Gunārs Lācis Academic position Leading researcher PhD Field of research 1. Implementation of the "One Health" concept and species interaction studies in the context of climate change 2. Preservation of biological diversity in agro- and forest biocenoses, ecosystem protection and services E-mail gunars.lacis@lbtu.lv Homepage Institute of horticulture Scientific interests and expertisePlant genetics and molecular biologyActivity directions• Research coordination and leading• Fruit crop genetic research• Molecular genetics applied in the genetic research of fruit crops• Research on fruit crop genetic resource conservation, study and utilisation The most important projects (2019-2025) Increasing productivity and sustainability of European plant protein production by closing the grain legume yield gap, 2019 Membership Member of the editorial boards of journals: Open agriculture; Chilean Journal of Agricultural Research; Horticulturae; Genes