State research institutes

Center of Innovative Medicine

Žygimantų g. 9, LT-01102 Vilnius
www.imcentras.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Algirdas Venalis
Phone: +370 5 2628636
Fax: +370 5 212 3073
Email: algirdas.venalis@ekmi.vu.lt

Departament of Experimental and Clinical Medicine

Žygimantų 9, LT-01102 Vilnius
Head: Dr. Birutė Elena Butkienė
Phone: +370 5 262 8636
Fax: +370 5 202 3073
Email: birute.butkiene@ekmi.vu.lt

Number of employees 81
Number of researchers 43, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 30

The main fields of R&D activities:
Molecular and cellular regularities of the behaviour of the immune system
Functional activity of the immune state and the factors influencing it
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Cell and molecule interaction of the immune system: activation, signal transmission and regulation
Modelling of molecular processes of the inflammation: induction, mechanisms, studies on anti-inflammatory compounds (synthetic ligands)
Biomodels and their application in immunomodulator studies
The main R&D partners abroad:
Institute of Organic Synthesis (Latvia); Karolinska Institute (Sweden); Freiburg University (Germany); European Federation of Immunological Societies; International Union of Immunological Societies et al.

Departament of Immunology

Molėtų 29, LT-08412 Vilnius
Head: Dr. Mykolas Mauricas
Phone: +370 5 246 9231
Fax: +370 5 246 9210
Email: imi@imi.lt

Number of employees 81
Number of researchers 43, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 30

The main fields of R&D activities:
Molecular and cellular regularities of the behaviour of the immune system
Functional activity of the immune state and the factors influencing it
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Cell and molecule interaction of the immune system: activation, signal transmission and regulation
Modelling of molecular processes of the inflammation: induction, mechanisms, studies on anti-inflammatory compounds (synthetic ligands)
Biomodels and their application in immunomodulator studies
The main R&D partners abroad:
Institute of Organic Synthesis (Latvia); Karolinska Institute (Sweden); Freiburg University (Germany); European Federation of Immunological Societies; International Union of Immunological Societies et al.

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Center for Lithuanian Social Research

Saltoniškių 58, LT-08105 Vilnius
http://www.sti.lt/
Phone: +370 5 275 8667
Fax: +370 5 275 4896
Email: sti@ktl.mii.lt

Institute of Labour and Social Research

Rinktinės 48, LT-09318 Vilnius
http://www.dsti.lt
Director: Prof.Assoc. Dr.(HP) Boguslavas Gruževskis
Phone: +370 5 275 2434
Fax: +370 5 275 2113
Email: institutas@dsti.lt

Number of employees 20
Number of researchers 13, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 6

The main fields of R&D activities:
Research on employment problems and formation of social policy
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Standard of living and economical inequality
Employment and unemployment of people
Social support and social services

Institute for Social Research

Saltoniškių 58, LT-08105 Vilnius
http://www.sti.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Arvydas Virgilijus Matulionis
Phone: +370 5 275 8667
Fax: +370 5 275 4896
Email: sti@ktl.mii.lt

Number of employees 62
Number of researchers 55, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 27

The main fields of R&D activities:
Theory and methodology of socio-economic research
Macroeconomics
Social welfare
Social stratification
Demographic research
Studies of ethnicity
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Social welfare, income and poverty of the elderly
Social changes in post communist society: social stratification under emerging free market conditions; national identity; ethnic (national) minorities
Demographic processes and structures: family studies, sociodemographic differences in mortality, migration, population ageing
The main R&D partners abroad:
Max Plank Institute for Demographic Research (Germany); Warsaw School of Ekonomics (Poland); Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology of Russian Academy of Sciences; Peace Institute (Slovenia); Institut National d’Etudes Demographiques (France) et al.

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Center for Physical Sciences and Technology

Savanorių 231, LT-02300 Vilnius
http://www.fi.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Vidmantas Remeikis
Phone: +370 5 266 1640
Fax: +370 5 260 2317
Email: fi@fi.lt

Institute of Chemistry

A. Goštauto 9, LT-01108 Vilnius
http://www.chi.lt
Deputy director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Eimutis Juzeliūnas
Phone: +370 5 264 8884
Fax: +370 5 264 9774
Email: chemins@ktl.mii.lt

Number of employees 150
Number of researchers 104, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 90

The main fields of R&D activities:
Electrochemical, catalytic and sorption processes in solutions and their application
Materials science and metal corrosion
Environmental chemistry
Spectro-electrochemistry, synthesis and research of organic compounds
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Conductive polymers and their application
Formation and characterization of nanostructurized alloys
Regeneration and decontamination of photographic solutions
The main R&D partners abroad:
Vanderbilt University (USA); Ebara Udylite Co (Japan); Lund University (Sweden)

Institute of Physics

Savanorių 231, LT-02300 Vilnius
http://www.fi.lt
Deputy director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Leonas Valkūnas
Phone: +370 5 266 1640
Fax: +370 5 260 2317
Email: fi@fi.lt

Number of employees 145
Number of researchers 70, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 64

The main fields of R&D activities:
Environmental physics and chemistry
Molecular biophysics and chemical physics
Development of nuclear spectroscopy methods
Nonlinear optics and laser development
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Dynamic and relaxation processes and origin of transition states in organic structures and model systems
Development of nuclear spectroscopy in materials science, radioecology and radiation safety
Dynamic processes of micro-admixtures in the atmosphere
The main R&D partners abroad:
Free University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands); Lund University (Sweden); Nuclear Research Center in Saclay (France); Arizona State University (USA); Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences of Academia Sinica (Taiwan)

Semiconductor Physics Institute

A. Goštauto 11, LT-01108 Vilnius
http://www.pfi.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Steponas Ašmontas
Phone: +370 5 262 7124
Fax: +370 5 262 7123
Email: spiadm@pfi.lt

Number of employees 267
Number of researchers 111, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 96

The main fields of R&D activities:
Research of new materials and development of nanotechnologies
Investigation of electromagnetic radiation interaction with material, research of fluctuations and chaos
Development of solid-state sensors and energy saving technologies
Development of information technologies, state standards of measurement units and primary methods of measurements
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Metal oxide multilayer nanostructures containing superconductors
Terahertz technologies and research of nanostructures
Fluctuation spectroscopy of A3B5 heterostructures
The main R&D partners abroad:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe University (Germany); Institute for the Study of Nanostructured Materials (Italy); Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden); Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (Greece); Institute of Physics Polish Academy of Sciences

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Institute of Biochemistry

Mokslininkų 12, LT-08662 Vilnius
http://www.bchi.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Valdas Laurinavičius
Phone: +370 5 272 9144;
Fax: +370 5 272 9196
Email: biochemija@bchi.lt

Number of employees 159
Number of researchers 107, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 49

The main fields of R&D activities:
Gene structure and expression in microorganisms, regulation of cellular metabolic systems
Functioning and regulation of signalling systems in eukaryotic cells
Enzyme structure, functioning and application
Synthesis and investigation of modulators of the biological processes of amino acids, carbohydrates and heterocycles
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Gene structure and expression in microorganisms
Signalling systems in eukaryotic cells
Investigation and application of enzymes and new bioorganic compounds
The main R&D partners abroad:
Lund University, Linköping University (Sweden); Novozymes A/S (Denmark); Bochum University, ”MERCK”, ”BAYERN AG” (Germany)

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Institute of Biotechnology

V. A. Graičiūno 8, LT-02241 Vilnius
http://www.ibt.lt
Director: Habil. Dr. Algimantas Pauliukonis
Phone: +370 5 260 2103
Fax: +370 5 260 2116
Email: office@ibt.lt

Number of employees 106
Number of researchers 77, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 23

The main fields of R&D activities:
Genetic and molecular studies of the restriction-modification (RM) phenomenon
Expression of genes in yeast
Chemical, biological and technological research of various recombinant proteins
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Protein-nucleic acid interaction
Investigation of DNA modification
Synthesis of virus proteins in yeast
The main R&D partners abroad:
Max-Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Institute of Virology of Humboldt University, Institute of Medical Virology of Justus-Liebig University (Germany); University of Latvia; Estonian Biocentre

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Lithuanian Culture Research Institute

Saltoniškių 58, LT-08105 Vilnius
http://www.kfmi.lt
Director: Dr. Vaclovas Jolanta Širkaitė
Phone +370 5 275 2455
Fax: +370 5 275 1898
Email: kfmi@kfmi.lt

Number of employees 112
Number of researchers 92, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 52

The main fields of R&D activities:
Formation and development of the Lithuanian culture
Comparative studies of culture and philosophy
History of the Lithuanian philosophy
Contemporary philosophy
Studies of the development of the Lithuanian art
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Formation and development of the Lithuanian culture (history of art, music, theatre, philosophy)
Comparative studies of culture, philosophy, and art
The influence of the global trends on the development of the Lithuanian culture
The main R&D partners abroad:
Jagiellian University Institute (Poland); University of St. Tomas (USA); Calcutta Institute of Culture (India)

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Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore

Antakalnio 6, LT-10308 Vilnius
http://www.llti.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Algis Kalėda
Phone: +370 5 262 1943
Fax: +370 5 261 6254
Email: direk@llti.lt

Number of employees 111
Number of researchers 74, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 41

The main fields of R&D activities:
History of the Lithuanian literature
The modern literary processes and literary theory
Lithuanian folklore (incl. folk songs, folk narratives and minor genres), its historical and theoretical problems, typological systems and processes of variation
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Investigations of literary heritage
Actual literary research
Folklore research

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Institute of Mathematics and Informatics

Akademijos 4, LT-08663 Vilnius
http://www.mii.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Mifodijus Sapagovas
Phone: +370 5 272 9207
Fax: +370 5 210 9209
Email: mathematica@ktl.mii.lt

Number of employees 210
Number of researchers 158, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 79

The main fields of R&D activities:
Investigation in the probability theory and mathematical statistics, finance and actuarial mathematics, differential equations and numerical methods for their solution, mathematical logic and algorithm theory
Investigation of recognition processes, data analysis, multi-modal optimisation problems, problems of multimedia technologies and interactive systems
Research of theoretical and methodical fundamentals of informatics, problems of information and communication technologies in education, computer networks and software engineering methods and application in the creation of new information technologies
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Econometric models of time series and statistical inferences
Synthesis of neural networks and stochastic models in the analysis of complex data
Problems in ontology-based engineering of component applications, information systems and business systems
The main R&D partners abroad:
Mathematical Institute of the Latvian Academy of Sciences; University of Southern California (USA); Peterburg’s Branch of the Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences; Institute of Cybernetics (Estonia); Bielefeld University (Germany) et al.
Other information:
International journal ”Informatica” (included into the database of Institute of Scientific Information) is published by the Institute

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Lithuanian Agricultural and Forest Sciences Centre

Instituto al. 1, LT-58344 Akademija, Kėdainių r.
http://www.lammc.lt/
Direktorius Prof. Habil. Dr. Zenonas Dabkevičius
Phone: +370 34 73 70 57
Email: lammc@lammc.lt

Lithuanian Forest Research Institute

Liepų 1, LT-53101 Girionys, Kaunas distr.
http://www.mi.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Remigijus Ozolinčius
Phone: +370 37 54 72 21
Fax: +370 37 54 74 46
Email: miskinst@mi.lt

Number of employees 87
Number of researchers 49, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 21

The main fields of R&D activities:
Biodiversity and sustainability of forest ecosystems
Reforestation, forest productivity, protection and usage
Forest genetic resources and breeding of forest trees
Forest policy, social and economical problems (in the context of new modes of ownership)
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Fundamentals of forest ecosystem condition assessment in forest monitoring
Ecogenetic variation of deciduous tree species and conservation (preservation) of their genetic resources
Economical regulation of Lithuanian state and private forestry
The main R&D partners abroad:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Sweden); Forest Research Institute of Estonian Agricultural University; Latvian Forestry Research Institute ”Silava”; Forest Research Institute (Poland); The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (Denmark) et al.

Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture

Instituto 1, Dotnuva-Akademija, LT-58344 Kėdainiai
http://www.lzi.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Zenonas Dabkevičius
Phone: +370 347 37 057; +370 347 37 271
Fax: +370 347 37 096
Email: lzi@lzi.lt; lzeminst@lzi.lt

Number of employees 398
Number of researchers 134, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 95

The main fields of R&D activities:
Physical, chemical and biological properties of soil
Plant nutrition processes and their regularities
Genetics, biotechnology, physiology and biochemistry of plants and plant breeding
Conservation and development of biodiversity of genetic resources
Peculiarities of yield formation of cultivated crops, agroecological and regional agricultural systems
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Investigation of soil conservation means
Biotechnological tests of cereals and perennial grasses
Variation of productivity of cultivated crops in soil tillage systems
The main R&D partners abroad:
Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences; Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

Lithuanian Institute of Horticulture

Kauno 30, LT-54333 Babtai, Kaunas distr.
http://www.lsdi.lt
Director: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Česlovas Bobinas
Phone: +370 37 55 52 10
Fax: +370 37 55 51 76
Email: institutes@lsdi.lt

Number of employees 183
Number of researchers 44, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 30

The main fields of R&D activities:
Development of theory of plant biology and biotechnology, breeding of horticultural plant varieties, investigation, preservation and enrichment of genetic resources
Agrobiological and ecological research of horticultural plants, development of propagation and growing techniques
Fruit, berry and vegetable quality, optimisation of storage and processing technologies, development of biologically valuable products by utilizing biodiversity of horticultural plants
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Development of plant breeding systems in vitro
Plant growing, development, morphogenesis, developing theory of flowering initiation
Fruit and vegetable growing technologies ensuring optimal and high quality yield
The main R&D partners abroad:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences; University of Warmia and Mazury (Poland); Ullensvang Research Centre (Norway); Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences (Denmark); Grosbeeren Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (Germany) et al.

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Lithuanian Energy Institute

Breslaujos 3, LT-44403 Kaunas
http://www.lei.lt
Director: Prof. Habil. Dr. Eugenijus Ušpuras
Phone: +370 37 40 18 01
Fax: +370 37 35 12 71
Email: rastine@mail.lei.lt

Number of employees 296
Number of researchers 152, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 83

The main fields of R&D activities:
Development of energy economy planning methods, research of safety and reliability of the power plants, their impact on the environment, efficient energy consumption and the renewable energy sources
Thermal physics, fluid mechanics and metrology
Simulation of complex systems, development of the control methods and technologies
Durability of construction elements of energy systems, new technologies of multifunctional materials
Combustion and plasma processes in the fields of fuel saving, reduction of environmental pollution and thermal decontamination of materials
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
The refinement of Lithuanian energy development principles and methods
Experimental and numerical heat transfer and turbulent transport research
Research of safety and reliability of the power plants and their impact on the environment in the context of European integration
The main R&D partners abroad:
RISO (Denmark); GRS mbH (Germany); Sandia National Laboratories (USA)

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Lithuanian Institute of History

Kražių 5, LT-01108 Vilnius
http://www.istorija.lt
Director: Assoc. Prof. Habil. Dr. Alvydas Nikžentaitis
Phone: +370 5 261 4436
Fax: +370 5 261 1433
Email: istorija@istorija.lt

Number of employees 115
Number of researchers 72, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 63

The main fields of R&D activities:
Development of Lithuanian society and the state by the beginning of XXI century (history and historiography, historical auxiliary sciences, etc.)
Lithuanian archaeology, research of prehistory
Ethnology: cultural, social and territorial identity
Research and publication of the Lithuanian Metrics and other sources of Lithuanian history
Foundation, development and social importance of Lithuanian cities
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
History, historiography and historical auxiliary sciences of the Lithuanian society and the state in the XI–XXI centuries
Lithuanian historic-cultural heritage
Processes of cultural dynamics in Lithuania
The main R&D partners abroad:
Institute of Universal History (Russia); Herder Institute (Germany); Institute of History (Poland)

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Lithuanian Language Institute

P. Vileišio 5, LT-10308 Vilnius
http://www.lki.lt
Director: Dr. Jolanta Zabarskaitė
Phone: +370 5 234 6472
Fax: +370 5 234 7200
Email: lki@lki.lt

Number of employees 105
Number of researchers 90, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 36

The main fields of R&D activities:
Lexicology, lexicography, and grammatical structure of the Lithuanian language
History and dialects of the Lithuanian language, sociolinguistic research
Operation of the Lithuanian language in society, terminology
Lithuanian onomastics
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Preparation of the Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language (in 20 volumes) and its computerised version
Analysis of the development of the norms and terminology of the Lithuanian language
The research into Lithuanian dialects and old Lithuanian writings, development of the written Lithuanian language
The main R&D partners abroad:
International Information Centre for Terminology (Austria); Publishing house EXLIBRIS (Poland); Institute of the Latvian Language (Latvia); Institute of Baltistics at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University (Germany)

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Nature Research Centre

Akademijos g. 2, LT–08412 Vilnius–21
http://www.gamtostyrimai.lt/en
Director: Habil. Dr. Mečislovas Žalakevičius
Phone +370 5 272 92 57
Fax +370 5 272 93 52
E-mail: ekoi@ekoi.lt

Institute of Botany of Nature Research Centre

Žaliųjų Ežerų 49, LT-08406 Vilnius
http://www.botanika.lt
Head: Dr. Valerijus Rašomavičius
Phone: +370 5 271 1618
Fax: +370 5 272 9950
Email: botanika@botanika.lt

Number of employees 163
Number of researchers 124, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 77

The main fields of R&D activities:
Botanical diversity of Lithuania: identification and generalisation on the level of communities
Genetic and physiological fundaments of plant productivity: research on the control possibilities of genetic and physiological processes determining growth and productivity
Diversity of Lithuanian mycobiota: identification and generalisation of the species level; regularities of formation of microorganizm communities
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Investigation on the syntaxonomic diversity of Lithuanian vegetation
Control of physiology of plant growth and spatial orientation
Diversity of macromycetes and parasitic micromycetes
The main R&D partners abroad:
Humboldt University, Institute for Resistance Research and Pathogen Diagnostic Aschersleben (Germany); University of Vienna (Austria); Belstville Plant Sciences Institute (USA); University of Birmingham (United Kingdom)

Institute of Ecology of Nature Research Centre

Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius
http://www.ekoi.lt
Head: Habil. Dr. Dalius Butkauskas
Phone: +370 5 272 92 87
Fax: +370 5 272 91 07
Email: jurate@ekoi.lt

Number of employees 138
Number of researchers 102, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 60

The main fields of R&D activities:
Regularities and mechanisms of susceptibility, vulnerability, adaptation and microevolution of ecosystems and their constituent parts under the conditions of global change and anthropogenic impact
Regularities and mechanisms of functioning, adaptation and evolution of aquatic ecosystems under the conditions of global change and anthropogenic impact
Physiological and ethological mechanisms of animal population management and functions of parasitic organisms in ecosystems
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Functioning of terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems under the conditions of global climate change and anthropogenic impact
Susceptibility, vulnerability, adaptation and microevolution of ecosystems and their constituent parts
Physiological and ethological mechanisms of animal population management and functions of parasitic organisms in ecosystems
The main R&D partners abroad:
The International Association ”Migratory Birds of the Western Palearctic”; The Global Environment Facility; The European Science Foundation (ESF); Lund University (Sweden); University of Toronto (Canada) et al.

Institute of Geology and Geography of Nature Research Centre

T. Ševčenkos 13, LT-03223 Vilnius
http://www.geo.lt
Head: Dr. Petras Šinkūnas
Phone: +370 5 210 4690
Fax: +370 5 210 4695
Email: info@geo.lt

Number of employees 147
Number of researchers 118, among them the holders of PhD or higher research degree 59

The main fields of R&D activities:
Structure, composition and evolution of the Earth’s Crust, and its surface and subsurface resources
Structure, state and dynamics of climate, hydrosphere and geological environment, analysis and prediction of processes for conservation, sustainable development and geotechnologies
Geosystems in the Baltic Sea and the coastal zone and prediction of their future development
Analysis, cartographic modelling and prediction of landscape and human geographic processes for territorial planning
The most successful directions of R&D activities:
Stages of the evolution of the East European Craton in Lithuanian part
Research of Late Cainozoic
Climatically and anthropologically induced changes of water systems
The main R&D partners abroad:
Stockholm University (Sweden); Polish Geological Institute, University of Bergen (Norway); University of Liege (Belgium); Free University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands) et al.

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