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| Research Interests: | Organic chemistry: synthesis of functional semiconducting organic compounds for OLEDs and transistors; transition metal-catalyzed reactions; Supramolecular engineering and photophysics of functional molecular and nanomaterials; Dynamic and static stereochemistry: Synthesis chiral materials and catalysis, determination stereochemistry of organic compounds by using electronic circular dichroism (ECD) spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations; Computational quantum and theoretical chemistry: conformation analysis, electronic structure and the intermolecular interactions prediction; the modelling organic reaction mechanisms, mobility of carriers in organic semiconductors in bioorganic systems by applying modified Marcus-Bagdžiūnas theory; Single-crystals X-ray Diffraction and Hirshfeld surface analysis (Radiation Safety certificate); Opto- and bio-electronics (OLEDs and biosensors). |
| Present Position: | Group of Supramolecular Analysis at Department of Bioanalysis Institute of Biochemistry, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University, Senior Researcher |
| Education: |
2012 - PhD in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Vilnius University 2008 - MSc Magnum Cum Laude in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Vilnius University 2006 - BSc in Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2005–2007 Laboratory assistant, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Vilnius University 2007–2008 Specialist, project “Nordforsk via the Nordic-Baltic Network in Crystal Engineering and Supramolecular Materials“, Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Vilnius University 2009–2012 Researcher, project “Synthesis of chiral synthons and application in supramolecular chemistry and organocatalysis” (VP1-3.1-ŠMM-07-K-01-030), Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Vilnius University 2013–2016 Senior researcher, project “Centre of Excellence in Organic Semiconductor Research”, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Department of Polymer Chemistry and Technology, Kaunas University of Technology 2016–present Senior researcher, Department of Material Science and Electrical Engineering, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology 2020–present Senior researcher, Life Sciences Center, Institute of Biochemistry, Department of Bioanalysis, Vilnius University and leader of Group of Supramolecular Analysis |
| Awards: | 2007 Memorial Scholarship of Yankun Family. 2007 Prof. J. Degutis' Memorial Scholarship of Organic Synthesis. 2011 Prof. S. Kutkevičius' Memorial Scholarship for the best PhD research work of Organic Synthesis. 2008–2012 Research Council of Lithuania and LVMSF grant for the PhD studies. 2016 Best completed project funded by a grant from the R&D and Innovation Fund of KTU. 2017–2019 Research Council of Lithuania Postdoctoral Fellowship. 2019 Best publication in 2018 (Biosensors and Bioelectronics) at Vilnius University. 2019 Invited cover page for the Organometallics journal, volume 38, issue 13. 2021, 2022 Outstanding reviewer for the Molecular Systems Design & Engineering journal. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB GoogleScholar |
| Academic Cooperation: | I established scientific contacts with Prof. D. Velasco group from the University of Barcelona (Spain). With the colleagues we performed calculations to predict the mobility of organic semiconductor carriers. We performed calculations of photophysical and chiroptical properties of helicenes with Prof. W. Dehaen Group from K.U. Leuven (Belgium). We have a close cooperation with Prof. N.D. Obushak Group from Lviv National Franko University (Ukraine) in the field of organic chemistry. I also did an internship with dr. In the R. Viter group (University of Latvia, Riga), we jointly investigated the application of organic semiconductors to optical glucose sensors. |
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Projects and Grants: |
2014 (summer) “Theoretical design of organic semiconductor molecules suitable for organic phosphorescent OLEDs”. “Developing students' abilities by participating in scientific summer practice”, Project Leader. |
| Other Related Activities: | Scientific expert of the Research Council of Lithuania Scientific expert of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine Topic Editor of the Biosensors journal of MDPI publishing The Guest Editor of Special Issue "Electrochemistry and Spectroscopy-Based Biosensors" in the Biosensors journal Guest reviewer and referee of the international scientific journals such as ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal of Organic Chemistry, ChemistrySelect, Open Chemistry, Materials, Molecules, Optics, Micromachines and Symmetry According to the Publons database, I am the reviewer of 100 scientific publications. |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish |