Mažena Mackoit Sinkevičienė

Publications

• ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8531-9744
• Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Y79d5PIAAAAJ
• ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Mazena-Mackoit-Sinkeviciene

Submitted and accepted

• [1] D. P. Permana, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, V. Kudriašov, J. Ruseckas, G. Juzeliūnas, H. R. Hamedi, Linear and nonlinear optical torque in multi-level atomic systems driven by counter-rotating orbital angular momentum fields, under review (2026), arXiv:2606.28766.
• [2] A. Köhn-Seemann, D. Barlow, H. Besaucèle, A. J. Coelho, K. Crombé, A. Dinklage, F. Maiden, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, A. Tamošiūnas, Generation Fusion: the human factor in the fusion equation, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion (accepted, 2026).

Peer-reviewed journal articles

• [3] D. P. Permana, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, J. Ruseckas, H. R. Hamedi, Propagation of optical vector vortices of slow light in a coherently prepared tripod configuration, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 209, 118518 (2026). DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2026.118518
• [4] D. P. Permana, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, J. Ruseckas, H. R. Hamedi, Spin-orbit coupling of optical vortices in coherently prepared media, Physical Review A 113, 043705 (2026). DOI: 10.1103/trtn-m1tw
• [5] H. R. Hamedi, V. Kudriašov, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, J. Ruseckas, Coherent phase control of orbital-angular-momentum light-induced torque in a double-tripod atom-light coupling scheme, Physical Review A 112, 063720 (2025). DOI: 10.1103/nbx8-l3v4 – Editors’ Suggestion
• [6] A. Abdalla, M. Abe, S. Abend et al. (incl. M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė), Terrestrial Very-Long-Baseline Atom Interferometry: summary of the second workshop, EPJ Quantum Technology 12, 42 (2025). DOI: 10.1140/epjqt/s40507-025-00344-3
• [7] V. Kudriašov, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, N. Daloi, J. Ruseckas, T. N. Dey, S. Franke-Arnold, H. R. Hamedi, Propagation of optical vector and scalar vortices in an atomic medium with closed-loop tripod configuration, Optics Express 33, 40931 (2025). DOI: 10.1364/OE.566363
• [8] D. Burba, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, V. Novičenko, E. Witkowska, G. Juzeliūnas, Magnetically generated spin-orbit coupling for ultracold atoms with slowly varying periodic driving, Physical Review A 109, 053319 (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.053319
• [9] T. Hernández Yanes, G. Žlabys, M. Płodzień, D. Burba, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, E. Witkowska, G. Juzeliūnas, Spin squeezing in open Heisenberg spin chains, Physical Review B 108, 104301 (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.104301
• [10] T. Hernández Yanes, M. Płodzień, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, G. Žlabys, G. Juzeliūnas, E. Witkowska, One- and two-axis squeezing via laser coupling in an atomic Fermi-Hubbard model, Physical Review Letters 129, 090403 (2022). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.090403
• [11] L. Skuja, K. Smits, A. Trukhin, F. Gahbauer, R. Ferber, M. Auzins, L. Busaite, L. Razinkovas, M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, A. Alkauskas, Dynamics of singlet oxygen molecule trapped in silica glass, studied by luminescence polarization anisotropy and density functional theory, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124, 7244 (2020). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b11581
• [12] M. Mackoit-Sinkevičienė, M. Maciaszek, C. G. Van de Walle, A. Alkauskas, Carbon dimer defect as a source of the 4.1 eV luminescence in hexagonal boron nitride, Applied Physics Letters 115, 212101 (2019). DOI: 10.1063/1.5124153 – featured on the journal cover
• [13] L. Weston, D. Wickramaratne, M. Mackoit, A. Alkauskas, C. G. Van de Walle, Native point defects and impurities in hexagonal boron nitride, Physical Review B 97, 214104 (2018). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.97.214104 – Editors’ Suggestion
• [14] Z. Shotan, H. Jayakumar, C. R. Considine, M. Mackoit, H. Fedder, J. Wrachtrup, A. Alkauskas, M. W. Doherty, V. M. Menon, C. A. Meriles, Photoinduced modification of single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride, ACS Photonics 3, 2490 (2016). DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.6b00736

Other activities

Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.:

2025–present Co-founder and Board Member, Quantum Lithuania – Lithuanian Quantum Technologies Association.
2024–present Lithuania’s representative, Quantum Community Network, EU Quantum Flagship.
2023–present Vice-President and Board Member, Lithuanian Physical Society.
2021–present Lithuania’s representative for World Quantum Day.
2025–present Scientific advisor, EPS Young Minds Vilnius University section.
2022–2023 Action Committee member, European Physical Society Young Minds.
2016–2023 President, EPS Young Minds Vilnius Section.
2021–present Member, Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers.

Editorial and reviewing activities

2025–present Associate Editor, EPJ Techniques and Instrumentation (Springer / EPJ).
2026–present Referee for Physical Review A (APS) and 2D Materials (IOP).
2022–present Referee for Lithuanian Journal of Physics.

TEACHING, SUPERVISION AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES

2025–2026 Co-supervisor (with Dr. H. R. Hamedi) of the master’s thesis of Dharma Prasetya Permana, Propagation of optical vector vortices in coherently prepared media, Europhotonics Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (Magna Cum Laude).
2023 Consultant of the bachelor’s thesis of Jorūnas Dobilas, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University (Magna Cum Laude).
2020–present Bachelor’s thesis defence committee member (chair in 2022); reviewer of bachelor’s (2020–2023) and master’s (2025) theses, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University.
2020–present International Physics Olympiad: Lithuanian team leader (2021); national team selection committee (2022–2025); author of problems for the municipal and national rounds of the Lithuanian Physics Olympiad (2023–2025).

INVITED AND KEYNOTE TALKS

2026 Finnish Quantum Days, Quantum Education session (invited speaker and panellist), Finland.
2026 European Physical Society Council meeting – Young Minds session.
2025 51st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics, Generation Fusion session, Vilnius; Quantum Computing for Plasma Physics satellite meeting;
2025 Lithuanian Laser Association conference.
2024, 2025 LOGIN conference, Vilnius – representing the Research Council of Lithuania.
2023 Quantum Molecular Systems group seminar, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland.
2023 Mathematics Conference, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.
2022 University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
2022 24th International Conference-School Advanced Materials and Technologies, Palanga, Lithuania.
2021 Lithuanian Academy of Sciences – Quantum computing and ultracold atoms; keynotes at Novian Technologies conferences.
2020 EU Quantum Flagship, European Quantum Week, Education session – keynote The second quantum revolution; Kaunas University of Technology.
2019 BAIP annual conference (keynote), Litexpo, Vilnius; National Students Academy (physics division); VU ITPC lecture Quantum computer algorithms.

About myself

EDUCATION

2016–2020 PhD in Physics, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC) and Vilnius University. Thesis: Point defects as single-photon emitters in hexagonal boron nitride: theoretical study. Defended 9 October 2020.
2014–2016 MSc in Physics (Magna Cum Laude), Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University. Thesis: Investigation of point defects in boron nitride for quantum information processing.
2010–2014 BSc in Physics (Cum Laude), Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University. Thesis: Investigation of nonequilibrium charge carrier dynamics in GaN layers.
2007–2010 School for Gifted Young Physicists “Fotonas” and (2008–2010) School for Gifted Young Mathematicians (LJMM), Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius University – both graduated with distinction.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2023–present Researcher, Quantum Optics group (head: Prof. Gediminas Juzeliūnas), Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University.
2021–2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University. Project: Non-classical spin states in ultracold atomic gases.
2021–present Researcher, Department of Optoelectronics, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology (FTMC), Vilnius.
2018–present Lecturer (Assistant), Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University. Courses for 1st–3rd-year physics students (100+ students per semester): Solid State Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Study Skills for Researchers.
2016–2020 Junior Researcher, Electronic Structure Theory Laboratory, Department of Fundamental Research, FTMC. First-principles studies of defects for quantum information processing; single-photon emitters in diamond and hBN.
2012–2016 Engineer / Technician, Semiconductor Photonics group, Institute of Applied Research, Vilnius University. Carrier dynamics and light-emission efficiency in III-nitride structures.

RESEARCH STAYS AND INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY

2024 Delft University of Technology, Netherlands – research visit within the SEGQuRo project (2–9 June 2024).
2022 Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw – research visit to the group of Prof. Emilia Witkowska (23–29 October 2022).
2022 University of Latvia, Riga – research internship with Dr. T. Kirova (2–17 July 2022), project No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-23-0035; collaboration established with Prof. Wen-Te Liao and Prof. Ite A. Yu (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan).
2021 COST Short-Term Scientific Mission, COST Action CA16221 Quantum Technologies with Ultra-Cold Atoms (AtomQT), Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (19–25 September 2021). Topic: Non-classical spin states in ultracold atomic Fermi gases via spin-orbit coupling.
2021 FOMO’2021 International Summer School Frontiers of Matter-Wave Optics, AtomQT COST network, Italy – participant and oral presentation.
2017 University of Latvia, Riga – workshop Metrology at the Nanoscale with Diamonds (12–17 December 2017).

Awards:

• 2025 Baltic Women in Science Fellowship (Academies of Sciences of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania with UNESCO National Commissions)
• 2025 3rd place with student Deimantė Juknevičiūtė,Vilnius University Science Sprint
• 2024 Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting – selected young researcher (Lindau Alumna)
• 2023 Honourable mention, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences competition of young scientists
• 2021 Award of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (leader of the Lithuanian team, International Physics Olympiad)
• 2018 Young Scientist Award, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
• 2018 Graduate Student Award, European Materials Research Society (Poland)
• 2018 Talent of the Year, Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University
• 2017 European Physical Society Young Minds Award (Italy)
• 2017 Dr. Karl Mey Scholarship (Germany)

Science popularization:

• Since 2017: 150+ interviews and TV/radio appearances
• YouTube channel of short physics lectures "Trumpa fizikos paskaita"
• Visits to 100+ schools; training of talented pupils for physics olympiads
• Organizer of World Quantum Day in Lithuania (2022–now) and European Quantum Week in Lithuania (2021); science-promotion awards of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences (1st place 2021, 3rd place 2023)
• International interviews: Physics World (2026), AZO Quantum (2026), The Baltic Times (2025), Silicon Republic (2025), etc.
• Featured in the book "Evening Stories for Lithuanian Girls: 100 Stories about Lithuanian Women" (2020).

Other activities related to the development of the country's economy, culture and society:

• Co-author of Lithuania's National Quantum Agenda (2025)
• Represents the quantum research community in meetings at the Seimas and the Government
• Through Quantum Lithuania, strengthens links between academia, industry and the public sector, and cooperation among the Baltic quantum communities
• Main organizer and host of the "Quantum Research Seminars in Saulėtekis" (2025-now), uniting Lithuania's quantum research community
• Member of the national working group for the STEAM Education Strengthening Plan (2023, appointed by the Minister of Education, Science and Sport)

Link to Personal website: https://www.drmazenams.com

ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS

2026 Chair, Quantum Lithuania Annual Event 2026: Towards Baltic Cooperation, Vilnius.
2026 Head of the local organising committee, international workshop Quantum Simulations with Ultracold Atoms (QUASIMODO2026), Vilnius.
2026 Programme committee member, 20th international conference Advanced Properties and Processes in Optoelectronic Materials and Systems (APROPOS 20) and 28th International Conference Advanced Materials and Technologies.
2025 Local organising committee member: 29th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics (CEWQO 2025); International Workshop on Unconventional Optical Lattices (UOL2025); 51st EPS Conference on Plasma Physics – all in Vilnius.
2025 Founder, main organiser and host of Quantum Research Seminars in Saulėtekis, a seminar series uniting Lithuania’s quantum research community.
2025 Programme committee member: Lithuanian Quantum Agenda presentation event (Lithuanian Academy of Sciences); Lithuanian National Physics Conference.
2024–2025 Programme committee member, 26th and 27th International Conferences Advanced Materials and Technologies.
2023 Local organising committee member: Humboldt Kolleg Synthetic Quantum Matter; 2nd Taiwan–Latvia–Lithuania workshop Coherent Optical Control of Atomic Systems; programme committee member, 45th Lithuanian National Physics Conference.
2022 Local organising committee member, 14th European Conference on Atoms, Molecules and Photons (ECAMP14), Vilnius.
2022–2025 Organiser and ambassador of World Quantum Day in Lithuania; organiser of European Quantum Week in Lithuania (2021).
2021 Local organising committee member, 44th Lithuanian National Physics Conference.
2020 Organising committee member, APROPOS 17.
2018 Local organising committee member, Humboldt Kolleg Controlling Quantum Matter: From Ultracold Atoms to Solids, Vilnius; head of the organising committee, national conference Lasers: Science and Technology.
2015–2019 Programme committee member, Saulėtekis semiconductor physics seminars; local organising committee, Open Readings (2018–2019), Lithuanian Pi Championship (2017–2018), FizTech (2016–2017).