analysis of research data and application of NIR spectrometry in soil and biomass quality assessment”.
2018 February 23 – March 29 “Quality of studies: identity of student and lecturer, innovations of educational technologies, didactic communication, conflicts, quality strategies”.
Memberships and affiliations with professional organizations
Participation in programmes and projects
International projects
2019–2022 INTERREG South Baltic program, project “BAPR – Baltic Phytoremediation – BAPR”, project implementer.
National projects
2020–2021 National Science Program “Sustainability of agro-, forest- and aquatic ecosystems, project “Management of greenhouse gas emissions by changing nitrogen flows in the agro-system”, project leader.
2020–2022 Project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania “Evaluation and preparation of fibre hemp products as organic carbon accumulators in long-term products and soil for their application according to IPCC methodology in GHG inventory”, project leader LAMMC.
2020 Project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania “Production of alternative biomass sources (including alternative protein production sources and technologies) in primary agriculture: technological solutions, their use for bio-economy development purposes – energy, feed, food”, project leader.
2020–2022 Project funded by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania “Evaluation of efficiency and viability of different agricultural technologies from the economic, energy and environmental point of view”, project leader.
Other activity
Supervision of PhD studies
Awards
2019 Recipient of the Certificate of Merit awarded by the Minister of Energy for professional achievements in conducting biomass chemical composition, thermochemical conversion and other important applied research.
MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS
Articles in journals indexed in Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database
Barčauskaitė K., Žydelis R., Ruzgas R., Bakšinskaitė A., Tilvikienė V. 2022. The seeds of industrial hemp (Cannabis Sativa L.) a source of minerals and biologically active compounds. Journal of Natural Fibers, In Press. IF – 5,323
Venslauskas K., Navickas K., Rubežius M., Tilvikienė V., Supronienė S., Doyeni M. O., Barčauskaitė K., Bakšinskaitė A., Bunevičienė K. 2022. Environmental impact assessment of sustainable pig farm via management of nutrient and co-product flows in the farm. Agronomy, 12 (4): 760. IF – 3,417
Doyeni M. O., Stulpinaite U., Baksinskaite A., Suproniene S., Tilvikiene V. 2021. Greenhouse gas emissions in agricultural cultivated soils using animal waste-based digestates for crop fertilization. Journal of Agricultural Science, 159 (1-2): 26–30. IF – 1,476
Ayaz M., Feizienė D., Tilvikienė V., Akhtar K., Stulpinaitė U., Iqbal R. 2021. Biochar role in the sustainability of agriculture and environment. Sustainability, 13 (3): 1330. IF – 3,251
Povilaitis V., Lazauskas S., Antanaitis Š., Feizienė D., Feiza V., Tilvikienė V. 2018. Relationship between spring barley productivity and growing management in Lithuania’s lowland. Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B — Soil & Plant Science, 68 (1): 86–95. IF – 0,810
Other peer-reviewed publications
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