Algimantas Daukantas has been working in Laboratory since 1975 (at this time, the Laboratory was a part of the Institute of Botany) and has specialised in radiocarbon since 1982. In 1986, Algimantas Daukantas, together with the Institute of Physics at the University of St. Petersburg, patented an international collection of radiocarbon standards. In 1994, he visited the University of Årchus and the Institute of Radioecology at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, deepening his knowledge in radiometry and chemical preparation of samples for radiocarbon dating.