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| Research Interests: | Entomology: Plant mining insects. Studies of morphology, taxonomy, biology and phylogeny of Elachistidae (Insecta: Lepidoptera) of the Lithuanian and world fauna. |
| Present Position: | Senior Researcher, VU LSC Institute of Biosciences |
| Education: |
1991 - Biology, Vilnius Pedagogical University 1992 - PhD in Natural Sciences, Institute of Zoology of Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia 2008 - Habilitation procedure (Biomedical Sciences), Vilnius University |
| Experience (Past Positions): | 1991–1993 - Researcher, Vilnius Pedagogical University 1993–2002 - Senior Researcher, Biosystematics Laboratory, LEU 1994–1998 - Senior Assistant, Department of Zoology, LEU 1998–2008 - Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, LEU 2008–2018 - Professor, Department of Zoology, LEU 2013–2018 - Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology, LEU 2018–2020 - Head of Programme Group, Vytautas Magnus University 2020–present - Senior Researcher, VU LSC Institute of Biosciences |
| Organizmų kilmė ir įvairovė (BSc program) Taikomoji zoologija (MSc program) Biologinė įvairovė (MSC program) Bendroji zoologija (papildomos studijos) |
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| Publications: | LABT_LMAVB |
| Academic Cooperation: | Vytautas the Great University, Kaunas, Lithuania Zoology Unit, Finnish Museum of Natural History, University of Helsinki, Finland Zoological Museum, Natural History Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark Zoological Institute RAS, St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Other Related Activities: | Member of the Lithuanian Entomological Society since 1988 Society of European Lepidopterologists, since 1994 Society of Research for Tropical Lepidoptera (USA), 1997–2002 |
| Languages: | Lithuanian (native), English, Russian |