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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
- Modelling of crop and soil processes
- Impact of abiotic and biotic stresses on crops and their management
- Application of remote and digital sensors for predicting plant and soil properties
Position
Since 2022 Senior Researcher, Department of Plant Nutrition and Agroecolgy, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC.
Memberships and affiliations to professional organisations
Involvement in programmes and projects
International projects
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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.
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2021–2024 EJP Soil European Joint programme project “Stimulating novel Technologies from Earth Remote Observation to Predict European Soil carbon” (STEROPES), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
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2021–2024 EJP Soil European Joint programme project “Sensor data for downscaling digital soil maps to higher resolutions” (SensRes), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2020–2024 COST action CA19116 “Trace metal metabolism in plants” (PLANTMETALS), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2020–2023 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
- 2025–2027 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania programme Agricultural, Food, and Fisheries Research and Development project “Establishment, verification, and testing of a soil quality monitoring network”, participant.
- 2024–2027 Research Council of Lithuania (LMT) project “Sensor data for enhanced soil properties prediction in Lithuanian agroclimatic zones”, leader.
- 2024–2026 Research Council of Lithuania (LMT) funded Postdoctoral fellowship at Vytautas Magnus University (VMU) project “Integration of UAV data and machine learning methods into a data assimilation framework for modelling crop yield under future climate”.
- 2023–2025 Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania programme Agricultural, Food, and Fisheries Research and Development project “Studies on the relationships between plant development stages and agro-climatic indicators”, leader.
- 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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