Date of birth

19 March 1979

Place of birth

Kaunas, Lithuania

Education

2013

Associate Professor, Kaunas University of Technology

2009

Doctor of Social Science, Kaunas University of Technology

2004

Master of Political Science, Vilnius University

2002

Bachelor of Political Science, Minor Degree in Business Administration, Vytautas Magnus University

1997

Vincas Kudirka Secondary School in Kaunas (currently Vincas Kudirka Progymnasium)

Work experience

2009–2013

Director of Commerce, private company UAB Natura Munda

2004–2016

Lecturer, Associate Professor (since 2013), Faculty of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities, Kaunas University of Technology

2002–2003

Foreign News Editor, News Service, private company UAB Laisvas ir nepriklausomas kanalas (Free and Independent Channel; LNK Television)

2001–2002

Project Coordinator, public company VšĮ Socius Sanus

1995–1999

Freelance Correspondent, newspapers Kauno diena, Kauno žinios, and Vytautas Magnus

Political career

Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

Since 2016

Member of the 12th Seimas

Member, Committee on Foreign Affairs

Deputy Chair, Committee on European Affairs

Member, Migration Commission

Member, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union Political Group

Deputy Chair, Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union

Miscellaneous

Activities: consultations to Alksniakiemis rural community in Prienai District on drafting EU projects, organisational and legal issues and communication with municipal authorities; consultations to Samogitian rural communities on legal and organisational issues, political expression, diplomatic expression, and communication with the President, Government and Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania, etc.; submission of the petition on banning shale gas exploration and extraction in the Republic of Lithuania, which followed from the research conducted in cooperation with students of Kaunas University of Technology (2013); organisation of readings of poetry by Justinas Marcinkevičius in his hometown village (2011)

Engagements: international expert, Research Executive Agency (REA), European Commission (2015–2016); founder of the youth association Rytojaus Lietuva (Tomorrow’s Lithuania) (2015)

Interests: professional referee of the Lithuanian Students Basketball League, Lithuanian Women’s Basketball League, and Kaunas Basketball Amateur League; coordination of projects on free-time activities and wellness of schoolchildren and on drug, alcohol and tobacco prevention

Foreign languages: English (fluent), Russian (fluent), French (intermediate), Polish (intermediate)

Hobbies: basketball, reading, healthy lifestyle, Baltic culture and ancient history, horse riding, tennis, ecology, sightseeing, politics, biomedicine, hermeneutics in international relations and evolution of civilisations

Family

Married with two children