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Students from the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences at Vilnius University participated in the student scientific conference „Chemistry and Chemical Technology 2026“ this year and returned with awards! Congratulations to Martyna Paulauskaitė, Miglė Minalgaitė, Greta Melkūnaitė, and Samuel Ayomide Kosoko, who received awards for the best presentations in their sections. Gustė Rudaitytė also participated in the international segment of the conference and was awarded a prize for the best poster presentation.

Research.com has published its 2026 ranking of the world’s top chemists, compiled using bibliometric data from OpenAlex and CrossRef. Each researcher’s ranking is determined by the D-index –a refined scholarly metric that exclusively considers publications and citations within the specific discipline of Chemistry, thereby reflecting discipline-focused research impact.

“Thermo Fisher Scientific Baltics” UAB in cooperation with Vilnius University invites prospective first year master students from VU Life Sciences Center, Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics to prepare Master final thesis at the Company.

Nerija Ričkutė, a student at the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences at Vilnius University, participated in the student conference "Naujoji karta su LMT” organized by the Research Council of Lithuania. N. Ričkutė, a third-year chemistry student, was recognized among 108 participants and received a diploma for the best and most compelling presentation at the scientific conference.

Jonas Žurauskas, a doctoral student at the Vilnius university Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences (VU FCHG), won the award for the best oral presentation in the chemistry section at the 69^th International Conference for Students "Open Readings"!

The title of the presentation: "Photoredox Manifold for Dehydrogenative Coupling Using Protons as Oxidants".

Five PhD students from the Institute of Chemistry of Vilnius University Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences – Elžbieta Juršėnė, Justina Karčiauskaitė, Diana Vištorskaja, Miglė Stančiauskaitė and Marina Šapauskienė – have received financial support allocated by the Research Council of Lithuania for an academic trip.

The allocated support provides excellent opportunities for the young researchers to strengthen their scientific competence, participate in the international academic community, expand collaboration, and contribute to the dissemination of Lithuania's scientific achievements worldwide.

An international study, to which researchers from the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences at Vilnius University contributed, has revealed accelerating coastal erosion in the Baltic region.

Prof. D. Pupienis and PhD student P. Brazdžiūnas from the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences together with researchers from Estonia and Sweden, analyzed the Järve beach outcrop on the island of Saaremaa – a unique “archive” of the Baltic coastline that preserves approximately 1,600 years of climate and storm history.

On May 8, 2026, Vilnius University Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences 1^st and 2^nd year Cosmetic Chemistry students along with Study Program Committee Chairwoman Assoc. Prof. Dr. Jūratė Jonikaitė-Švėgždienė, members Assoc. Prof. Dr. Živilė Stankevičiūtė and Dr. Natalija Liškauskienė (social partner) visited “BIOK laboratorija” (BIOK LAB).

BIOK LAB – the largest cosmetics manufacturer in Lithuania. According to the company, it currently produces more than 250 different Lithuanian cosmetic products for facial, body and hair care as well as oral hygiene.

Join the 28th International Conference-School "Advanced Materials and Technologies", which will be held on August 24–28, 2026, in Palanga, Lithuania.

The Conference is organized by Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuanian Materials Research Society, Vilnius University, University of Latvia, Riga Technical University, University of Tartu, Center for Physical Sciences and Technology, University of Southern Denmark, Applied Research Institute for Prospective Technologies, as well as by the partners of the HELIOS White-Emitting Organic Lighting Systems project, the Sens4Corn project, and the TetraNET project.

On May 5th, Prof. Malgorzata Makowska-Janusik will visit the Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences at Vilnius University and deliver a lecture titled “Structural and Electronic Properties of Nanostructures – Cluster Model.”

Professor Małgorzata Makowska-Janusik has been working at Jan Długosz University in Częstochowa (Poland) since 1993. She has also worked at the University of Maine in Le Mans (France) and at the National Hellenic Research Foundation in Athens (Greece). She combines her research activities with teaching as an academic lecturer, as well as with administrative responsibilities. Among other positions, she served as the Dean of the Faculty of Science and Technology at Jan Długosz University, and she currently heads the Department of Photoinduced Phenomena.