Position:
Head (Senior Research Associate)
Room number:
426-AK
Phone number:
+37037401962
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Publications
Scientific article
2025
Nkwasa A., Menke I., Murken L., Zaharia L., Akstinas V. [LEI], et al.
Stakeholder engagement for inclusive climate impact attribution studies
In: Environmental Research Climate. Bristol: IOP Publishing, 2025, Vol. 4, Iss. 1, 013001, p. 1-8. ISSN 2752-5295.
2024
Kriščiūnas A., Čalnerytė D., Akstinas V. [LEI], Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Gurjazkaitė K. [LEI], Barauskas R..
Framework for UAV-based river flow velocity determination employing optical recognition
In: International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 134, 104154, p. 1-13. ISSN 1569-8432.
Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Nazarenko S. [LEI], Kobets Y., Akstinas V. [LEI], Sharifi A., Haghighi A. T., Hashemi H., Kokorite I., Ozolina B..
Hydro-meteorological droughts across the Baltic Region: The role of the accumulation periods
In: Science of The Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 913, 169669, p. 1-21. ISSN 0048-9697.
Gurjazkaitė K. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI].
Effect of Teleconnection Patterns on the Formation of Potential Ecological Flow Variables in Lowland Rivers
In: Water. Basel: MDPI, 2024, Vol. 16, Iss. 1, 66, p. 1-20. ISSN 2073-4441.
Akstinas V. [LEI], Virbickas T., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI], Vezza P., Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Rakauskas V., Steponėnas A., Jurgelėnaitė A. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Nazarenko S. [LEI].
Multicomponent assessment of the impact of hydropower cascade on fish metrics
In: Science of the Total Environment. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024, Vol. 906, 167541, p. 1-10. ISSN 0048-9697, eISSN 1879-1026.
2023
Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI].
Projections of wind climate and wave energy resources in Lithuanian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea in the 21st century
In: Oceanologia . Sopot: Institute of Oceanology of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V., 2023, Vol. 65, Iss. 4, p. 534-547. ISSN 0078-3234.
2022
Akstinas V. [LEI], Kriščiūnas A., Šidlauskas A., Čalnerytė D., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Fyleris T., Nazarenko S. [LEI], Barauskas R..
Determination of River Hydromorphological Features in Low-Land Rivers from Aerial Imagery and Direct Measurements Using Machine Learning Algorithms
In: Water. Basel: MDPI, 2022, Vol. 14, Iss. 24, 4114, p. 1-21. ISSN 2073-4441.
Larsson R., Belinskij A., Kløve B., Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Lode E., Skarbøvik E., Akstinas V. [LEI].
Coordination of water policies for quality and quantity: experiences from Nordic and Baltic countries
In: Hydrology Research. London: IWA Publishing, 2022, Vol. 53, No. 9, p. 1166-1185. ISSN 1998-9563, eISSN 2224-7955.
Blauhut V., Stoelzle M., Ahopelto M., Brunner M., Teutschbein C., Wendt D. E., Akstinas V. [LEI], et al.
Lessons from the 2018–2019 European droughts: a collective need for unifying drought risk management
In: Natural Hazards Earth System Sciences . Gottingen: COPERNICUS GESELLSCHAFT MBH, 2022, Vol. 22, p. 2201-2217. ISSN 1561-8633, eISSN 1684-9981.
Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Vaitulionytė M., Tomkevičienė A. [LEI].
Behaviour of the 2010 flood in Lithuania: management and socio-economic risks
In: Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change. Dordrecht: Springer, 2022, Vol. 27, 23, p. 1-29. ISSN 1381-2386, eISSN 1573-1596.
Conference paper
2024
Akstinas V. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI].
Impact of Hydropower Plants on the River Hydromorphological Processes in the Context of Climate Change
In: Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions 3rd Edition Proceedings of 3rd Euro-Mediterranean Conference for Environmental Integration (EMCEI-3), Tunisia 2021. Cham: Springer, 2024, p. 257-259. ISSN 2522-8714, eISSN 2522-8722 ISBN 978-3-031-43921-6, eISBN 978-3-031-43922-3.
2023
Gurjazkaitė K. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI].
Effect of teleconnection patterns on the runoff formation of Lithuanian rivers during the warm period
In: Book of Abstracts of the International Conference of Young Scientists on Meteorology, Hydrology and Environmental Monitoring (ICYS-MHEM). Kyiv: Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute, 2023, p. 10-10..
Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI].
Projections of baltic sea wave energy resources according to shared socioeconomic pathways (ssp) scenarios
In: Book of Abstracts WECANet COST Action CA17105 Conference Ghent, Belgium March 6-7 March 2023 . Belgium: COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), 2023, p. 32-32. ISBN 9789080928138.
Akstinas V. [LEI], Gurjazkaitė K. [LEI].
Alterations of ecological flow variables in Lithuanian rivers under climate change conditions
In: Book of Abstracts Climate and surface and ground-water in the Baltic region – variability, trends, and impacts (Fully online event). University of Latvia, 2023, p. 4-4..
2020
Nazarenko S. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI].
Patterns of low flow and intermittency in the rivers of water surplus zone
In: AGU Fall Meeting 2020, virtual conference, 1-17 December 2020. JAV: 2020, p. 1-9..
2018
Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI].
Ecological flow estimation in Latvian–Lithuanian transboundary river basin
In: Proc. of the 5 th IAHR Europe Congress — New Challenges in Hydraulic Research and Engineering. Trento, Italy: The International Association for Hydro-Environment Engineering and Research (IAHR), 2018, p. 175-176. ISBN 978-981-11-2731-1.
2017
Akstinas V. [LEI].
Cohesion of statistical downscaling methods and projections of meteorological parameters over Lithuania
In: The 14th International Conference of Young Scientists on energy Issues (CYSENI 2017), Kaunas, Lithuania, May 25-26, 2017. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2017, p. 368-377. ISSN 1822-7554.
2016
Akstinas V. [LEI].
Low flow projections of the south-eastern Lithuanian rivers in 21st century
In: 13th Annual international conference of young scientists on energy issues (CYSENI 2016), Kaunas, Lithuania, May 26–27, 2016. Kaunas: LEI, 2016. Kaunas: Lietuvos energetikos institutas, 2016, p. 317-325. ISSN 1822-7554.
2015
Akstinas V. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI].
Flood pattern changes in the Lithuanian rivers
In: Проблемы гидрометеорологического обеспечения хозяйственной деятельности в условиях изменяющегося климата: материалы Международной научн. конф.. Минск, Белорус: 2015, p. 175-177. ISBN 978-985-553-278-2.
Popular science article
2022
Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Virbickas T..
Hidrotechnikos statinių poveikio upių nuotėkiui vertinimas siekiant išsaugoti i vandens ekosistemas
In: Žemėtvarka ir hidrotechnika. Kauno r. Akademija: Lietuvos žemėtvarkos ir hidromechanikos inžinierių sąjunga, 2022, Nr. 1, p. 52-59. ISSN 1648-3014.
2021
Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI], Virbickas T..
Užtvankos Lietuvoje: privalumai ir trūkumai (Kronika)
In: Energetika (Kronika). Vilnius: Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2021, T. 67, Nr. 1 - 2, p. i-iii. Scopus . ISSN 0235-7208, eISSN 1822-8836.
2018
Akstinas V. [LEI].
Jubilee 15th Conference of Young Scientists on Energy Issues (CYSENI) at Lithuanian Energy Institute
In: EUROSAFE News August 2018. [online]: eurosafe-forum.org, 2018, [Accessed 31 August 2018]. Available from: https://www.eurosafe-forum.org/node/480..
2017
Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI], Kriaučiūnienė J. [LEI], Šarauskienė D. [LEI], Jakimavičius D. [LEI], Akstinas V. [LEI].
Lietuvos energetikos instituto ir jo partnerių dėmesys vandens ekosistemoms
In: Energetika (Kronika). Vilnius: Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2017, T. 63, Nr. 1, p. v-vii. ISSN 0235-7208.
Akstinas V. [LEI], Meilutytė-Lukauskienė D. [LEI].
Conference of Young Scientists on Energy Issues (CYSENI)
In: Energetika (Kronika). Vilnius: Lietuvos mokslų akademija, 2017, Vol. 63, Nr. 3, p. V-VI. ISSN 0235-7208.
International projects
Interreg
1
Ongoing
2024.02.01 - 2026.01.31
The “ICEREG” project aims to enhance the management of ice-jam flood risk by developing comprehensive flood maps and refining the conceptual model of ice-jam flood formation, particMore
2
Completed
01.10.2020 - 30.09.2022
The aim of TRANSWAT project is to ensure joint assessment and management of trans-boundary river and lake water bodies which hydromorphological and/or ecological quality pose a riMore
3
Completed
01.07.2018 - 30.06.2021
The COASTAL Biogas project objective is to provide solutions based on anaerobic digestion of cast seaweed to coastal regions to tackle eutrophication, contribute to the transition to More
4
Completed
01.04.2017 - 31.03.2019
On April 1st, 2017 Lithuanian Energy Institute together with Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Centre and Institute of Food Safety, Animal Health and Environment started thMore
COST
1
Ongoing
14.09.2022 - 13.09.2026
Hydropower (HP) played an essential role in Europe over decades, providing a unique combination of safe, low-cost, and clean electricity production. It is still one of the largest renMore
2
Completed
27.10.2020 - 26.10.2024
Many complex process-based models are available in Europe to project future climate impacts. Yet, the current climate impact research community is fragmented, modeling mostly individuMore
3
Completed
11.03.2016 - 10.03.2020
SMIRES is a COST Action funded by the European Union to generate networking, capacity building and knowledge synthesis in science and management of intermittent rivers and ephemeral sMore
Projects in Lithuania
Research Council of Lithuania projects
1
Hydromorphological features of rivers are important to determine the quality of water body, its evolution due to nearby landscape changes and possible impact on the ecosystem. On the More