Travelling exhibition Research Latvia 2024 on display at RSU

The travelling exhibition Research Latvia 2024, created by the Ministry of Education and Science (MoES), continues to inspire with stories about 12 Latvian researchers. On 3 – 16 June, everyone is welcome to take a closer look at the researchers’ achievements in various fields of science and read their messages in the lobby of Rīga Stradiņš University (RSU) at 16 Dzirciema iela.

This exhibition tells the story of 12 outstanding personalities in their field. Their research contributes to finding solutions to global challenges and everyday problems in areas such as heterogeneous single-chip systems and their programming, innovative polymers, lithium and sodium ion battery materials, satellite data and geographic information systems, molecular genetics and functional genomics, fluorine and supramolecular chemistry, sustainable management of land resources and landscapes, creative entrepreneurship, sustainable materials in packaging, wastewater monitoring and treatment.

‘Research requires patience, persistent interest, creativity, and clarity about the goal to achieve important results,’ emphasises one of the featured reserachers, Dr. Linda Gailīte, Lead Researcher and Head of the RSU Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Genetics.

Visitors have the opportunity not only to view portraits of each researcher, but also to watch a three-minute video story about each of them by scanning a QR code with their smartphone.

Featured scientists

• Ieva Zemīte, Dr. oec. (associate professor and lead researcher at the Latvian Academy of Culture Institute of Culture and Arts)
• Ilze Bargā, Dr. sc. comp. candidate (satellite data analyst and developer of satellite data exploitation programmes, researcher)
• Miķelis Kirpļuks, PhD (lead researcher at the Latvian State Institute of Wood Chemistry)
• Pēteris Lakovskis, Dr. geogr. (chair of the Scientific Council and head of the Bioeconomy Department at the Institute of Agroresources and Economics)
• Vita Rovīte, Dr. biol. (head of the Molecular and Functional Genomics Research Group at the Latvian Biomedical Research and Study Centre and head of the Latvian National Biobank)
• Prof. Mārcis Auziņš (head of the Department of Experimental Physics at the University of Latvia Faculty of Physics, Mathematics and Optometry, formerly the head of the Laser Centre)
• Linda Gailīte, Dr. med. (lead researcher and head of the Rīga Stradiņš University Scientific Laboratory of Molecular Genetics)
• Brigita Dejus, PhD (lead researcher at the Riga Technical University Water Research and Environmental Biotechnology Laboratory)
• Jānis Veliks, Dr. chem. (lead researcher at the Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis, head of the Organic Synthesis Laboratory)
• Rihards Novickis, Dr. sc. ing. (head of the Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory at the Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, formerly the lead researcher at the Robotics and Machine Perception Laboratory)
• Gints Kučinskis, Dr. phys. (lead researcher at the University of Latvia Institute of Solid State Physics, head of the Energy Harvesting and Storage Materials Laboratory)
• Sandra Muižniece-Brasava, Dr. sc. ing. (professor and lead researcher at the Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technologies Faculty of Food Technology)