Gintautas Stankūnavičius, Associate Professor at Vilnius University, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, currently holds the position of Head of the Hydrology and Climatology Department. 2000—Doctor of Natural Sciences degree, Physical Geography (Meteorology), Vilnius University. Areas of research interest: synoptic meteorology, predictability of hydrometeorological phenomena, climate fluctuations; also interested in pollen dispersal conditions (in the air), the use of drones in lower troposphere research and other interdisciplinary research.