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Tel.: +370 601 05 056
E-mail: karolina.barcauskaite@lammc.lt
Studentų St. 15A-J330, Akademija, Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2014–2018 PhD studies, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
2010–2012 Master degree in Applied Biochemistry Analysis, Vytautas Magnus University.
2006–2010 Bachelor degree in Applied Chemistry, Kaunas University of Technology.
Academic degree
2018 Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Agronomy), dissertation “Amount of polychlorbiphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Lithuania produced composts and their effect on soil and plants”.
Research fields
- Comprehensive studies of soil improvement materials using different instrumental analysis methods
- Research of persistent organic pollutants
- Extraction of alternative plant nutrients from secondary raw materials
- Qualitative and quantitative analysis of biologically active compounds and contaminants in bee products
Position
Since 2021 Senior Researcher, Head of Agrobiology Laboratory, Institute of Agriculture, LAMMC
Memberships and affiliations with professional organisations
Since 2024 a member of Nordic Association of Agricultural Science (NJF)
Involvement in programmes and projects
International projects
- 2024–2027 INTERREG programme project “Innovative solutions for sewage sludge management in small wastewater treatment plants”, coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2023–2024 HORIZON 2020 project “Bio-economy and Circular Agriculture for Soil Health” (BioCASH), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2022–2024 HORIZON 2020 EJP SOIL project “External organic matters for climate mitigation and soil health” (EOM4SOIL), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2020–2024 COST Action CA19116 “Trace metal metabolism in plants” (PLANTMETALS), coordinator at the Institute of Agriculture.
- 2020–2022 European Union under the Interreg South Baltic Programme project “Baltic Phytoremediation” (BAPR), implementer.
National projects
- 2025 Research Council of Lithuania programme Student summer research internships project “Quantitative determination of heavy metals in soils of different granulometric composition”, supervisor.
- 2024–2025 Research Council of Lithuania programme Students scientific internship during semesters project “Application of fluorescence microscopy for microplastic characterization”, supervisor.
- 2023–2026 Research Council of Lithuania programme Researcher Groups project “From waste to resources: regeneration of shrimp waste to sustainable antimicrobial products for agricultural applications”, supervisor.
- 2023–2024 Research Council of Lithuania programme Students scientific internship during semesters project “Extraction of microplastics from sewage sludge and their qualitative analysis”, supervisor.
- 2023 Research Council of Lithuania programme Students summer research internships project “Green synthesis and property studies of chitosan-silver nanoparticles”, supervisor.
- 2022–2024 Research Council of Lithuania project “Sustainable use of solid biofuel ash for fertilizer products and production of new cementitious materials”, implementer.
- 2021–2023 European Regional Development Fund and Lithuanian Research Council (LMTLT) (SMART) project “The management of target metabolites in industrial hemp for the development of COVID-19 symptom relief products”, implementer.
- 2020–2022 EU structural funds and Research Council of Lithuania programme “Promotion of internships after doctoral studies” project “The influence of agrotechnological measures on fibre hemp (Cannabis sativa L.) morphological parts phytochemical composition”, implementer.
- 2020–2022 Research Council of Lithuania National Science Programme “Sustainability of Agro, Forest and Aquatic Ecosystems” project “Management of greenhouse gas emissions by changing nitrogen flows in the ecosystem” (MANGHG), implementer.
- 2019–2021 Ministry of Agriculture project “Glyphosate and its degradation products AMPA and glufosinate residues in soil and grain and their degradation period”, implementer.
- 2015–2016 Ministry of Environment project “Products produced from biodegradable waste quality requirements creation” (VPS-2015-131-KKSP), implementer.
- 2013–2015 Vytautas Magnus University project “Used wooden sleepers bioremediation research and creation of technology” BIOREM (No. VP1-3.1-ŠMM-10-V-02-010), implementer.
Supervision of PhD studies
- Since 2024 PhD student Algimanta Kundrotaitė, PhD project “The use of biowaste for reducing ex situ soil pollution”, scientific supervisor.
- Since 2023 PhD student Skaistė Dreskinienė, PhD project “The role of microplastics in the functioning of the agroecosystem”, scientific advisor.
- Since 2022 PhD student Sana Ullah, PhD project “Stress caused by heavy metals and effects on plant growth and quality”, scientific supervisor.
- Since 2021 PhD student Ahmed Hosney, PhD project “Synthesis and application of sustainable, eco-friendly products with antimicrobial activity”, scientific supervisor.
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