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Mindaugas Mitkus  

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Research Group

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)
Mechanisms of sensation and perception (MSc; in Lithuanian/English)

Teacher:
Neuroethology (MSc; in Lithuanian/English)
Supervision of Doctoral Students: Kotryna Jakuba
Publications: LABT_LMAVB 
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Academic Cooperation: Pelėdų parkas, Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuanian Sea Museum, Klaipėda, Lithuania
Takahashi, A., National Institute of Polar research, Japan
Thiebot J.-B., Hokkaido University, Japan
Kelber, A., Lund University, Sweden
Bonadonna, F., Duriez, O., Montpellier University, CEFE, CNRS, France
Potier, S. Simon Potier Expert Scientifique, France
Rodríguez, A., Estación Biológica de Doñada, CSIC, Spain
Atchoi, E., University of Azores, Portugal
Nymark, S., Ihalainen, T., Tampere University, Finland

Projects and Grants:

2024-2026 Lithuanian Research Council PostDoc grant no.: S-PD-24-96 "Head stabilization strategies in diving penguins". Project leader.
2022 FRIS stipend (Tahoku university, Japan) to conduct research in Japan (5 weeks).
2019–2021 MJJ (Marius Jakulis Jason) Fund fellowship
2018–2019 JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) PostDoc fellowship (12 months)

Research Dissemination:

Available only in Lithuanian language

Languages: Lithuanian (native), English