Personal information

 

Ccurriculum vitae

Name

  Gontis, Vygintas

Address

  43-21, Fabijoniπkiψ, 2029, Vilnius, Lithuania

Telephone

  Home +370 5 2303150

Office +370 5 2623725

Mobile +370 698 12384

Fax

  +370 5 2787081

E-mail

  gontis@ktl.mii.lt

Nationality

  Lithuanian

Date of birth

  27, 08, 1954

 

Work experience

• Dates (from – to)

  November 2003 onwards

• Name and address of employer

  Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, A.Goπtauto 12, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania

• Type of business or sector

  Scientific research

• Occupation or position held

  Deputy Director

• Main activities and responsibilities

  Administration of research activities, project management

• Dates (from – to)

  From August 1977 onwards

• Name and address of employer

  Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy, Vilnius University, A.Goπtauto 12, LT-01108 Vilnius, Lithuania

• Type of business or sector

  Scientific research

• Occupation or position held

  From Junior to Senior Research Fellow

• Main activities and responsibilities

  Research in non-linear dynamics, statistical physics, Econophysics

• Dates (from – to)

  From March 1998 onwards

• Name and address of employer

  Lithuanian Scientific Society, J. Basanaviθiaus 6, LT-2001 Vilnius, Lithuania

• Type of business or sector

  Nongovernmental association of Lithuanian scientists and their organizations

• Occupation or position held

  President

• Main activities and responsibilities

  Management and representation of the Association

 

• Dates (from – to)

  From October 1996 to October 1999

• Name and address of employer

  Lithuanian Media Support Foundation, Vokieθiψ 2, LT-2001 Vilnius, Lithuania

• Type of business or sector

  Financing of cultural and educational projects of Media

• Occupation or position held

  Chairman of the Board

• Main activities and responsibilities

  Management of Merritt review and financing of educational and cultural projects. Annual budget over 1 million EUR.

• Dates (from – to)

  From May 1991 to June 1993

• Name and address of employer

  Government of the Republic of Lithuania, Gedimino pr. 11, LT-2039 Vilnius, Lithuania

• Type of business or sector

  Science and higher education administration

• Occupation or position held

  Director General of the Agency for Science, Higher Education and Technologies, Head of Science and Higher Education Department at the Prime Ministers Office

• Main activities and responsibilities

  Legislation and administration of science and higher education of Lithuania

 

Education and training

• Dates (from – to)

  1981-1985

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

  Vilnius University

• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

  Thesis Title: "Radiation Characteristics of Impurities in High Temperature Plasma"

• Title of qualification awarded

  PhD in Physics. PhD advisor Prof. Dr. V. Lisica, Prof. Dr. Z. Rudzikas
     

• Dates (from – to)

  1972-1977

• Name and type of organisation providing education and training

  Vilnius University

• Principal subjects/occupational

skills covered

  Theoretical Physics

• Title of qualification awarded

  5 years higher education degree

Personal skills

and competences

Mother tongue

  Lithuanian

Other languages

    English

• Reading skills

  excellent

• Writing skills

  good

• Verbal skills

  excellent

    Russian

• Reading skills

  excellent

• Writing skills

  excellent

• Verbal skills

  excellent

Social skills

and competences

 

  • Team spirit: I have worked in various types of teams from research teams to National Commission of UNESCO

Management of projects: I have had management responsibility in various projects including harmonization of the Lithuanian economic law with European Union requirements (PHARE project in 1995).

• Ability to adapt to multicultural environments: I have worked in various multicultural groups organized by UNESCO and during my Internship (Supported by State Department of USA) at the NSF, where acquainted with other Governmental Institutions of USA related to science.

• Communication skills: Very long experience communicating with researchers and other Lithuanians around the World. I have organized two World Lithuanian Symposiums on the Arts and Sciences

Organisational skills

and competences

.

  • Leadership: Starting from 1991 my work and other activities are directly related with coordination and administration of people, project and budget management, for example, UNESCO Participation programme: "Regional and National Follow-up to the World Conference on Science"

Technical skills

and competences

  • Information technology skills: My research and administrative work require advanced skills with computers; I do work with software of Microsoft corp., have computer programming skills including "Mathematica" developed by Wolfram Research corp.

Other skills

and competences

  Business consulting skills acquired working with US volunteer organization "International Executive Service Corps"

Driving licence(s)

  I hold a driving license of

Vehicles Category A and B

Additional information

  Home Page: http://www.itpa.lt/~gontis/

Annexes

  More than 50 research publications, including 40 journal papers, 10 papers in Conferences Proceedings. Please find the list of main publications at http://www.itpa.lt/~gontis/