Edvinas Misiukevičius is a Junior Researcher and PhD student at the Department of Orchard Plant Genetics and Biotechnology, Institute of Horticulture, LAMMC. He holds a Master's degree in Agronomy from the VMU Academy of Agriculture and has a keen research interest in the genetics of horticultural and ornamental plants. Edvinas is a lifetime member of the American Hemerocallis Society and has collaborated on developing 90 plant varieties. He has been recognized for his research contributions with the President's Kazys Grinius Scholarship and the 2021 award for the best report of the Young Scientists' conference "Young Scientists - for Agricultural Progress". He received the 2024 Research Council OF Lithuania scholarship for his doctoral studies results.