On the occasion of the Day of Restoration of Lithuania's Independence, the President Gitanas Nausėda, presented state awards for merits to Lithuania and for promoting the name of Lithuania worldwide.
We are very pleased that among the awardees is Prof. Dr habil. Arūnas Ramanavičius, Head of the FTMC Department of Nanotechnology!
The distinguished physicist and chemist has been awarded the Commander's Cross of the Order of the Lithuanian Grand Duke Gediminas for his significant contribution to Lithuanian science and society, and for promoting the name of Lithuania worldwide.
We congratulate our colleague and are very proud!
A. Ramanavičius started his career during his student years, when he founded a fireworks company with a few friends. After a while, he developed an active interest in nanotechnology and soon became a well-known Lithuanian expert in this field. In 2005, he founded the nanotechnology and materials science center "NanoTechnas", which he headed for more than six years.
He has published many highly cited articles in prestigious scientific journals and patented his most important inventions. His main research interests are: development and research of biosensors, optimisation of bioanalytical processes and devices; application of surface plasmon resonance in bioanalysis; advanced nanotechnology.
Info: FTMC / lrp.lt / yrasalis/lt