简介
Bartkienė Elena (date of birth -1975.11.26, place of birth - Kaunas, Lithuania).
Professor at the Department of Food Safety and Quality, Head and Chief Researcher at the Institute of Animal Rearing Technologies, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU).
Education
1981–1993 Secondary school No. 33, Kaunas;
1994–1998 Bachelor’s degree in Food Technology, Kaunas University of Technology (KTU);
1998–2000 Master’s degree in Food Chemistry and Technology, KTU;
2000–2004 - prepared dissertation at KTU (Lithuania), Vienna University (Austria), VTT – Biotechnology Center (Finland) and Martin Luther University (Germany);
2005 - Doctoral degree in Physical Sciences, Chemistry.
Career
2002–2005 - research assistant, Department of Food Technology, KTU;
2005–2011- lecturer, Department of Food Safety and Animal Hygiene, Lithuanian Veterinary Academy;
2011–2014 - associate professor, Department of Food Safety and Quality, LSMU;
2014 – present - professor, Department of Food Safety and Quality, LSMU;
2018 – present - head and chief researcher, Institute of Animal Rearing Technologies, LSMU.
2023 – present - Dean of Faculty of Animal Sciences, LSMU.
Occupational Field: Agro-innovations and food / feed (bio)technologies: higher value food raw materials / products development and technologies modeling / optimization for the food / feed industry; sustainable / alternative agro-biological resources (biorefining / valorization of food industry by-products to value-added components / products for the food / pharmaceutical / feed industry); safer food.
More information can be found at:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Elena_Bartkiene;https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=lt&user=TUlslwUAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate
Internships
Long-term Internships - USA, Austria, Finland, Germany, Poland, Latvia.
Short-term internships - Austria, Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Poland, Germany, Turkey, etc.
Participation in other activities, memberships:
Member of the LSMU Senate; Chair of the Bachelor and Master Study Programme Committee of Food Sciences, LSMU; Chair of the LSMU PhD Committee of Agricultural Sciences and Animal Sciences;Member of the Bachelor and Master Study Programme Committee of Veterinary Food Safety, LSMU; Scientific consultant of the student scientific society group “Food Sciences”, LSMU; Member of ISEKI-Food Association, Vienna, Austria; Member of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), Chicago, USA, ID: 01161133; Member of the Global Harmonization Initiative (GHI), Vienna, Austria; Expert of the international programmes - projects at the Lithuanian Science Council (LMT); Expert at the Polish National Science Center; Expert of the Lithuanian Agency for Science, Innovation and Technology (MITA).
Supervision of PhD studentsSuccessfully defended dissertations:
1. Dr. Erika Skabeikytė (Mozūrienė) defended dissertation “Application of solid-state fermentation for development of higher value and safety food products”, Rector's Order No. V-568;
2. Dr. Vita Krunglevičiūtė (Lėlė) defended dissertation “Biotechnological solutions for dairy cattle feed preservation and their influence on cattle health parameters and production quality”, Rector's Order No. V-785;
3. Dr. Vytautė Starkutė (Šakienė) defended dissertation “Biotechnological solutions for sustainable and safe plant proteins preparation by using low-waste and (or) non-waste technologies”, Rector's Order No. MC1-101;
4. Dr. Paulina Zavistanavičiūtė defended dissertation “Application of food industry by-products for microorganisms encapsulation / immobilization and sustainable antimicrobial properties feed supplements preparation”, Rector's Order No. MC1-167.
5. Dr. Eglė Zokaitytė, dissertation “Development of nutraceutical formulations and technologies based on local agricultural resources in sustainable manner“, Rector's Order No. MC1-210;
6. Laurynas Vadopalas, dissertation “Increasing of the productivity of livestock by modeling their gastrointestinal microbiota with newly developed feed materials”, Rector's Order No. MC1-214
Currently studying and / or preparing dissertations:
1. Ernesta Tolpežnikaitė, dissertation „Optimization of micro- and macroalgae biomass ultrasonication and biotechnological treatment for their conversion to higher value feed materials“, Rector's Order No. MC1-177.
2. Ernestas Mockus, dissertation "The data basis creation of the chemical composition of the new wheat grain cultivars"
3. Sarunas Badaras, dissertation "Modeling of Sus scrofa domesticus rearing technologies by identifying and analyzing bio- and chemical markers of health and productivity"
Awards: 2011 and 2013 - winner of the competition „Young Scientist of the Year“, Rector's Orders No. V-1012 and No. V-1257, LSMU Veterinary Academy; 2015 - winner of the competition „Young Scientist of the Year “, Rector's Order No. V-1247.
