Justina Jovaišaitė
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“I chose my current career path because I couldn't do otherwise. It just happened naturally … The most challenging part of my job is a lot of freedom that results in a lot of responsibility …” Find out more about Justina Jovaišaitė in her Introducing … Profile.
Justina Jovaišaitė
The author presented on this page has published her first article as a submitting corresponding author in Angewandte Chemie:
“Diboraanthracene-Doped Polymer Systems for Colour-Tuneable Room-Temperature Organic Afterglow”: J. Jovaišaitė, S. Kirschner, S. Raišys, G. Kreiza, P. Baronas, S. Juršėnas, M. Wagner, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202215071; Angew. Chem. 2023, 135, e202215071.
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Position:
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Junior research fellow at Vilnius University (Lithuania)
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Education:
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PhD student with Saulius Juršėnas at Vilnius University (Lithuania)
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Research:
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Spectroscopy of organic materials, physical organic chemistry, organic optoelectronics
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Hobbies:
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Playing the piano, reading, travelling, walking, skiing
My first experiment was at around the age of eight. A friend and I secretly mixed all kinds of chemicals that we found in the bathroom. Thank God, no one got hurt!
I chose my current career path because I couldn't do otherwise. It just happened naturally.
The most exciting thing about my research is the endless variety of organic molecules to study. The second most exciting thing about the research is that interdisciplinarity is needed to achieve the best results.
The greatest scientific advance of the next decade will be an efficient nuclear fusion.
The most challenging part of my job is a lot of freedom that results in a lot of responsibility.
The best advice I have ever been given is “Things get done by doing.”
I lose track of time when I am on holiday.
My biggest inspiration are kids. I cannot stop admiring their curiosity, ability, and willingness to learn.
The principal aspect of my personality is optimism.
The most important quality of a mentor is the ability to see good things in others and the ability to help them achieve things with the perception that they did it themselves.
My most important role model is Professor Chihaya Adachi because of his simple and easy-going personality and his ability to always be one step ahead of the scientific community.
My favorite thing about my lab group is their kindness and willingness to help and grow together. And of course, long coffee breaks with conversations concerning all kinds of topics.
My favorite molecules are DNA nucleobases: they give a perspective on how simple but at the same time how brilliant nature is.
My favorite place on earth is Nida, Lithuania. It is a small resort town on the Curonian Spit surrounded by the Baltic Sea and the Curonian Lagoon, with spectacular dunes, pine forests, and white beaches. It has an unexplainable charm, peace, and magic.
Behind the Science
At first, when we started to study the photophysical properties of the modified diboraanthracene compounds, we could not believe the presence of the long-lived thermally activated delayed emission as it looked highly unrealistic due to the specific molecular structures. Thus, we focused on completely different features of these organic dyes. However, little by little everything fell into place and the big picture emerged. We realized that the diboraanthracene compounds we studied demonstrate persistent thermally activated delayed fluorescence with simultaneous ultralong organic room-temperature phosphorescence. All of this was due to very sophisticated molecular structures. Indeed, the collaboration between chemists, experimentalists, and computational chemists made it possible to introduce a new class of organic afterglow compounds.
