Speakers

Daumantas Matulis
(IBT VU, Vilnius)

Education: undergraduate education in Biochemistry from Vilnius University, Lithuania (1993), Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Biophysics from the University of Minnesota, USA, (1998).

Professional Experience: assistant Professor in Biophysics at Vilnius University, research scientist at 3-Dimensional Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (2001-2005, acquired by Johnson&Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development in 2002), since 2005 - chief scientist and head of Department of Biothermodynamics and Drug Design at the Institute of Biotechnology, Vilnius University.

Academic/Teaching Experience: supervised about 10 Lithuanian and European research grants

Honors and Awards: Lithuanian National Science prize (2012), ScanBalt Bridge BSR award (2009), award "Direction-home" by Telia Sonera (2007). Daumantas served as public advisor to the President of Lithuania V. Adamkus on emigration and repatriation issues.

Publications: published over 70 research papers in the fields of biochemistry and biophysics, coauthored 2 European patents and is actively involved in commercialization and establishment and growth of biotech SMEs in Lithuania as part of ScanBalt activities.