Silvija Budaviciute, CV +358 44 032 9052 [email protected] Espoo,

Work experience Community leader and co-founder Meditation Group November 2014 - Present • Organizing meetings and discussions during the meetings; • Maintaining website, Facebook group and a blog; • Teaching basic meditation ; • Supervising and training other facilitators.

Doctoral Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Agricultural Sciences, of Helsinki, Finland May 2015 - June 2015 • Completion of thesis.

Doctoral Student, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki, Finland January 2010 - December 2014 • Field research coordinator and assistant in academic teaching; • Blog moderator and assistant with technical issues during courses in Finland and Madagascar; • Statistical analysis, scientific writing, teaching, science popularization and scientific presentations; • Laboratory work and microscopy; • Student supervision; • Innovation of technology to read giant image databases; • Fundraising and finding collaborators, volunteers and projects assistants; • Report writing to funding agencies.

Project coordinator and researcher University of Helsinki, Finland Valbio Research station, Madagascar November 2013 - December 2013 • Expedition planning, scientific data collection and experiment coordination; • Laboratory work and teaching; • Performed resource planning, recruiting, training and managing of a Master student, a research assistant and technicians.

Project coordinator and researcher University of Helsinki, Finland Valbio Research station, Madagascar October 2011 - December2011 • Expedition planning, scientific data collection and experiment coordination; • Local community education, outreach programs; • Laboratory work and teaching; • Supervision of an independent scientific project; • Performed resource planning, recruiting, training and managing of volunteers, research assistants and technicians.

Researcher Research project under EU ASIA-link, EU FORRSA (forest restoration) project University of Helsinki, Finland and Indonesia March 2008 – April 2010 • Statistical analysis and scientific writing; • Fundraising; • Field work planning, execution and supervision; • Performed resource planning, recruiting, training and managing research assistants and technicians. • Interaction and communication with local communities, Univeristy and government institutions in Indonesia. • Result reporting to a ministry in Indonesia, in Finland and Indonesia and funding agencies.

Spring Symposium organizer Spring Symposium, University of Helsinki, Finland April 2009 - March 2010 • My task was to plan symposium program, organize the participation of students and funding, invite key speakers and evaluators, advertise the event, contact sponsors, edit and publish the book of abstracts.

Summer school course facilitator (HSS) Helsinki Summer School, University of Helsinki, Finland May 2009 – August 2009 • Course program coordination with international teachers and the local course organizers; • Event organization during the courses; • Student selection for the course; • Communication and help for selected international students before and during the course; • Communication with the course sponsors and media; • I accepted student tests and organized them for a teacher to grade.

Exchange Coordinator for international trainees International Association of Students in Agriculture and Related Sciences University of Helsinki, Finland January 2008 - January 2009 • My duties included finding a training place for a foreign trainee in Finland. I insured smooth communications between farmers, International mobility center (CIMO) and a trainee. Upon arrival, I insured that trainee successfully settles in Finland. The responsibilities also include planning organizations development and reporting.

Education The Open University of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland 2016 - 2017 Psychology University of Helsinki, Finland Licentiate of Philosophy (Lic. Phil.), Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 2010 - 2015 University of Helsinki, Finland (not completed), Tropical Ecology (VITRI) 2008 - 2010 University of Helsinki, Finland 2007 - 2008 Visiting student University of Helsinki, Finland 2006 - 2006 Erasmus exchange student University of Vilnius, Lithuania 2004 - 2007 Cum Laude Master degree in Environment Studies and Management University of Vilnius, Lithuania 2000 - 2004 Bachelor degree in Molecular Biology Pasvalio P. Vileišio Gymnasium, Lithuania 1996 - 2000 Grants and Awards • 's travel grant (2014) for the IUSSI 2014 conference in Cairns, Australia. Granted by the University of Helsinki, Finland. • Societas Entomologica Fennica (2014), Finland. Personal grant for a laboratory work. • Oskar Öflunds Foundation, (2012), Finland. Personal PhD grant for fieldwork in Madagascar 2013. • Societas Entomologica Helsingforiensis (2012), Finland. To study Formicoidea in Madagascar. • Grant for a collaborative project. BCH Connecting Scientists (2012). For a collaborative project with Aalto Univeristy on automated ant identification. • Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation (2011), Finland. Personal research grant. • Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis (2011), Finland. To study ants as indicators in forest ecosystems. • Otto A. Malm Foundation (2010), Finland. Grant for field work in Madagascar. • Ella and Georg Ehrnrooth Foundation (2009), Finland. Personal research grant. • EU ASIA-link project (FORRSA) (2008), Finland. Fieldwork grant to Indonesia. • Erasmus scholarship (twice) (2006 - 2007) to support Exchange studies at the University of Helsinki. Granted by , Lithuania.

Publications (selected) • Budaviciute, S. 2015. Ant community structure in Madagascar. Licentiate thesis. Unigrafia. • Budaviciute, S., Cabeza, M., Blanchet, G., and Roslin, T. 2014. Competition or environmental filtering - A trait-based perspective of ant communities. Proceedings of International Union for the Study of Social Insects: International Congress, Cairns, Australia. • Budaviciute, S., Cabeza, M., and Roslin, T. 2013. A functional classification of Malagasy ants. Poster. INTECOL 2013, London, UK. • Budaviciute, S. 2010. Ants for conservation assessment. Poster. European Youth Perspective Conference on Biodiversity, Geel, Belgium. • Budaviciute, S. 2009. Ecosystem service providers-ants. Presentation. Spring symposium 2009, University of Helsinki, Finland. • Herzon, I., Helenius, J., Budaviciute, S. and Hovi, Tiina. 2008. Ditches for Life. Biological Value of Drainage Ditches. Poster. 10th International Drainage Workshop (IDW 2008), Helsinki, Finland-Tallinn, . • Budaviciute, S. 2007. Agronomically harmful weeds in field margins in Finland: distribution and functions. Master Thesis. Vilnius University, Lithuania in the cooperation with the University of Helsinki, Finland.

Languages Lithuanian Mother tongue. English Full professional proficiency. (TOEFL IBT score: 100/120, passed on November 2007), LearnDirect training program: English as working language, Brighton, UK, passed on 2007. Russian Professional working proficiency. Finnish Common European Framework skill level B1. Swedish Common European Framework skill level A2. French Basic.

Additional information • My interests include evolutionary psychology, modular mind theory, self-help, biology, entomology, self-organizing systems, Buddhism, meditation, hiking, contemporary literature, acting and script writing, typography, astrophysics and astronomy, snowboarding and cross-country skiing, organic gardening.