ORCiD iD: 0000-0001-9700-243X
Tel. +370 616 30 488
E-mail: valda.gudynaite-franckeviciene@lammc.lt
Liepų St. 1, Girionys, LT53101 Kaunas dist., Lithuania
Education
2013–2017 PhD studies, Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry.
2011–2013 Master of Forestry Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Aleksandras Stulginskis University (since 2019 – Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2007–2011 Bachelor of Forestry Sciences, Faculty of Forestry, Lithuanian Agriculture University (since 2019 – Vytautas Magnus University Agriculture Academy).
2007 Professional school of Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering University of Applied Sciences.
Academic degree
2017 Doctor of Agricultural Sciences (Forest Science), dissertation “Ecogentic plasticity and adaptation of poplar hybrids and clones to Lithuanian natural conditions to be used in plantation forestry”.
Research fields
- Eco-genetic response, adaptation and plasticity of forest tree species under different natural and simulated environment conditions
- Eco-genetic studies on adaptation, production of poplar hybrids
- Forest regeneration and sustainability of forest ecosystems under climate change
- Practical forest tree breeding and gene conservation, developing breeding programmes, delineation of breeding zones
- Possibilities of forest biofuel use
Position
Since 2022 Researcher, Department of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Institute of Forestry, LAMMC.
2012–2017 Lecturer, since 2018 Associate Professor, Faculty of Forestry and Landscape Architecture, Kaunas Forestry and Environmental Engineering University of Applied Sciences.
Involvement in programmes and projects
- 2022–2026 COST Action CA21138 “Joint effects of CLimate Extremes and Atmospheric depositioN on European FORESTs” (CLEANFOREST), coordinator at the Institute of Forestry.
- 2020–2024 COST Action CA19128 “Pan-European network for climate adaptive forest restoration and reforestation” (PEN-CAFoRR), coordinator at the Institute of Forestry.
- Since 2020 Post-doc project “Epigenetic and genetic variation of trees, ecogenetic plasticity and adaptation possibilities in climate change”, leader and researcher.
- 2017–2021 INTERREG project Baltic ForBio, researcher.
- 2016–2020 International project “Long Term Forest Research CoFoRD Programme: WP3 – FORM ‒ Forest Management ‒ Research required to investigate genetic resistance to ash dieback disease Hymenoscyphus pseudoalbidus (anamorph Chalara fraxinea) and the development of disease resistant ash planting stock”, leader for Lithuania.
- 2015–2016 Ministry of Environment project “Evaluation of quality requirements for seedlings of native rare tree species at certain age being grown and transplanted in open air”, researcher.
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS (click the link here)
