Dr. Renaldas Žydelis

ORCiD iD: 0000-0002-2746-3713
Tel. +370 698 84 417
E-mail: renaldas.zydelis@lammc.lt
Instituto al. 1, Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai dist., Lithuania

Education

2014– 2018 PhD student, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.

2011−2013 Master of Science in Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).

2007–2011 Bachelor of Science in Environmental, Water Conservation Engineering and Management, Aleksandras Stulginskis University.

Academic degree

2018 Doctoral degree in the field of Agronomy, dissertation “The effects of organic and mineral fertilisers on maize N status under water and cold stress conditions in a nemoral climate”.

 Research fields

• Influence of organic fertilisers on the productivity of agricultural crops
• Modeling of agricultural crops
• Effect of abiotic and biotic stresses on agricultural crops and their management

Position

Since 2022 Senior Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Agroecolgy, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.

Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations

• American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
• International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS)
• Nordic Association of Agricultural Scientists (NJF)

Involvement in programmes and projects

International projects

• 2021–2024 ERA-NET cofunds SusAn, FACCE ERA-GAS, ICT-AGRI-FOOD and SusCrop project “Connecting sustainable agroecosystems and farming with circular bioeconomy and new technologies” (ConnectFarms), executor.

• 2021–2024 EJP Soil European Joint programme project “Stimulating novel Technologies from Earth Remote Observation to Predict European Soil carbon” (STEROPES), LAMMC coordinator.

• 2021–2024 EJP Soil European Joint programme project “Sensor data for downscaling digital soil maps to higher resolutions” (SensRes), LAMMC coordinator.

• 2020–2024 CA19116 “Trace metal metabolism in plants” (PLANTMETALS), coordinator. 
• 2020–2023 (36 months) Facce Surplus programme “Sustainable and resilient agriculture for food and non-food systems”, project “Biofortified and climate-resilient food and fodder production on marginal soils”. 

National projects

• 2020–2021 Research Council of Lithuania sub-activity “Developing students’ skills in conducting research during the semester” project “In-season prediction of cereals nitrogen status and yield with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)”, student Ardas Kavaliauskas, leader dr. Renaldas Žydelis. 

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