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Congratulations to the new members of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LAS) Young Academy

Congratulations to the new members of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (LAS) Young Academy

Dr. Jonas Viškelis (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry). The field of his scientific activity encompasses complex research on the quality of plant raw materials, focusing on their applicability in R&D activities aimed at the development of innovative products intended for food, pharmaceutical and sports applications. He has co-authored a book chapter and published 54 scientific articles, 37 of which are in the periodical scientific journals published in Lithuania and abroad in the Clarivate Analytics Web of Science database. He has delivered more than 80 presentations at various national and international conferences. He has carried out 30 commissioned assignments and scientific projects for the state institutions as well as national and foreign economic entities. He peer-reviews articles for foreign and Lithuanian scientific journals and is a guest editor of the special issue “Biochemical Composition of Food” of the journal “Applied Sciences”.

Dr. Monika Toleikienė (Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry) conducts research on various soil- and ecosystem-friendly agricultural practices aimed to improve the efficiency of organic farming management. In the last five years, she has published 21 scientific articles, 13 of them in the journals with an impact factor (IF) above 1.0. She is actively applying for funding for research projects. She has been involved in or is currently engaged in three national and five international projects, including Horizon 2020 programmes.

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