Department of Silviculture
Head Dr. Gintautas Urbaitis, gintautas.urbaitis@mi.lt, +370 37 54 73 27
Research topics
- Reforestation and afforestation research, seedlings cultivation technologies
- Forest stands development, sustainability and productivity, forest harvesting technologies
- Forest hydrology and peatland forestry
Department of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding
Head Dr. Virgilijus Baliuckas, Virgilijus.Baliuckas@mi.lt, +370 37 54 72 89
Research topics
- Phenogenetic plasticity and genotipe x environment interaction of the main forest tree species with different life history traits
- Forest tree species adaptation and genetic diversity distribution pattern assessment due to climate change
- Selection and testing of ecological plasticity and adaptation of fast-growing forest tree families and clones for plantation forestry
- Evaluation of forest tree genetic adaptation possibilities by the means of epigenetic studies
- Ecogenetic research of forest trees by testing in a controlled environment
- Introgression of local simpatric species and breeding for perspective hybrids
- Ecogenetic research and breeding of perspective introduced tree species
- Invasiveness and impacts of alien species to forest communities
Department of Ecology
Head Dr. Vidas Stakėnas, vidas.stakenas@mi.lt, +370 37 54 72 47
Research topics
- Changes and indication of condition of stands, ground vegetation and soils in forest ecosystems
- Impact of climate changes and air pollution on forest ecosystems
- Physical, chemical and microbiological properties of forest soils, anthropogenic contamination and renaturalization
- Carbon and nitrogen turnover in forest ecosystems
- Diversity of forest vegetation
Department of Forest Resources, Economics and Policy
Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Artūras Gedminas, arturas.gedminas@mi.lt, +370 37 54 72 83
Research topics
- Forest resources and economic efficiency of their usage
- Influence of globalization and innovations on economic viability and efficiency of forestry in Lithuania
- Influence of economic and social changes on development of sustainable private forestry
- Influence of bio-ecological factors on roundwood and sawnwood properties and structure
Department of Forest Protection and Game Management
Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Artūras Gedminas, arturas.gedminas@mi.lt, +370 674 18 957
Research topics
- The identification of the damages and the assessment of the reasons causing damages
- The evaluation of forest phytopathogenic fungi,insects and animals biology, ecology and phenology, the observation of the dynamic
- The assessment of the phytopathogenic fungi, insects and animals effect on forest ecosystem
- The selecting, testing and the efficacy evaluation of new and exiting forest protection products and methods
Laboratory of Forest Plant Biotechnology
Head Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sigutė Kuusienė, sigute.kuusiene@mi.lt, +370 37 54 73 19
Research topics
- Studies of forest plant genetic variety by the use of DNA markers methods
- Studies related to somatic embriogenesis and organogenesis of various tree species in tissue culture and condition balancing for the development of tree micropropagation technologies
- Establishment of Populus hybrids and early estimation of genetic variety by the use of tissue culture and DNA markers methods
