Vytautas Pilipavicius

Professor in weed science, organic agriculture and agroecology at Aleksandras Stulginskis University, Lithuania. Degree diploma (1996) (summa cum laude) in agronomy, Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agronomy. Dr. in biomedical sciences, agronomy (2000), Lithuanian University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agronomy, Department of Soil Management; \Dynamics of spring barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) yield accumulation and of weed seed rain\. Habilitation in biomedical sciences, agronomy (2007): Lithuanian University of Agriculture, \Weed spreading regularity and adaptivity to abiotical factors\. 2008-2011 president of Lithuanian University of Agriculture Union of Professors \Scientia\, member of 14 international and national research organisations. Field of research interest - conventional and organic agriculture, weed science, agroecology. Associate Editor of journal Agronomy Research, member of editorial boards of journal Agricultural Sciences. Research fellowship from Ministry of Science and Education 2003, Acknowledgment awards from Lithuanian U. Agr., 2004, 2008, diplom of journal \Zemes ukis\ [Agriculture] for the best articles during 2006, Education mobility foundation award for active and meaningful activity in international Erasmus exchange programme 2007, diploma of Lithuanian ministry of agriculture, the most communicative researcher 2008, State of Lithuania The Medal of January 13.