Marking the Faculty’s sixtieth anniversary, we invited our community to share their most memorable moments. Colleagues, alumni, and students remember a wide variety of stories. We warmly invite you to discover or revisit them: to pause for a moment in the corridors and stairwells of the III Building at Saulėtekio av. 9.
The Association of Spanish Scientists in the Baltic Countries (ACEBaltic) announced the First Edition of the Antonia Ferrín Moreiras Award for the Best Doctoral Thesis in Astronomy and Astrophysics.
This two-day conference offers a unique opportunity to learn about the latest research conducted at the Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI) science centre, open access possibilities, and cutting-edge laser plasma technologies. The event is intended for researchers, PhD students, engineers, and anyone interested in ultrafast laser sources, the effects of radiation on biological systems, advances in laser-driven particle acceleration, and the application of artificial intelligence in physics experiments.
In this seminar, we will discuss the harmonic oscillator as a bridge between classical and quantum mechanics. After reviewing these (mostly familiar) concepts, we will move on to an analogous connection between the classical harmonic oscillator and classical field theory.
The Lithuanian Biophysical Society extends its warmest greetings to everyone on the occasion of International Biophysics Week and invites you to participate in the events.
Find the registration form and program here.
While the local events will be held in Lithuanian, please check out a multitude of events all over the world.
We invite you to attend a lecture by Nobel Prize winner Professor Brian Schmidt "State of the Universe."
The professor will offer a comprehensive and accessible overview of current cosmological knowledge, tracing the Universe’s development from the Big Bang through its subsequent evolution. This event is free of charge and open for anyone interested.
The lecture will take place on April 20 at Saulėtekio av. 3, in English. Registration and more information: https://openreadings.eu/special-event-2026/
On February 19 at 15:00 at VU Library’s Scholarly Communication and Information Centre (MKIC), Saulėtekio ave. 5, Orlando Naranjo, a distinguished astronomer, will give a public lecture "Frontiers of Deep Space: From Near-Earth Asteroids to Interstellar Voyagers".
On May 21 at 15:30 at VU Library’s Scholarly Communication and Information Centre (MKIC), Saulėtekio ave. 5, Dr Antonia Varela, a researcher in Night Sky Protection and President of the Starlight Foundation, will give a public lecture.
The emerging field of Quantum Machine Learning (QML) lies at the intersection of quantum computing and advanced data analysis, offering the potential to fundamentally transform the way complex computational problems are addressed. During the presentation, attendees will be introduced to the core principles of quantum computing, including qubits and the structure of quantum circuits.
In recent years, Rydberg atoms have emerged as a promising platform for quantum sensing, enabling the detection of electromagnetic fields across a wide frequency range from MHz to THz. Atomic media offer broad tunability, high quality factors, and intrinsic calibration based on the Autler–Townes effect. However, most existing protocols still do not surpass conventional electronics in terms of sensitivity. Nevertheless, atom-based measurements hold the potential to approach the fundamental limits of electromagnetic field detection. The talk will present our efforts to develop novel Rydberg sensing protocols in both hot and cold atomic ensembles, including interaction-assisted measurements and multi-wave mixing techniques.
Point defects are atomic-scale imperfections in otherwise periodic crystals that strongly influence the electrical and optical properties of semiconductors. Once regarded as undesirable, these defects have become key building blocks of emerging quantum technologies, enabling applications in sensing, communication, and information processing.
Quantum technologies are rapidly expanding our ability to control and observe quantum systems, but their impact reaches far beyond quantum computing or particle physics.
On November 4 at 2:00 PM in room LRC 306
Speaker: Prof. Yuri Gordienko (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” Ukraine)
Title: 3D Structure Manufacturing of Functionalized Optical Micro-Systems for AI-based Machine Vision Systems
Abstract:
The research aims to develop and validate 3D-manufacturing techniques for the integration of functionalized optical micro-systems directly on top of low-cost CMOS camera sensors, thus bridging the gap between high-performance optical microsystems and mass-market imaging technologies. The research embraces the following core aspects: design and fabrication of 3D micro-optical components (filters, lenses, metasurfaces, etc) using additive and hybrid lithographic processes; functionalization of these micro-structures by specialized processing, materials and their combinations (enabling illumination control, wavelength selectivity, etc.); integration with low-cost CMOS sensors (e.g., from smartphone cameras or industrial vision modules) using scalable alignment and bonding methods compatible with semiconductor packaging; and targeting for the functional prototypes for key use-cases (micro-robotic vision, bio-sensing, environmental monitoring, hyperspectral imaging, etc.).
On 26 November at 16:00 in room A101 at NFTMC
Speaker: Dr Adam Benjamin Morris (CERN, LHCb Experiment)
Abstract:
Matas Plūkys,
PhD student at Vilnius University, 17 April 2026, 15:00, at 306 auditorium, at the Laser Research Center (Saulėtekio ave. 10), Vilnius), will be defending his PhD thesis “Microchip Lasers with Spatial- and Polarization-Filtering Metamirrors“. Supervisor – Prof. Dr Kęstutis Staliūnas, consultant – Dr Darius Gailevičius.
The defence will be held in English.
Ashutosh Sharma, PhD student at Vilnius University, 4 May 2026, 11:00, at A101 auditorium, the National Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (Saulėtekio ave. 3), Vilnius), will be defending his PhD thesis “Spectroscopic study of the planet-host stars“. Supervisor – Assoc. Prof. Dr Edita Stonkutė.
The defence will be held in English.
Barkha Yakub Bale, PhD student at Vilnius University, 5 May 2026, 14:00, at A101 auditorium, the National Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (Saulėtekio ave. 3), Vilnius), will be defending her PhD thesis “Abundances of chemical elements in magnetically active stars“. Supervisor - Prof. (HP) Gražina Tautvaišienė.
The defence will be held in English.
Jonas Banys, PhD student at Vilnius University, 5 December 2025, 15:00, at 306 auditorium, the VU FF Laser Reasearch Center (Saulėtekio ave. 10), Vilnius), will be defending his PhD thesis „Investigation of Optical Parametric Light Sources Pumped by the Subnanosecond Microlaser Pulses“. Supervisor - Assoc. Prof. Dr Vygandas Jarutis.
The defence will be held in Lithuanian.
Vytautas Bubilaitis, PhD student at Vilnius University, 12 December 2025, 14:00, at A101 auditorium, the National Center for Physical Sceinces and Technology (Saulėtekio ave. 3), Vilnius), will be defending his PhD thesis “Spectral Characteristic of Molecular Aggregates at Various Intensities of Optical Fields“. Supervisor - Prof. Dr Darius Abramavičius.
The defence will be held in English.
Jakov Braver, PhD student at Vilnius University, 15 December 2025, 14:00, at A101 auditorium, the National Center for Physical Sceinces and Technology (Saulėtekio ave. 3), Vilnius), will be defending his PhD thesis “Topological Phenomena In Driven Quantum Gases“. Supervisor - Prof. Dr Egidijus Anisimovas.
The defence will be held in English.
On October 29 at 10:00 AM in A101 aud. (National Center for Physical and Technological Sciences, Saulėtekio ave. 3), Professor Jian-Jang Huang will give a public lecture "Nitride-based transistors – from lateral to vertical structure". He is a Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean of the College of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Graduate Institute of Photonics and Optoelectronics (GIPO), Department of Electrical Engineering National Taiwan University.
