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Mindaugas Mitkus  

Phone: +370 5 2398219 
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Research Interests: Neuroethology
Sensory systems
Visual ecology
Bird vision 
Present Position: Associate Professor / Senior Researcher, Department of Neurobiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biosciences. LSC, VU 
Education:
PhD in Biology, Lund University, Sweden
MSc in Biology, Lund University, Sweden
BSc in Biology, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Experience (Past Positions): 2020–present - Associate professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania
2019–present - Senior researcher, Vilnius University, Lithuania
2018–2019 - postdoc, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan
2015–2018 - postdoc, Lund University, Sweden
2010–2015 - teaching assistant, Lund University, Sweden
Course coordinator and teacher:
Methods and analysis of scientific research (BSc; in Lithuanian)
Ornithology and theriology (BSc; in Lithuanian)
Sensory ecology (Erasmus exchange students; in English)

Teacher:
Biopsychology (MSc; in Lithuanian/English)
Mechanisms of sensation and perception (MSc; in Lithuanian/English) 
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
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Academic Cooperation: Shiomi, K., Tohoku University, Japan
Thiebot, J-B., Hokkaido University, Japan
Takahashi, A., NIPR, Japan
Rodríguez, A., Estación Biológica de Doñada, CSIC, Spain
Atchoi, E., University of Azores, Portugal
Kelber, A., Lind, O., Potier, S., Lund University, Sweden
Blary, C., CEFE, CNRS, France

Projects and Grants:

2019–2021 MJJ (Marius Jakulis Jason) Fund fellowship
2018–2019 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) fellowship

Qualification Improvement, Sertificates: "Teaching in online environments: An online introduction for university educators", Vilnius University, Lithuania
“Learning and Teaching in Higher Education: An Introduction”, Lund University, Sweden
Research Dissemination:

- Bird vision and vision research, podcast with https://pauksciukelias.lt/ (2021) [in Lithuanian]

- Mitkus, M. (2020) Where do birds look and what they see? Popular scientific article in magazine "Birds", 2 (46), 16-19 [in Lithuanian] 
- Mitkus, M. (2019) Visual acuity of birds. Popular scientific article in magazine "Birds", 3 (43), 15-19 [in Lithuanian] 

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English

 

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