Ramūnas Skaudžius
Phone: +370 5 219 3107
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Scientific Interests, Keywords
X-ray diffraction analysis; Rietveld refinement method; Luminescence; Garnets; Phosphates; Sol-gel, hydrothermal and solid-phase syntheses.
Wood composites, crystal growing.
Project and/or Grant leadership
The European Union's HORIZON 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 778070 "Transition metal oxides with metastable phases: a way towards superior ferroic properties" (2017–2022).
Lithuanian Science Council national scientific program "Healthy Aging" project name "3D SEM ‐ A new tool for targeted characterization of adipose tissue and determination of early prognostic factors of metabolic diseases" (2016-2018).
Bronislovas Lubys Foundation. The project "Formation of hydrophobic coatings by plasma polymerization for the collection of petroleum products". Project manager (2015-2016).
Supervision of Doctoral Students and/or Postdoc Students
Two doctoral student successfully defended his doctoral thesis. Currently, 3 PhD students are supervised.
Teaching Courses
Vilnius University Faculty of Chemistry and Geosciences - X-ray diffraction analysis.
Faculty of Philosophy - Integrated natural science research,
Supervision of Students' Thesis
Successfully supervised 10 undergraduate and 8 graduate study program students;
2018 and 2019 management of 4 research projects funded by the Lithuanian Science Council during the free time of the semester and students' summer internships.
Awards
Vilnius University Rector's Young Scientist Award for important scientific achievements, 2020;
Laureate's diploma for the work "Synthesis, research and new areas of application of europium-doped garnets", 2015;
Named established by the Ministry of Education and Science dr. Meilė Lukšienė Award, 2011
Science popularization
One of the founders of the Lithuanian Olympiads of Natural Sciences (https://olimpiados.lt/lgmo) and Lithuanian Geosciences (http://www.lgeo.chgf.vu.lt/lgeo/)
Other activities related to the development of the country's economy, culture and society
One of the compilers (co-authors) of the general educational plans of the primary, basic and secondary education programs for the 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school years;
12 years as a chemistry mentor at the European Union Science Olympiad and the International Youth Science Olympiad;
Raising the qualifications of Lithuanian chemistry teachers by organizing dozens of practical seminars over 10 years;
Co-author of the integrated science program for grades 5-8, 2015;
Erasmus visits in Sweden, Jordan, Taiwan; scientific internships in Poland, France, Germany, Czech Republic.
Leadership:
Head of the methodological group of Vilnius University STEAM, 2017-2020;
Deputy director for a team of researchers (18) and volunteers (7) in 2012. In the 10th European Union Science Olympiad.
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