Research
Research of the Galaxy
- Galaxy chemodynamical evolution
- Investigations of the origin of kinematic substructures in the Galaxy
Mixing processes in the stellar atmospheres
- Core helium-burning stars in the Galactic field and clusters
Research of Exoplanets
- Chemical composition of stars with exoplanets
- Characterization of exoplanets
Scientific projects
- The Gaia–ESO survey, international project, duration 2011-2016, coordinators: G. F. Gilmore (Institute of Astronomy of Cambridge University, United Kingdom), S. Randich (INAF – Arcetri Observatory, Italy). Coordinator of Vilnius group – G. Tautvaišienė.
- Research project „Spectroscopic survey of carbon, nitrogen and oxygen in stars of the Galactic open clusters“, project number MIP-082/2015, duration 2015-2018, the head of the project – G. Tautvaišienė.
- Research project „Spectroscopic and Photometric Survey of Northern Sky for the ESA PLATO space mission“, project number LAT-08/2016, duration 2016 – 2018, the head of the project – Š. Mikolaitis.
- Research project „Stellar and exoplanet investigations in the context of the TESS and JWST space missions“, project number 09.3.37LMT7K771270170103, duration 2018-2021, the head of the project – G. Tautvaišienė.
Other Activities
Participation in international organizations and other activities:
Member of the International Astronomical Union since 2018;
Member of the Lithuanian Astronomical Union;
I am a member of the OPTICON Telescope Observation Time Allocation Committee since 2018.
Scientific astronomical observations (high resolution optical spectroscopy):
1.65 m telescope, Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, Lithuania;
2.5 m Nordic Optical Telescope, La Palma, Spain.
Pedagogical activity:
Since 2019 I read VU general education course "Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space" in Lithuanian and English;
In 2021 I supervised Justas Plaušinaitis for his bachelor's thesis.
Organizing of scientific conferences:
LOC Member of Gaia-ESO Survey Third Science Meeting (GES2015). 1 – 4 December 2015;
LOC Member of International conference „From star and planet formation to early life“. 25 – 28 April 2016.
Organization of international summer schools and courses:
Chair of the LOC, Molėtai Astronomical observatory Summer school: Formation and evolution of planetary systems and habitable planets. 20 – 31 August 2015;
SOC Member of Summer school „Exoplanets 2016“. 2 – 12 August 2016;
Chair of the LOC of Molėtai Astronomical observatory Europlanet Summer School 2017: „Space missions: ground-based observations and science communication“. 18 – 28 July 2017;
Chair of the LOC of Molėtai Astronomical observatory Europlanet Summer School 2018: „Space missions: ground-based observations and science communication“. 31 July – 10 August 2018;
Chair of the LOC of Molėtai Astronomical observatory Europlanet Summer School 2019: „Space missions: ground-based observations and science communication“. 11 – 21 June 2019;
LOC Member of a workshop „JWST Master Class local workshop in Lithuania for Baltic states 2020”. 20 – 21 February 2020.
Outreach:
I gave lectures on the topics of astronomy during the events "Researchers' Nights" at Molėtai Astronomical Observatory (7 lectures in total);
I gave several lectures in various Lithuanian schools, participating in the European Space Agency project to stimulate students' interest in natural science studies (16 lectures in total);
I participated in the activities of Vilnius University Children's University and gave lectures to children in Luokė and Upyna schools;
Lectures were given at the events „Kontraforsai“, „Erdvėlaivis Žemė“, „Gyvybės mokslų diena“, in the lecture series „Astronomijos paskaitos“ of the Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
A publication has been prepared for the annual periodical „Lietuvos dangus 2021“;
Interviews were given to the science popularization programs „Smalsumo genas“ and „Mokslo sriuba“; I am a member of the editorial board of Lietuvos Dangus since 2016.
About Myself
Ph.D in Physics at Vilnius University in May 2015.
Thesis title: Chemical composition study of Galactic stellar substructures.
Supervisor: Prof. habil. dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė.
Positions at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University:
Senior Researcher, from 2021 09 01;
Researcher Fellow, September 2016 – August 2021;
Junior Researcher Fellow, Octobre 2012 – August 2016;
Engineer Fellow, April 2009 – Octobre 2012.
Honors and Scholarships:
Erasmus scholarship for practice at the Nordic Optical Telescope, July 2011 – September 2011;
One year scholarship of the Research Council of Lithuania, awarded for academic achievements. January 2012 – Decembre 2012.
dr. Renata Minkevičiūtė