- 2025 – Professor Vytautas Getautis was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Grand Duke Gediminas for his achievements in organic chemistry research and for promoting the name of Lithuania around the world.
- 2024 – Dr. Šarūnė Daškevičiūtė became a laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Program in the Baltic States.
- 2023 – Doctor Aida Drevilkauskaitė became a laureate of the L’Oréal-UNESCO “For Women in Science” Young Talents Program in the Baltic States.
In the same year, the dissertation by Doctor Deimantė Vaitukaitytė-Krisiūnė in the field of chemistry (N003) titled “Molecular engineering of hole-transporting materials containing an enamine fragment and their application in perovskite solar cells” (scientific supervisor – Prof. Dr. Vytautas Getautis) was recognized as the best in the field of Physical, Technological, and Medical Sciences at the Best Dissertation Competition organized by the Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers. - 2021 – The dissertation by Doctor Ernestas Kasparavičius in the field of chemistry (N003), titled “Study of the stability of organic hole-transporting semiconductors and methods for its improvement using carbazole and dithien[3,2-b:2′,3′-d]pyrrole derivatives” (scientific supervisor – Prof. Dr. Tadas Malinauskas) was also recognized as the best in the same competition and field.
- 2020 – The dissertation by Doctor Artiom Magomedov in the field of chemistry (N003), titled “Hole-transporting materials containing carbazole and hydrazone fragments: synthesis, properties, and application in perovskite solar cells” (scientific supervisor – Prof. Dr. Vytautas Getautis) was recognized as the best in the field of Physical, Technological, and Medical Sciences at the Best Dissertation Competition organized by the Lithuanian Society of Young Researchers.
- 2019 – The Department of Organic Chemistry began to be headed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Eglė Arbačiauskienė.
- 2018 – A team led by Prof. Algirdas Šačkus (Vytas Martynaitis, Sonata Krištolaitytė, Greta Ragaitė, Mikas Vengris) received an international U.S., Japanese, and Chinese patent for their invention “Novel photochromic compounds and intermediates for their preparation.” Prof. A. Šačkus was recognized as KTU’s Most Innovative Scientist.
- 2011 – The Department of Organic Chemistry began to be headed by Prof. Dr. Vytas Martynaitis (Head from 2011 to 2019)
- 2008 – Prof. Vytautas Getautis (together with Prof. Habil. Dr. Juozas Vidas Gražulevičius) received the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Award for his achievements in the field of inventions.
- 2006 – Prof. Vytautas Getautis was awarded the Lithuanian Science Prize for the research cycle “Organic Optoelectronics: New Organic Materials, Photoreceptors, and Physical Phenomena in Them (1980–2005)” (together with Edmundas Montrimas, Valent Gaidelis, Vygintas Jankauskas, and Donatas Jonas Sidaravičius).
- 2001 – Prof. Z. J. Beresnevičius was elected Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology at Kaunas University of Technology, and Prof. Habil. Dr. Vytautas Mickevičius was appointed Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry (Head from 2001 to 2011).
- 1991 – Prof. Habil. Dr. Zigmuntas Jonas Beresnevičius became the Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry at Kaunas University of Technology (Head from 1991 to 2001).
- 1980 – The Department of Organic Chemistry began to be headed by Prof. Habil. Dr. Romualdas Baltrušis (Head from 1980 to 1990).
- September 1, 1965 – The Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology was divided into the Department of Organic Technology and the Department of Organic Chemistry. The latter was headed by Assoc. Prof. Juozas Degutis (Head from 1965 to 1980).
- 1962 – The department was headed by Assoc. Prof. Jonas Zdanavičius (Head from 1962 to 1965).
- July 19, 1956 – The Department of Organic Chemistry was renamed the Department of Organic Chemistry and Technology, as it not only taught organic chemistry but also trained engineers in leather and fur technology, chemical technology of fibrous materials, and artificial and synthetic fiber technologies.
- October 1, 1940 – After the reorganization of the Department of General Chemistry at the Faculty of Technology, the Department of Organic Chemistry was established, headed by Antanas Purėnas (Head from 1922 to 1962).
