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Research Interests: Chemical and Behavioral Ecology, Allelopathy, Microplastics 
Present Position: Assistant professor - VU LSC Institute of Biosciences
Education:
2015 - PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University
2006 - MSc in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Vilnius University
2004 - BSc in Biology (Ecological Biology), Vilnius University 
Experience (Past Positions): 2017–present - Assistant professor, Vilnius University
2016–2017 - Lecturer, Vilnius University
2008–2019 - Research assistant, The State Scientific Research Institute Nature Research Centre (NRC) 
Applied Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Basics of Animal Behaviour, Behavioural Ecology (LT & E), Chemical Ecology, Environmental Biodiversity, Baltic Sea Region Ecology, Human Ecology 
Publications:

LABT_LMAVB 
GoogleScholar

1. Judžentienė, Asta; Būdienė, Jurga; Nedveckytė, Irena; Garjonytė, Rasa. Antioxidant and Toxic Activity of Helichrysum arenarium (L.) Moench and Helichrysum italicum (Roth) G. Don Essential Oils and Extracts. Molecules 2022, 27, 1311. https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules27041311

2. Nedveckytė, Irena; Pečiulytė, Dalė; Būda, Vincas. Fungi associated with horse-chestnut leaf miner moth cameraria ohridella mortality // Forests. Basel : MDPI AG. eISSN 1999-4907. 2021, vol. 12, iss. 1, art. no. 58, p. [1-12].
https://doi.org/10.3390/f12010058

3. Ignatavičius, Gytautas; Satkūnas, Jonas; Grigienė, Alma; Nedveckytė, Irena; Rahidul Hassan, Howlader; Valskys, Vaidotas. Heavy metals in sapropel of lakes in suburban territories of Vilnius (Lithuania): reflections of paleoenvironmental conditions and anthropogenic influence // Minerals. Basel : MDPI AG. eISSN 2075-163X. 2022, vol. 12, no. 1, art. no. 17, p. [1-19].
https://doi.org/10.3390/min12010017

4. Būda V., Apšegaitė V., Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Butkienė R., Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., 2016. Response of moth Plodia interpunctella to volatiles of fungus-infected and uninfected wheat grain. Journal of Stored Products Research, 69: 152-158.
http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=52&SID=R23RDmGVaz36GpWcDMI&page=1&doc=1

5. Blažytė-Čereškienė L., Skrodenytė-Arbačiauskienė V., Radžiutė S., Nedveckytė I., Būda V., 2016. Honey bee infection caused by Nosema spp. In Lithuania. Journal of Apicultural Science, 60(2): 77-87.
http://apps.webofknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=50&SID=R23RDmGVaz36GpWcDMI&page=1&doc=1

6. Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., Būda V., 2014. Entomopatogeniniai grybai: įvairovė ir sąveikos su vabzdžiais ypatumai. Ekologija, 60(3): 39-53.

7. Nedveckytė I., Pečiulytė D., Dirginčiūtė-Volodkienė V., Būda V., 2011. Pine defoliator Bupalus piniaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its entomopathogenic fungi. 2. Pathogenicity of Beauveria bassiana, Metarhizium anisopliae and Paecilomyces farinosus. Ekologija, 57(1): 12-20.

8. Pečiulytė D., Nedveckytė I., Dirginčiūtė-Volodkienė V., Būda V., 2010. Pine defoliator Bupalus piniaria (L.) (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) and its entomopathogenic fungi. 1. Fungi isolation and testing on larvae. Ekologija, 56(1-2): 34-40.

Academic Cooperation: Nature Research Center
National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics, Estonia 

Projects and Grants:

2021–2022 - VU Science Promotion Fund project “Effects of stress and serotonin on individual behavior of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster)“ No. MSF-JM-1/2021. Researcher.
2014–2016 - National Research Program “Healthy and Safe Food” No. SVE-10/2014 (MICOTOX), project “Search for biomarkers and detection of harmful substances in cereals and their products for quality and safety control”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Junior Researcher.
2015–2015 - National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, project “Impact of pathogens on pheromone production in young honey bee queens”. Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Administrator.
2012–2014 - National Research Program “Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact” No. LEK-01/2012 (VIRUSAI), project “Detection of bees, Apis mellifera, foreign pathogens and their spread in Lithuania”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Researcher.
2010–2011 - National Research Program “Ecosystems in Lithuania: Climate Change and Human Impact”, No. LEK-12/2010 (ENTOMO PATO), project “Insects and entomopathogens: interactions between invasive and native species, new diagnostic methods”. State Scientific Research Institute, Nature Research Centre. Biologist.

Research Dissemination: A series of lectures and seminars for teachers "Secret language of animals or curiosities of animal communication" 2021.
Vilnius University program “Student for one day”, public lecture “Dominance and Hierarchy in animals” 2020.
Vilnius University program “Student for one day”, public lecture “Dominance, Hierarchy and Territorial Behaviour” 2019.
Public lecture in The Lithuanian Academy of Sciences “Chemo-Ecological Interactions of Plants” 2018.
Comment on usage of plastics https://www.lrytas.lt/gamta/zeme/2018/08/17/news/specialistai-protinga-visuomene-turetu-atsisakyti-plastiko--7277681/?utm_source=lrExtraLinks&utm_campaign=Copy&utm_medium=Copy
Other Related Activities: Since 2020 participates in the Climate Change Working Group of Vilnius University. 
Languages: Lithuanian (native), English, Russian

 

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