Dr. Edvinas Stonevičius
Phone: +37052398294
Professor
Scientific Interests, Keywords
Integrated Water Resources Management, Climate Change, Remote Sensing, Risk Management, Environmental Modelling
Links to External Profile
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Edvinas-Stonevicius-2
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6053-5857
Project and/or Grant leadership
2023-2026 HORIZON-CL6-2022-GOVERNANCE-01-07 project „A SYstem for reaL-time observation of Aeroallergens“ (SYLVA), senior researcher.
2023 Study “Assessment of the impact of hydrometeorological conditions on 0.4-35 kV power grid disconnections”, data scientist.
2023-2024 Research Council of Lithuania. „Student research projects during semester“„Assessment of water surface temperature of lakes according to Landsat-8 satellite data“. Nr. (1.78 Mr) SU-2198
2022-2023 Norway grants activity “Supervision and testing of water quality data retrieval from satellite data system and its efficient management” within Norway grants project “Improving mapping and monitoring of the ecological status of marine and inland water” LT05-1-AM-TF-002
2018-2023 COST action CA17109 „Understanding and Modelling Compound Climate and Weather Events (DAMOCLES)“,
2021 Research Council of Lithuania. Measure No. 09.3.3.-LMT-K-712. Activity „Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists by Brain Gain and Reintegration“. Project „Mapping of urban area vegetation biophysical parameters with Sentinel-2 data”
2018 Project “Flood hazard and risk analysis and future projections for Nemunas River near Kulautuva”
2018 Research Council of Lithuania. Measure No. 09.3.3.-LMT-K-712. Activity „Development of Scientific Competences of Scientists by Brain Gain and Reintegration“. Project „Study of inundated wetland areas with data from Sentinel satellites”
2014 Project “GIS mapping of water bodies in Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia) for the management of transboundary Neman and Pregolya river basins”
Invited Talks
Stonevičius, E. (2020). Application of satellite data in Lithuanian environmental research. In IV Lithuanian congress of Geographers. Vilnius October 23, 2020
Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
Supervisor of Dalia Grendaitė (4 year)
Supervisor of Yahor Levachou (2 year, international student),
Consultant of Viktorija Mačiulytė (4 year)
Consultant of Erika Čepienė (3 year)
Teaching Courses
Water management,
Applied Earth Observations from Space,
Fundamentals of Environmental Modelling, Application of R Programming in Environmental Sciences,
Hydrometry and Hydrological Training Practice
Supervision of Students' Thesis
Bachelor Juškytė Simona "Neris runoff change in 1980-2000"
Bachelor Serovaitė Marija „Ūla River Runoff Modeling with HEC-HMS“
Bachelor Štrafėlaitė Lina „Lake and River Water Quality Studies Published in Lithuanian Scientific Journals“
Bachelor Bilinskaitė Jolanta „Minimum Discharge in Lithuanian Rivers“
Bachelor Čepulionytė Svetlana „Ice Regime Dynamics in Lithuanian Rivers“
Bachelor Vitkauskas Emilis „Mean Precipitation of Lithuanian Rivers Basins“
Bachelor Jonuškaitė Simona „The calculations of the Jūra river run-off using the hydrological modeling system HEC-HMS“
Bachelor Norvaišienė Aušra „1995-2009 water consumption and waste water discharge in Lithuania“
Bachelor Zlatkutė Miglė „Thermal stratification of Lithuanian lakes“
Bachelor Zibolytė Monika „Determination of 1971–2000 Evaporation in Lithuania Using Water Balance Method“
Bachelor Žilvinas Grigaitis „Maximum and Minimum Water Levels in Neris Basin Rivers“
Bachelor Alicija Jaselionis „The Water Quality in Lakes and Rivers in the European Union“
Bachelor Žilvinas Žebrauskas „Evaluation of Soil Moisture Anomalies in Lithuania According to Satalitte Data“
Bachelor Valatkevičius Regimantas „The Maximum Spring Flood Discharge and Water Level of Lithuanian Rivers in 1960–2010“
Bachelor Kaminskas Jonas „Water Quality of Lithuanian Rivers in 1993–2012“
Bachelor Kazlauskas Evaldas „Climate Change Impact on Tauragnas Lake Water Temperature“
Bachelor Peškaitis Steponas „Application of STM2 Model for the Soil Moisture Estimation in the Lithuanian Agrometeorological Stations“
Bachelor Reitelaitis Dovydas „Application of Thornthwaite-Mather Model for the Projections of Lithuanian Rivers Water Balance in the 21st Century“
Bachelor Vanagas Antanas „Employment of SWAT Model for the Assessment of the Mūša Catchment Runoff“
Bachelor Krotova Margarita „Precipitation Effect on Shallow Groundwater Level in Lithuania“
Bachelor Rafalovaitė Gabija „Analysis of the Lake Ecosystem Model Aquatox Sensitivity in Boreal Climate Conditions“
Bachelor Tabolov Ričard „Identification of Inundated Areas in the Nemunas River Delta using Sentinel-1 SAR Data“
Bachelor Dailidytė Lina „The Effect of Baltic Sea Level Rise on Dane River Flood Risk in Klaipeda City“
Bachelor Ūselytė Joana „The Change of Runoff in Europe During the 20th and 21st Centuries“
Bachelor Veverskis Rytis „Water Quality Assessment in the South East Baltic Sea using Sentinel-3 Satellite Data“
Master Gudelis Deimantas „Water Level and Thermal Regime of Lakes in Baltelė River Catchment“
Master Glavickas Tomas „The Study of Ice-jams in Lithuanian Rivers“
Master Grendaitė Dalia „Chlorophyll-a Concentration Assessment in Lithuanian Lakes Using Remote Sensing“
Master Uselis Giedrius „Identification of River Ice Cover Using Sentinel-1 Satellite Data“
Master Tabolov Ričard „Application of SENTINEL-1 SAR and SENTINEL-2 MSI Data Synergy For Crop Identification“
Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.
Chair of the study programme “Meteorology and Hydrology” committee
Chair of the study programme “Climate System Studies” committee
Member of study programme “Environmental Science and Protection” committee
Expertise
Since 2019 topical advisory panel member of journal Water https://www.mdpi.com/journal/water
Since 2016 national representative of „The Euromediterranean Network of Experimental and Representative Basins (ERB)”
2009-2020 member of Editorial Board of scientific journal Geologija.Geografija (https://www.lmaleidykla.lt/ojs/index.php/geologija-geografija/index)
Awards
2008 Best PhD theses in the field of climate change
2018 Best teacher in Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences
2021 Best scientific publication of Vilnius University
Science popularization
2016 Member of International Scientific Committee 16th Biennial Conference ERB2016 „Hydrological behaviour in small basins under changing conditions“.Bucharest, Romania, September 5–8, 2016
2018 Member of International Scientific Committee. 17th Biennial Conference ERB2018 “Innovative monitoring techniques and modelling approaches for analysing hydrological processes in small basins”. Darmstadt, Germany, September 11 - 14, 2018.
2022 Member of International Scientific Committee. 18th Biennial Conference ERB 2022 “New perspectives on hydrological and ecohydrological processes in small natural and human-impacted catchments”. Portoferraio, Elba Island (Italy), 07-10 June 2022
Other activities related to the development of the country's economy, culture and society
2018, 2019, 2021 Science festival “Spaceship Earth”
2021, 2022 Vilnius University study fair
2021 presentation of Climate system study programme in live Facebook event
2012 ,2018, 2021 Lessons for Junior Geography School
2015 – 2020 lessons for Vilnius University initiative “Student for a Day”
2016 Public seminar “Adapting to climate change and integrated water resource management”
2015 Fourth IDMP CEE workshop: Development of GIS Based Communication Technology Platform for the Sustainable Management of Transboundary Water Resources in Lithuania, Poland, Belarus and Kaliningrad Region
2014 course for Lithuanian Hydrometeorological Service employees “Hydrological processes and floods”
2014 Nacional consultation dialogue: Impact Of Climate Change On Water Resources Of Lithuania
More than 40 lectures for secondary school classes and general public.
Books:
Vaitiekūnienė, J., Virbickas, T., Daunys, D., Taminskas, J., Gregorauskas, M., Klimas, A., Domaševičius, A., Paukštys, B., Štuopis, A., Drevalienė, G., Valiuškevičius, G., Bukantis, A., Stonevičius, E., Rimkus, E., Kažys, J., Štaras, A., Povilaitis, A., Punys, P., Semėnienė, D., Oskolokaitė, I., Langas, V. & Strazdaitė, I. (2011). Status of Lithuanian water bodies and impact of economic activities (In Lithuanian).
Bukantis, A., Dailidienė, I., Česnulevičius, A., Gelumbauskaitė, L. Ž., Jarmalavičius, D., Kavolytė, R., Kažys, J., Liukaitytė, J., Morkūnaitė, R., Pilkaitytė, R., Paškauskas, R., Povilanskienė, R., Razinkovas, A., Rimkus, E., Stankūnavičius, G., Stonevičius, E., Šečkus, J., Taločkaitė, E. & Žilinskas, G. (2007). Climate Ckange: adaptation in the coastal zone of Lithuania (In Lithuanian).