Born on 20 June 1958 in Vilnius.
In 1981 graduated from the Faculty of Natural Sciences of Vilnius University, in 1993 defended his PhD thesis in biomedical sciences. He works at the Department of Botany and Genetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Vilnius University, associate professor, researcher. His first novels were published in the magazines "Pergalė" (1986) and "Nemunas" (1988), and later in the magazine "Metai".