At Klaipeda University, the institute conducts the doctorate study program in Ecology and Environmental Research with main focus on marine and coastal lagoon ecosystems. CORPI participates in the ERASMUS MUNDUS Joint Doctoral Programme Marine Ecosystem Health and Conservation.

Daniel Depellegrin (Since 2011)
Sustainable management and use of natural and cultural resources of Lithuanian coastal zone
(supervisor dr. N. Blažauskas)

Nikita Dobrotin (Since 2011)

Arūnas Balčiūnas (Since 2011)
Marine litter impact on the natural, social and economic environment of Lithuanian coastal zone
(supervisor dr. N. Blažauskas)

Edvardas Valaitis (Since 2011)
Application of coastal management means in intensive coastal zone and their impact on protected areas.
(supervisor dr. S. Gulbinskas)

Raimonda Kybrancienė (Since 2010)
Distribution and functional role of macrophyte communities in estuarine ecosystem
(supervisor doc. dr. Z. R. Gasiūnaitė)

Erikas Visakavičius (Since 2010)
Characteristics of Holocene sediment structure in the Southeastern part of Baltic Sea and formation of subaquatic geosystems
(supervisor dr. A. Bitinas)

Dmitrij Gerok (Since 2010)
Minerals, their environmental effect and subsurface geology of Lithuanian offshore strip
(supervisor dr. A. Bitinas)

Algirdas Švanys (Since 2010)
Allelopathic effects of macrophytes on phytoplankton community structure and ecosystem functioning
(supervisor dr. R. Paškauskas)

Kristina Mickuvienė (Since 2010)
Research of organic material transformation in sea water
(supervisor doc. dr. A. Žukauskaitė)

Marija Volkova (Since 2010)
Dispersion and distribution of radionuclides in components of the Curonian Lagoon ecosystem
(supervisor dr. R. Paškauskas)

Greta Laureckaitė (Since 2010)
Quantitative assessment of bioinvasion impacts on marine ecosystems
(supervisor prof. habil. dr. S. Olenin)

Ilona Minevičiūtė (Since 2010)
Peculiaritys of the sedimentation conditions in the transitional system lagoon-sea and their impact on the formation of subaqual geosystem
(supervisor dr. S. Gulbinskas)

Jolita Petkuvienė (Since 2010)
Phosphorus circulation and its importance to eutrophication process in Curonian Lagoon
(supervisor prof. dr. A. Razinkovas-Baziukas)

Sergej Suzdalev (Since 2010)
Contamination of bottom sediments in aquatic systems of high anthropogenic pressure
(supervisor dr. S. Gulbinskas)

Egidijus Bacevičius (Since 2009)
(supervisor doc. dr. Z. R. Gasiūnaitė)

Mindaugas Mačiulis (Since 2009)
Breeding ecology and state of Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) population in the coastal flooded meadows
(supervisor dr. M. Dagys)

Aleksej Šaškov (Since 2009)
Quantitative identification and spatial modeling of benthic habitats of the south-eastern Baltic Sea
(supervisor prof. habil. dr. S. Olenin)

Rasa Uznytė (Since 2009)
Food web of the Lithuanian coastal zone of the Baltic Sea
(supervisor doc. dr. A. Razinkovas)

Aleksas Narščius (Since 2008)
Development and application of a computerized bioinvasion impact assessment system
(supervisor prof. habil. dr. S. Olenin)

Sigitas Šulčius (Since 2008)
Impact of virionplankton on structural changes and functional processes of aquatic microorganisms
(supervisor dr. R. Paškauskas)

Andrius Šiaulys (Since 2007)
Identification, mapping and functional role of biotopes in the Curonian Lagoon
(supervisor Prof. Hab. Dr. S. Olenin)

Diana Vaičiūtė (Since 2007)
Ecological and physiological patterns of phytoplankton seasonal succession in the Lithuanian coastal waters of the Baltic Sea
(supervisor dr. R. Pilkaitytė)

Evelina Grinienė (Since 2006)
Interactions between ciliated protists and metazooplankton communities in a eutrophic lagoon
(Supervisor doc. dr. Z. R. Gasiūnaitė; advisor dr. S. Mažeikaitė)

Aistė Paldavičienė (Since 2005)
Eutrophication and its consequences to trophic web in shallow eutrophic lagoon
(Supervisor doc. dr. A. Razinkovas; scientific advisor dr. Z. R. Gasiūnaitė)

Aurelija Samuilovienė (Since 2003)
Genetic structure of salmonid populations in Lithuanian rivers
(Supervisor dr. R. Gross (Estonia))