EDUCATION
2013 Accreditation to supervise research (HDR)“Strain and chemical engineering of functional oxides: from single crystals to thin films and nanostructures”(HDR permits to supervise PhD students and to be a candidate to a full professor position), University of Lorraine, France
2008 PhD “Stress effects and phase transitions in PbTiO3 thin films deposited by MOCVD, Award -Best PhD thesis 2009, Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP), France. Supervisors: DR F. Weiss (Grenoble INP) & Prof. A. Abrutis (University of Vilnius)
2004 Master of Science in Chemistry, Award «Magnus cum laude» (maximal grade), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
2002 Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Award « Very good » (maximal grade), Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vilnius, Lithuania
CURRENT POSITIONS
2014 – Chaire of Excellence, Laboratory of Excellence ACTION, FEMTO-ST Institute, University of Franche-Comté (UFC), France
2009 – Associate Professor (Section 30 of National Council of Universities, CNU), detached until 12/2019, Jean Lamour Institute/ Department of Physics/ University of Lorraine/France
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2013 – 2014 Visiting Scholar (sabbatical leave), Prof. E. Mazur group, SEAS, University of Harvard , USA
2008 – 2009 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Prof. A.M. Glazer group, Clarendon Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Oxford, UK
2008 – 2008 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dr. J. Kreisel, LMGP, Grenoble INP, France
2001 – 2004 Research Assistant, Prof. A. Abrutis group, Faculty of Chemistry, Vilnius Univ., Lithuania
FELLOWSHIPS
20013 – 20014 National fellowship “CRCT- Congés pour recherches ou conversion thématiques” for sabbatical leave (attributed each year to 4 from 624 assoc./full professors of section 30), Section 30 of National Council of Universities, France
2006 – 2007 Excellence fellowship “Bourse EIFFEL”, (attributed each year to 50 best foreign PhD students in France, it is a common competition for all disciplines at national level), EGIDE (National Education Ministry body), France
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
2014 – Chaire of Excellence (64h/year) – Piezoelectrics & Microfabrication, Electronics Department/University of Franche-Comté/ France
2009 – 2013 Associate Professor (192h/year) – Physics, Physics Department /University of Lorraine, France
2008 – 2009 Teaching assistant (24h)– Optics Practicals, Physics Department/Oxford University, UK
AWARDS and PRIZES
2013 Award for scientific excellence PES, Level A, CNU30/ University of Lorraine
2009 The best D. Phil. Thesis Grenoble INP
2007 The best student paper IEEE-TUFFC, Int. conference ISAF, Nara, Japan
2006 Special excellence fellowship “Bourse EIFFEL” EGIDE, France
2005 Award for the best student work in exact sciences Lithuanian Academy of Sciences
2004 Magnus Cum Laude Master Diploma (attributed for students with excellent academic recordings and significant research results) Vilnius University
2003, 2004 Acknowledgment for student with significant research results Vilnius University
1998, 1997 4th in National Pupil Competition of Chemistry, Lithuania
1996 3rd in National Pupil Competition of Chemistry, Lithuania
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2018 Member of International Advisory Board & Chair of topical track “vibrational energy harvesters”, ISEPD-International Symposium on Eco-materials Processing and Design (500 participants), India
2018 Member of International Advisory Board, International Conference on Modern Materials and Technologies, CIMTEC 2018 & the 8th Forum on New Materials (600 participants), Italy
2018 Local organizing committee member, French National Conference “JNRSE- 8ème Journées Nationales sur la Récupération et le Stockage d’Energie) (150 participants), France
2015, 2017 Scientific committee member of international conference MCARE “Materials Challenges in Alternative & Renewable Energy” (500 participants), Korea
2017 Co-organizer of session “Multifunctional Nanomaterials for Energy and Sensing Devices”, PacRim12- Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (1200 participants), USA
2015 Co-organizer of session “Functional Nanomaterials for Sustainable Energy Technologies”, CMCEE15- (560 participants), American Ceramic Society, Canada
2015 Co-organizer of Workshop “Multifunctional Photonic Micro Devices” (70 participants), France
2014 Chair of Workshop “Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters” (30 participants), France
2012 Chair of Workshop “CVD-Diagnostique-Modélisation” (20 participants), France
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2017 – Organizer of the Internal Seminars of Time-Frequency Dept., FEMTO-ST Institute, UFC, France
2016 – Member of committee “CSST-Health and Security at work” FEMTO-ST Institute, UFC, France
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
2014 – 2016 Reviewer of French National Research Proposals, Program @RAction 2014 and AAP2016 "Matériaux et Procédés" (CES08), Agence National de la Recherche (ANR), France
2009 – Reviewer in 19 international refereed journals: Crystal Growth & Design, Applied Physic Letters, Journal of Applied Physics, Inorganic Chemistry, SPIE Journal of Nanophotonics, IEEE Sensors Journal, Materials, Materials Chemistry and Physics, Journal of Material Research, Journal of Electroceramics, Surface Coatings & Technology, Thin Solid Films, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Optics and Lasers in Engineering, Material Research, Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, Journal of Materials Science and Nanotechnology, IEEE Sensors, Ferroelectrics
2016 –2019 Member of thesis supervision committee, H. J. Basheer, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2016 –2017 Reviewer of thesis, M. Neradovskyi, University of Nice, France & Federal University of Ural, Russia (2016), C.V.S. Kumar, Université de Toulouse, France & Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, LIST, Luxembourg (2017)
2012 –2015 Member of Jury of thesis, A. Waroquet, Université de Rennes 1, France (2015) L. Aloui, INP de Toulouse, France (2012)
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
2014 – Member, IEEE society (ex-member of SPIE society (2016) & American Ceramic Society (2015)
2014 – Member, National French Network GDR “Oxyfun”- Oxydes fonctionnels : du matériau au dispositif
2015 - Member, National French Network CMDO+ Cristaux, Micro-nano-structures et Dispositifs l’Optique