Eugenijus Uspuras

Director of the Lithuanian energy institute (LEI)

Breslaujos 3, LT-44403 Kaunas, Lithuania

Tel. +370 37 401926 (direct),  +370 37 351403 (secretary)

Fax: +370 37 351271

E-mail: uspuras@mail.lei.lt

Eugenijus Uspuras was born on July 24, 1955, in Irkutsk, Russia, he is married. Most of his scientific career was in heat transfer and fluid flow in nuclear reactors of different applications, deterministic and probabilistic safety analysis of the nuclear reactors, development of fission and fusion energy technologies, transport of the radioactive materials, energy security and technology risk analysis.

Graduated from the Vilnius University in 1977 and started professional activities at Lithuanian energy institute. In 1986 defend Ph. Dr. theses in the field of Thermal Physics in the same institute, in 1998 received degree of Doctor Habilitus in Energy and Thermal Engineering Sciences, in 2001 was conferred the title of professor and was elected a member-expert of the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania. In 2006 he was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Sciences of Lithuania and a Foreign Member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Professional career: 1986 – Senior research associate, 1994 – Head of the Ignalina Safety Analysis Group (ISAG), 1999 – Head of the Laboratory of the Nuclear Installation Safety, May 2004  – Director of the Lithuanian Energy Institute.

In recent years his main professional activities are directed to nuclear reactors safety, energy security, industrial risk analysis and uncertainty analysis. He is an author of about 300 scientific publications including 3 monographs and 3 handbooks.

Honours, awards, memberships:

• Corresponding Member, Lithuanian Academy of Sciences;
• Member, European Academies Science Advisory Council Energy Steering Panel;
• Member, Board of the European Nuclear Society;
• Member, Council of the Lithuanian energy institute;
• Member, Council of the Kaunas university of technology;
• Member, European Commission Scientific and Technical Committee of Euratom;
• Member, European Commission Advisory Group on Energy
• Laureate of the State Award for Sci. Achievements, 2005
• Laureate of the Acad. A. Žukauskas’ Award for Sci. Achievements in the field of thermal physics and energy, 2008