Ilze Vircava Academic position Assistant Professor / Leading researcher Dr. geol. Field of research 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services 4. Development and adaptation of technologies for obtaining high-value agricultural and forest products, as well as in veterinary medicine E-mail ilze.vircava@lbtu.lv Telephone +37163005634 Obtained doctoral degree in geology at the University of Latvia at 2010. Postdoctoral studies were made under FP7 Marie Curie COFUND program “People”/Estonian Research Mobility Scheme “Clay mineral polytype mapping for identifying paleo heat-pulses and hot fluid migration” in Tartu university, Estonia (2013-2016). She have leading experience in administrative work and in scientific management of several scientific projects and practical research projects with enterprises; Currently leading researcher and supervisor in Ministry of Agriculture projects related to soil tillage impact on soil fertility and in different projects of European Innovation Partnership “Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability”, LIFE program “Goodwater”, Erasmus + project Share Your Soils and different contracts with enterprises. Academic fields: Engineering geology, Geology and Soil Science, Agronomy, Forest Science. Research interests include the development/synthesis of new/innovative organo-mineral fertilizers and mineral fertilizers from various locally sourced industrial waste products, clay mineralogy, and soil agrochemical properties. She is author or co-authors of 7 peer-reviewed publications, indexed in SCOPUS with an h-index 4. The most important projects (2019-2025) Innovative and economically reasonable solutions to increase the efficiency of apple and raspberry production and fruit quality, 2019 , project leader Nutritional Needs and their Supply Improvement for Cherries, 2019 , project leader The most important publications (2019-2025) I. Vircava , (2023), Dolocretes in the uppermost Famennian to Mississippian siliciclastic deposits (Šķervelis Formation, Latvia), Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, ISSN 1736-7557 D. Gāliņa, D. Kairiša, S. Mešķis, I. Vircava, A. Valdovska , (2023), The effect of sodium humate feed additives in diets for Holstein breed heifers, Emerging Science Journal, ISSN 2610-9182 S. Mešķis, I. Vircava, A. Valdovska , (2023), Assessment of the inclusion of a feed additive of sodium humate derived from freshwater sapropel in diets for broiler chickens, Veterinary World, ISSN 2231-0916
