Education 2004 M.Sc. in Biomechanical engineering, Vilnius Tech, Lithuania. 2004 B.Sc. in Chemistry, Vytautas Magnus University, Education Academy, Lithuania. 2002 B.Sc. in Biomechanical engineering, Vilnius Tech, Lithuania. Academic degrees and pedagogical titles 2011 PhD in Agricultural sciences, Agronomy. Thesis “Genetic diversity of Pheum spp. And identification of genes involved in waters tress response”, Vytautas Magnus University (former Aleksandras Stulginskis University), Lithuania. Professional experience Since 2020 Senior researcher, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry (LAMMC), Institute of Agriculture. 2016–2020 Leader of the Laboratory of Genetics and Physiology, Senior researcher, LAMMC Institute of Agriculture. 2014–2015 Postdoctoral researcher at Institute of Agricultural Sciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland. 2012–2014 Postdoctoral researcher at LAMMC Institute of Agriculture, Lithuania. 2004–2012 Researcher at LAMMC Institute of Agriculture, Lithuania. Teaching and supervising 2020 PhD, Giedrius Petrauskas (LAMMC); Thesis “Genetic diversity of the autoch-thonous red clover (Trifolium pratense L.) populations”. 2015 Bachelor, Simon Leupi (ETH Zurich); project title “Effects of fungal endophytes in perennial ryegrass on growth rates under drought”.