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| Research Interests: | Women health Hormones and brain functions Cognitive functions Emotions and socio-emotional behaviour Mental health Menstrual cycle Hormonal contraception (peri)Menopause Stress Psychophysiology |
| Present Position: | Professor at the Institute of Biosciences, Life Sciences Center, Vilnius University |
| Education: |
PhD in Biomedical Sciences, Vilnius University MSc in Neurobiology, Vilnius University BSc in Biology, Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 2025–present - professor, Vilnius University 2013–2025 - associate professor, Vilnius University 2010–2013 - researcher, lecturer, Vilnius University 2003–2010 - research assistant, administrator of EU-funded projects, Vilnius University 2001–2003 - technician, Vilnius University |
| Psychophysiology, Human physiology, Neurobiology, Research project | |
| Supervision of Doctoral Students: |
PhD Supervision PhD Co-supervision and Scientific Consultation |
| Awards: | 2025, 2026 Vilnius University Science Promotion Fund Research Travel Grants. Funding awarded to support participation in international scientific conferences and presentation of research findings. Best Lecturer of 2025 at the Vilnius University Life Sciences Center. Second Prize in the 2021 Lithuanian Academy of Sciences Competition for Science Popularization Projects for the science communication project “Scientists in Your Room”, which I led. The project organized online lectures by scientists for the general public and developed the science communication platform www.mokslastau.lt and its Facebook page. |
| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB PubMed |
| Academic Cooperation: | Prof. Dr Oliver T. Wolf and Dr Katja Langer, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. Dr Jūratė Aleknavičiūtė and Dr Astrid Kamperman, Erasmus University, the Netherlands. Prof. Birgit Derntl, University of Tübingen, Germany. Prof. Markus Hausmann, Durham University, United Kingdom. Dr Elena Čėsnaitė, Institute of Psychology, University of Münster, Germany. Prof. Dovilė Karčiauskaitė ir Dr Eglė Mazgelytė, Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Dr Helen Uusberg and Dr Andero Uusberg, University of Tartu, Estonia. Melanie Kowalczyk, PhD candidate, Department of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Poland. Dovilė Mikučionytė, PhD candidate, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania. Dr Violeta Cimalanskaitė-Kazlauskienė, Institute of Psychology, Faculty of Philosophy, Vilnius University, Lithuania. |
| Projects and Grants: | 2025–2029 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks „Maintenance of Brain Health in Postmenopausal Women (MenoBrain)“. https://www.uniklinikum-jena.de/menobrain/en/ 2025–2028 - "To Aid the Teacher: The use of Mindfulness-Based Interventions to Mitigate Stress and Burnout and Enhance Work Performance in School Teachers", The Research Council of Lithuania 08 July 2024 - “Evaluation of Men’s Ability to Regulate Emotions Using Psychophysiological Methods in the Context of Biological and Psychosocial Factors,” The Research Council of Lithuania, Agreement No. S-SV-24-144. October 2023 –May 2024 - "Men's mental well-being: A psychophysiological study of interactions between empathy, stress, and sex hormones." The Research Council of Lithuania, Agreement No. P-ST-23-309 11 June 2023 - "Rhythms in the human body: the search for relationships between brain oscillations and fluctuations of sex hormones". Agreement No. 2023/7 The Baltic-German University Liaison Office is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. 2021 - "Open to life: strengthening the sexual health of children and youth and preventing risky sexual behavior using innovative educational tools" („ Atviri gyvenimui: vaikų ir jaunimo lytinės sveikatos stiprinimas ir rizikingos lytinės elgsenos prevencija, taikant inovatyvias mokymo priemones”) No. S-577, the Research Council of Lithuania, Vytautas Magnus University. November 2020–April 2021 - "Lateralization of cerebral hemispheres in foreign language and working memory processing" (code 09.3.3.-LMT-K-712-22-0170), the Research Council of Lithuania. June 2020–December 2020 - The processing of highly salient and biologically relevant emotional stimuli: gender differences and relationship to sex steroids, AGREEMENT NO. 2020/7 The Baltic-German University Liaison Office is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany. 07 January 2016 - Institutional partnership project “State-dependent information processing: implementation of electrical neuroimaging approach in Lithuania” in collaboration with the University of Geneva and University Hospital of Psychiatry Bern, CH-3-ŠMM-02/03 from the Research Council of Lithuania within the Lithuanian-Swiss programme "Research and Development". |
| Improvement of Qualification, Certificates: | Training for PhD students’ supervisors, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania The workshop “Hormonal fluctuations across the female lifespan: Fostering mental health and wellbeing through all ages, Lorentz Center, Leiden University, The Netherlands EDTech course, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania. IMPRS NeuroCom Summer School, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzigas, Germany Workshop “Active teaching methods, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lietuva Workshop „Topographical EEG/ERP“, Vilniaus Universitetas, Lietuva |
| Other Related Activities: | Membership in Scientific and Professional Organizations - Since 2026, member of the International Association for Women’s Mental Health. - Since 2025, member of the Lithuanian Menopause Association. - Since 2024, member of FLAME (Female Lifespan Association for Mental Health and Neuroendocrinology). - Since 2023, member of the CuttingEEG Association. - Since 2016, member of the International Society for Brain Electromagnetic Topography. - Since 2003, member, Board Member, and Treasurer of the Lithuanian Neuroscience Association. - 2007–2009, member of ScandLAS. - 2004–2009, member of Balt-LASA. Work as a referee • Reviewer for journals: Psychoneuroendocrinology, Psychophysiology, Brain Topography, Scientific Reports, Biological Psychology, Experimental Brain Research, Acta Neuropsychiatrica, Stress, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Journal of Cognitive Psychology, BMC Psychology, Hormones and Behavior, The European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care, Biology of Sex Differences. • Referee, external referee, and member of the PhD thesis defense committees. |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English, German, Russian and Spanish basics. |