Habil. dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė

Habil. dr. Gražina Tautvaišienė

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Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (ITPA)

Astrophysics

Research Professor

Chemical evolution of galaxies; Investigation of origin of Galactic kinematical substructures; Elemental abundances in stars of the Galactic thick disk; Open clusters as probes of the Galactic disk evolution; Mixing in stellar atmospheres; Helium-core-burning stars in the Galactic field and clusters; RS CVn stars; Chemical composition of stars with exoplanets; Characterization of exoplanets.

ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7672-154X

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/G-Tautvaisiene

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "Chemical Composition of Bright Stars in the Northern Hemisphere: Star–Planet Connection", The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 259:45 (13pp), 2022.

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "Gaia-ESO Survey: Detailed elemental abundances in red giants of the peculiar globular cluster NGC1851", Astronomy & Astrophysics 658, A80, 2022.

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "Abundances of neutron-capture elements in thin- and thick-disc stars in the solar neighborhood", Astronomy & Astrophysics, 649, A126, 2021.

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "Chemical Composition of Bright Stars in the Continuous Viewing Zone of the TESS Space Mission", Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 248, 19, 2020.

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "The Gaia-ESO Survey: CNO abundances in the open clusters Trumpler 20, NGC4815, and NGC6705, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 573, A55, 2015.

Tautvaisiene G. et al. "Elemental Abundances of Three Red Giants in Terzan 7, a Globular Cluster Associated with the Sagittarius Galaxy", Astronomical Journal, 127, 373, 2004.

Pagel, B. E. J.; Tautvaisiene, G. "Chemical evolution of the Magellanic Clouds: analytical models", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 299, 535, 1998.

Pagel, B. E. J.; Tautvaisiene, G. "Galactic chemical evolution of primary elements in the solar neighbourhood - II. Elements affected by the s-process", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 288, 108, 1997.

Pagel, B. E. J.; Tautvaisiene, G. "Chemical evolution of primary elements in the Galactic disc: an analytical model", Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 276, 505, 1995.

1) "Chemical elements as clocks for the stellar age determination" (2023.04.01-2026.03.31). Research group project funded by Lithuanian Research Council, Nr. P-MIP-23-49, principal investigator;

2) Horizon2020 project “EUROPLANET2024 – Research Infrastructure”, coordinator in Lithuania, 2020-2024;

3) Principal investigator of the 2014-2020 Operational Programme for the European Union Funds Investments in Lithuania project “Stellar and exoplanet investigations in the context of the TESS and JWST space missions”, supported via the Lithuanian Science Council grant No. 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-01-0103, 2018-2022;

4) Horizon2020 project “Europlanet 2020 – Research Infrastructure”, coordinator in Lithuania, 2015-2019;

5) Horizon2020 ERASMUS+ project “European Astrobiology Campus”, coordinator in Lithuania, 2014-2016;

6) Principal investigator in Lithuania for the ”Gaia-ESO Public Spectroscopic Survey”, 2011-2022;

7) Initiator and a head of the Executive board of the European Structural Funds project ”Promotion of Lithuanian Scientists in usage of Large Scientific Infrastructures of European Union”, 2006-2008;

8) Principal investigator for the EU Framework Programme projects ”Baltic grid II”, 2008-2010;

9) Principal investigator for the EU Framework Programme projects “Baltic grid”, 2005-2008;

10) Principal investigator for the Intergovernmental programme project ”Taivan-Baltic Open Cluster Study” 2002-2005;

11) Principal investigator for the Nordic-Baltic research framework by Nordic Council of Ministers in ”Astrophotometry in the next decade” 1999-2002.

Selected Invited Talks:

“Gaia-ESO Spectroscopic Survey“ at the international conference "OBA Stars: Variability and Magnetic Fields", Virtual, Sankt Petersburg, April 26 - 30, 2021.

“Evidences of transport processes in stellar interiors” at the international conference “HRMOS Science Workshop”, Virtual, Arcetri, Italy, October 18 - 22, 2021.

“Carbon and nitrogen as probes of mixing processes in giant stars”, invited talk at the Symposium "The Periodic Table Through Space and Time" of the XXI Jubilee Mendeleev Congress on General and Applied Chemistry, September 9‐13 of 2019, Saint‐Petersburg, Russia.

"Challenging research areas in astrophysics", at the General Assembly of the International Pure and Applied Physics, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2017.

“CNO abundances in open clusters”, international conference “The World of Clusters”, 2013 September 23-26, Padova, Italy.

“Carbon isotope ratios in evolved stars”, international conference “Isotopes as diagnostic tools in astronomy, geology and biology”, 2013 June 11- 13, Hoor, Sweden.

“He-core burning stars − laboratories of extra-mixing in stellar atmospheres”, international conference “Dig Sites of Stellar Archeology: Giant Stars in the Milky Way”, 2013 September 4-6, Izmir, Turkey.

„CNO abundances in open clusters and field stars‘, GREAT-ESF Workshop on „The metallicity distribution in the Milky Way discs“, Bolonia, Italy, 2012 May 29-30.

PhD students supervised:

Dr. A. Kučinskas, defended in 1998

Dr. R. Karpuškienė, 2000 (consultant)

Dr. E. Puzeras, 2011

Dr. Š. Mikolaitis, 2012

Dr. E. Stonkutė, 2013

Dr. R. Ženovienė, 2015

Dr. A. Drazdauskas, 2016

C. Viscasillas Vazquez, 2022

B. Bale (ongoing, since 2021)

V. Bagdonas (ongoing, since 2023)

2010–present - Courses for VU PhD students "Modern Astrospectroscopy".

2019–present - Courses for all the Vilnius University bachelor-students "Exploring Time and Space"

More than 30 students supervised, presently master student Vilius Bagdonas.

Participation in the national/international governing bodies, commissions, committees, boards etc.

Vice-President of the International Astronomical Union, since 2024;

Member of Research Council of Lithuania, since 2023;

President of the Lithuanian Physical Society, since 2021

International Astronomical Union National Outreach coordinator, 2018–2024;

Member of the Editorial Board of the science journal "Mol", since 2018;

2016, Prize of Vilnius University Rector

2014, Gratitude of Vilnius University Rector

2011, Prize of Vilnius University Rector

2008, Gratitude of Prime Minister of Lithuania

2003, National Science Prize of Lithuania

2002, Fellowship of The Royal Society, UK

1997, NORDITA Baltic NW/Russia Fellowship by the Nordic Council of Ministers

1994, Prize of the American Astronomical Society

Chief Editor of the annual science outreach book “Lietuvos dangus” (Sky of Lithuania), since 2001 (about 170 pages per year).

Science outreach articles, interviews, appearances on TV and Radio: more than 200.

Public events and lectures: Initiator and organizer of many public science outreach events like “European Researchers Night”, science festival “Spacecraft Earth” activities, Year of Astronomy 2009 activities, observing of Solar eclipses, planet transits, close approaches of comets and other events, was lecturing at these events, often was invited to talk for industry people, to national and international school-children Olympiads and other events.

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