Research
Atomic theory
Theoretical investigation of energy spectra and other characteristics of atoms and ions
Research projects
- 2018–2020 Research Council of Lithuania, Joint Lithuanian-Japanese project “Theoretical Studies of Structure and Properties of Heavy Elements Toward Identification of Gravitational Wave Sources” (No. S-LJB-18-1);
- 2017–2019 Research Council of Lithuania, Postdoctoral fellowship “Theoretical Study of Atomic Parameters with Applications to Astrophysics” (No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0072);
- 2012–2015 Research Council of Lithuania, “Study of the Spectra of Plasma for Tungsten Ions” (Nr. VP1-3.1.-ŠMM-07-K-02-015);
- 2010–2013 VISBY project „Computational Atomic Structure with Applications to Astronomy and Plasma Physics”.
Other activities
Academic advising
2017 consultant of the BSc thesis “The dependence of energy spectra of Si+ and Ti+ ions on constant of hyperfine structure“ of Donatas Liupševičius (Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University);
2016 – 2017 consultant of the course paper “Theoretical research of Si+ and Ti+ ions energy spectra“ of Donatas Liupševičius (Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University);
2012 consultant of the MSc thesis “Influence of the effects of hyperfine interaction on the lifetime of the 3s3p 3P2 level of Mg-like ions“ of Laima Radžiūtė (Faculty of Physics and Technology, Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences).
Memberships
Member of the international collaboration on Computational Atomic Structure (CompAS) group (http://ddwap.mah.se/tsjoek/compas).
About myself
Education
Ph.D. in Physics, 2014, Vilnius University
M.Sc. in Physics, 2009, Vilnius Pedagogical University
Teacher qualification and B.Sc. in Physics, 2007, Vilnius Pedagogical University
Positions held at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Vilnius University
Senior Researcher, 2020-present;
Researcher, 2015-2020;
Junior Researcher, 2012-2015.
Positions held at other institutions
Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Physics and Technology, Technician, 2010-2012
Research visits
One month visits in 2010 and 2011, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;
5 March – 24 March 2018, Malmö University, Malmö, Sweden;
25 September – 8 October 2019, National Institute for Fusion Science, Toki, Japan.
Awards
In 2011 – 2013 scholarships (funded by Research Council of Lithuania) for academic achievement;
In 2012 „The World Federation of Scientist National Scholarship” stipend for one-year.
dr. Pavel Rynkun