Aušra Mongirdienė graduated from Kaunas medical academy in 1995. She received her certificate of Physician of Laboratory medicine professional qualification in 1996. She joined the Laboratory of Clinical Biochemistry at the Institute of Cardiology in 1998. In 2010, she joined the Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology at the Institute of Cardiology. After she obtained her PhD from the Kaunas University of Medicine in 2002, she joined the department of Biochemistry in the university in 2003 as lecturer. From 2008 until 2018 she worked as an Associate Professor, and from 2018 until the present she has worked as a Professor. She has written 78 publications. Research area: Pathogenic mechanisms underlying tissue and organ injury and the identification of molecular biomarkers including oxidative stress and inflammation readings in cardiovascular diseased patients involving atherosclerosis. In recent years, she has investigated cellular matrix proteins thrombospondins, indicators of inflammation, cytokines (GDF-15,TNF-alfa, TGF-beta), endothelial damage (endocan, vimentin), and oxidative stress readings (proteincarbonyls, oxidized lipoproteins, paraoxonase - 1 (POX-1)) in the development of atherosclerosis. Affiliation: Lithuanian university of health sciences, Department of Biochemistry. Membership in professional societies: Lithuanian Society of Laboratory Medicine, Lithuanian Society of Biochemists.