VU Professors Awarded Lithuanian Science Prizes
The Commission for Lithuanian Science Prizes has announced this year鈥檚 winners. 91桃色 (VU) community members received recognition for their contribution to science in as many as five fields out of seven.
In the field of humanities and social sciences, the prizes were awarded to VU Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Professor Tomas Bale啪entis for the research cycle 鈥楳ulticriteria methods for integrated efficiency assessment and economic decision-making鈥� and VU Faculty of History Professor Darius Baronas for the cycle 鈥楽tudies into Christianity in Lithuania: Political, Social, and Cultural-Historical Cross-Sections (1009鈥�1795)鈥� (2006鈥�2020).
In the field of physical sciences, the prizes went to VU Faculty of Physics Associate Professor Tomas 膶eponis, Professor Eugenijus Gaubas, and Professor Juozas Vidmantis Vaitkus for the research cycle 鈥業nvestigations into Effects of High Fluence on materials for Radiation Dosimetry and Development of Radiation Technologies鈥� (2006鈥�2020).
In the field of biomedical and agricultural sciences, a prize was awarded to VU Faculty of Medicine Prof. Dr. Habil. Vaidutis Ku膷inskas, Prof. Egl臈 Preik拧aitien臈, Associate Prof. Laima Ambrozaityt臈, Prof. Loreta Cimbalistien臈, and Dean Prof. Algirdas Utkus for the research cycle 鈥楪enome Rearrangements in Congenital Developmental Disorders of the Central Nervous System: Origins, Genomic Mechanisms, Functional and Clinical Consequences鈥� (2007鈥�2020).
In the field of technological sciences, the Lithuanian Science Prize went to VU Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics Prof. Gintautas Dzemyda and Prof. Olga Kurasova for the research cycle 鈥楩rom Data Science to Artificial Intelligence Technologies鈥� (2006鈥�2020).
Lithuanian Science Prizes are awarded annually with the view to facilitating the development of science and providing a stimulus for productive researchers. There were seven prizes altogether: two in the fields of humanities and social sciences, physics, and biomedical and agricultural sciences each, and one in the field of technological sciences. A total of 24 works were nominated for the prizes. The prize amounts to EUR 32,760.