The BaRaDoKe group is dedicated to conducting research that is both environmentally responsible and sustainable. We believe that the incorporation of green chemistry principles and a focus on sustainability are crucial in the creation of technologies that can have a positive impact on society and the environment. If you are interested in collaborating with us, we welcome your inquiries. Additionally, we are constantly seeking skilled graduate students and postdoctoral researchers to join our team.

Group Members

Principal Investigator Senior Researcher dr. Ausra Baradoke

Dr Ausra Baradoke - a researcher with 10+ years of work experience in 8 scientific groups (including University of Oxford). The PhD was achieved in collaboration with the Center for Physical and Technological Sciences with Irish universities Dublin City University and Trinity College Dublin.

Dr. Ausra Baradoke received Innovate UK funding at University of Oxford, where she successfully published 2 high-impact publications and contributed to a patent in the field of electrochemical sensors. Among the scientific achievements, a total of 7 scientific publications in high-impact international scientific journals , patent application, science popularized by presenting research at 27 conferences.

She carried out research experimental development (R&D) work in projects funded by the Education Exchange Support Fund, Erasmus +, Innovate UK and Mobilitas Pluss. Also she successfully implemented the "Intellect LT" project (VP2-1.3-uM-02-K-04-122) and contributed to METASENS (CH-3-SMM-01-11), G ‐ SUPERCAP (3200-P325, LAT-16002 ). The PI has work / cooperation experience in private companies in the field of sensor development at ERUMPO LTD and later at Osler Diagnostics LTD.

Dr. Ausra Baradoke has been supervising students of various levels (bachelor's, master's, doctoral) in universities: Vilnius University, Dublin City University, Trinity College Dublin, University of Tartu and University of Oxford.

PhD Students

Shahid Nawaz

B.Sc. The University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan.
M.Sc. The University of Lahore, Pakistan.

Project: Algae to produce green propellant on Mars for space transportation.

Viktorija Reinikovaite

B.Sc. Vilnius University, Lithuania.
M.Sc. Vilnius University, Lithuania.

Project: Microbial Electrochemistry for investigation of electron transfer for application to microbial electrochemical cells anodes.

The PhD project primary focuses will be on microbial electrochemistry, covering both the fundamental and applied aspects of the topic. Microbes have shown the capability to convert chemical energy to electrical energy through their physiological activities on the electrode surfaces and resulting in electrical current. Around a decade ago, these findings sparked a whole new field of research focusing on understanding the molecular mechanisms underlying the life of microbes at the electrode interfaces and harnessing their powers in a myriad of applications. Because the anode acts as their local electron acceptor, the electrical current created is actually part of their metabolic respiration, so called anode-respiring bacteria. There are still a lot of questions regarding the mechanisms embraced by the anode-respiring bacteria to extracellularly transfer electrons through thick biofilms to the electrode, which can be over 100 micrometers in thickness. Despite these uncertainties, various systems have been developed using anode-respiring bacteria in what so-called microbial electrochemical cells to transform complex organic substances like trash into electrical power or valuable goods. The PhD project will focus on the fundamental knowledge of the extracellular electron transfers (EET) of the anode-respiring bacteria biofilms at the microbe-electrode interface, with an emphasis on the transport processes and tools, as well as the development and optimization of microbial electrochemical cell technologies. The project will focus on four key research aims: (i) Characterising novel Anode-respiring Bacteria, (ii) Understanding the molecular mechanisms facilitating electron and proton transport in anode-respiring bacteria biofilms, (iii) Optimising the microbial niches and microenvironments in the microbial electrochemical cells, (iv) Optimising of microbial electrochemical cells anode processes towards applications; The proposed research will advance our microbial electrochemistry knowledge and will have a direct impact toward a greener environment.

Erasmus students