05 June, 2025

The New FTMC Scientific Board is Elected

Elections to the FTMC Scientific Board took place on 4 May. 258 staff members of the Centre expressed their opinion online, which is 82.7% of the total number of colleagues who were eligible to vote.

The FTMC Scientific Board is composed of 17 members elected for a term of five years. Of these, 11 are elected by secret ballot by FTMC staff, 5 are elected by representatives of other institutions or bodies, and 1 representative is delegated by the Ministry of Education, Science and Sport (MoESS) of the Republic of Lithuania.

The eleven candidates nominated by FTMC, who received the highest number of votes, have been elected to the new FTMC Scientific Board (listed below by number of votes received):

Dr Gediminas Račiukaitis (171 votes)
Dr Renata Butkutė (134 votes)
Dr (HP) Nerija Žurauskienė (128 votes)
Dr Arūnas Stirkė (125 votes)
Dr Zigmas Balevičius (119 votes)
Dr Steigvilė Byčenkienė (119 votes)
Dr Irmantas Kašalynas (116 votes)
Dr Marius Franckevičius (109 votes)
Dr Kastytis Zubovas (103 votes)
Prof. Habil. Dr Eimutis Juzeliūnas (96 votes)
Dr (HP) Linas Labanauskas (91 votes)
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Dr Paulius Ragulis (87 votes)
Dr Saulius Tumėnas (85 votes)
Dr Milda Petrulevičienė (78 votes)
Dr Loreta Tamašauskaitė-Tamašiūnaitė (77 votes)
Dr Aldona Balčiūnaitė (66 votes)
Dr Karolis Ratautas (62 votes)
Dr Simonas Ramanavičius (59 votes)
Dr Wanessa de Cassia Martins Antunes de Melo (55 votes)
Dr Julija Baltušnikaitė-Guzaitienė (51 votes)
Dr Vilma Ratautaitė (46 votes)
Dr Vladimir Astachov (19 votes)

The following five external candidates, who received the highest number of votes in the election, have also been elected to the new FTMC Scientific Board (listed below by number of votes received):

1. (HP) Gintaras Valušis (159 votes)
2. Kęstutis Jasiūnas (134 votes)
3. Prof. dr. Aidas Matijošius (130 votes)
4. Dr. Simona Pūkienė (111 votes)
5. Dr. Lukas Taujenis (100 votes)
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7. Dr. Dalius Navakauskas (68 balsai)

Member delegated by the Ministry of Education, Science, and Sport – Artūras Malysis.

A letter has been sent to the MoESS concerning the delegation of a candidate to the Scientific Board. We will inform you about the nominated candidate when we receive a response.

The Board will start its five-year term with its first meeting, during which it will elect the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Secretary. The meeting will take place on 10 September 2025 at 16:00 in Room D401, Saulėtekio Ave. 3, Vilnius, and will be chaired by the oldest member of the Board.

Congratulations to the newly elected FTMC Scientific Board and best wishes for a smooth and successful work!