Juris attained his Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Technology at Riga
Technical University and Master’s in Chemistry at University of Latvia.
His Master’s project was carried out in the Latvian Institute of Aquatic
Ecology (LIAE) focusing on untangling the interactions between and
within trophic levels from phytoplankton to fish of Baltic Sea coastal
and estuarine food webs through carbon and nitrogen stable isotope
chemistry. After graduation he remained in LIAE pioneering research into
anadromous fish migration by stable isotope fingerprinting in addition
to continuing research of food webs and to further expand his knowledge
in marine monitoring techniques as a mesozooplankton taxonomist.

Currently, Juris is employed as ESR at the National Institute of
Chemical Physics and Biophysics in Tallinn, Estonia, where he will
investigate the effects of changing abiotic factors on chemical toxicity
in primary producers and consumers in microcosm scale food webs.