Scientists

Beata Bień, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: beata.bien@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-3288-9804

• wastewater and sludge management
• disintegration of sewage sludge using conventional and hybrid methods,
• analysis of dewatering efficiency and testing of sludge liquids.

Jurand Bien, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: jurand.bien@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8544-7463

• Waste management, thermal conversion of waste energy, municipal sewage sludge management technologies, air protection against pollutants from thermal processing of waste, green energy

Artur Błaszczuk, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: artur.blaszczuk@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-7397-061X

• Heat transfer processes and heat exchangers, energy conversion technologies, fluidized beds, dynamics of gas-solid flows, powder and particle technologies, population mass balance, NOx emission

Katarzyna Cygnarowska, MSc, Eng.

e-mail: katarzyna.cygnarowska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-2700-8569

• removal of heavy metals from industrial wastewater using algae,
• utilization of waste materials as biosorbents for heavy metals,
• pssibilities for the management of post-sorption materials.

• Kipigroch K., Janosz-Rajczyk M., Wykrota L. (2012) Biosorption of Heavy Metals with the Use of Mixed Algal Population. Archives of Environmental Protection, 38(2), 3-10
• Kipigroch K., Janosz-Rajczyk M., Mosakowska R. (2014) Sorption of Copper (II) and Cadmium (II) Ions with the Use of Algae. Desalination and Water Treatment, 52(19-21), 3987-3992
• Kipigroch K., Janosz-Rajczyk M., Skowron-Grabowska B. (2016) The Use of Algae in the Removal of Cd and Cu in the Process of Wastewater Recovery. Desalination and Water Treatment, 57(3), 1508-1514
• Kipigroch K. (2018) The Use of Algae in the Process of Heavy Metal Ions Removal from Wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment, 134, 289-295
• Kipigroch K. (2020) The Use of Algae to Remove Zinc and Lead from Industrial Wastewater. Desalination and Water Treatment, 199, 323-330
• Cygnarowska K. (2021) The Use of Algae in the Process of Cadmium and Lead Ions Removal from Wastewater. Rocznik Ochrona Środowiska, 23, 823-834
• Cygnarowska K. (2023) The Use of Algae to Remove Copper and Lead from Industrial Wastewater. Geology Geophysics and Environment, 49, 85-93

Tomasz Czakiert, Professor

e-mail: tomasz.czakiert@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-9738-2580

• Oxy-fuel combustion, chemical looping processes, fluidized bed technology, advanced energy conversion processes, combustion and gasification of solid fuels, flue gas measurement and analysis

Iwona Deska, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: iwona.deska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-1810-6316

• green roofs -- technology and modifications

• water loss analysis

• sustainable water management in cities

• light organic liquids immiscible with water

Danuta Dróżdż, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: danuta.drozdz@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-8669-184X

• Biological waste processing methods (composting, compost production)
• Thermal waste processing methods (pyrolysis, biochar production)
• Biodegradable and compostable agricultural accessories
• Agricultural residue processing
• Sustainable agriculture
• Soil enhancer production
• Landscape architecture (sensory garden, vertical garden, greenhouse, green roofs)
• Circular economy

• Dróżdż, D., Malińska, K., Wystalska, K., Meers, E., & Robles-Aguilar, A. (2023). The Influence of Poultry Manure-Derived Biochar and Compost on Soil Properties and Plant Biomass Growth. Materials, 16(18), 6314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16186314 

• Wystalska, K., Malińska, K., Sobik-Szołtysek, J., Dróżdż, D., & Meers, E. (2023). Properties of Poultry-Manure-Derived Biochar for Peat Substitution in Growing Media. Materials, 16(19), 6392. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16196392

• Kacprzak, M., Malińska, K., Grosser, A., Sobik-Szołtysek, J., Wystalska, K., Dróżdż, D., Jasińska, A., & Meers, E. (2023). Cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in poultry manure management technologies–environmental aspects. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 53(8), 914-938. https://doi.org/10.1080/10643389.2022.2096983  

• Stachowiak, T., Postawa, P., Malińska, K., Dróżdż, D. (2022). Comparison of physical and thermal properties of mulching films made of different polymeric. Materials, 15 (21), 7610. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15217610

• Malińska, K., Pudełko, A., Postawa, P., Stachowiak, T., Dróżdż, D. (2022). Performance of Biodegradable Biochar-Added and Bio-Based Plastic Clips for Growing Tomatoes. Materials, 15 (20), 7205. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15207205

• Dróżdż, D. Production and Use of Organic Soil Enhancers and Growing Media From Agro-Residues. Ph.D. Thesis, Czestochowa University of Technology, Częstochowa, Poland, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, 2022. https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01GK231F215ADTWG123GJ3FCKR 

• Dróżdż, D., Wystalska, K., Malińska, K., Grosser, A., Grobelak, A., & Kacprzak, M. (2020). Management of poultry manure in Poland–Current state and future perspectives. Journal of Environmental Management, 264, 110327. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110327 

• Drożdż, D., Malińska, K., Mazurkiewicz, J., Kacprzak, M., Mrowiec, M., Szczypiór, A., Postawa, P., & Stachowiak, T. (2020). Fish pond sediment from aquaculture production - Current practices and the potential for nutrient recovery: a Review. International Agrophysics, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.31545/intagr/116394

• Dróżdż, D., Malińska, K., Kacprzak, M., Mrowiec, M., Szczypiór, A., Postawa, P., & Stachowiak, T. (2020). Potential of fish pond sediments composts as organic fertilizers. Waste and Biomass Valorization, 11(10), 5151-5163. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12649-020-01074-6

• Organic+ (774340), time frame 2018-2022, funded under Horizon 2020
• Nutri2Cycle (773682), time frame 2018-2023, funded under Horizon 2020
• BIO-CIRCULAR-HUB (101186869), time frame 2025-2029, funded under Horizon Europe

Krzysztof Fijałkowski, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: krzysztof.fijalkowski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5718-0581

• toxicology and phytoremediation of soils
• use of filamentous fungi in environmental engineering processes (waste conditioning, enzyme production, contaminant decomposition)
• carbon sequestration by urban greenery

• use of sewage sludge in soil remediation

• Kacprzak, M. J., Ellis, A., Fijałkowski, K., Kupich, I., Gryszpanowicz, P., Greenfield, E., & Nowak, D. (2024). Urban forest species selection for improvement of ecological benefits in Polish cities-The actual and forecast potential. Journal of Environmental Management, 366, 121732.

• Kacprzak, M., Neczaj, E., Fijałkowski, K., Grobelak, A., Grosser, A., Worwag, M., ... & Singh, B. R. (2017). Sewage sludge disposal strategies for sustainable development. Environmental research, 156, 39-46.

• Fijalkowski, K., Rorat, A., Grobelak, A., & Kacprzak, M. J. (2017). The presence of contaminations in sewage sludge–The current situation. Journal of environmental management, 203, 1126-1136.

• Placek-Lapaj, A., Grobelak, A., Fijalkowski, K., Singh, B. R., Almås, Å. R., & Kacprzak, M. (2019). Post–Mining soil as carbon storehouse under polish conditions. Journal of environmental management, 238, 307-314.

• Fijalkowski, K., Rosikon, K., Grobelak, A., Hutchison, D., & Kacprzak, M. J. (2018). Modification of properties of energy crops under Polish condition as an effect of sewage sludge application onto degraded soil. Journal of environmental management, 217, 509-519.

• Kacprzak, M., Kupich, I., Jasinska, A., & Fijalkowski, K. (2022). Bio-based waste’substrates for degraded soil improvement—Advantages and challenges in European context. Energies, 15(1), 385.

Monika Gałwa-Widera, PhD

e-mail: monika.galwa-widera@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-0603-6306

• waste management technologies (mainly composting)

• odor biofiltration

• searching for ecological methods of recycling broadly understood waste

• reducing waste production.

Anna Grobelak, PhD, DSc

e-mail: anna.grobelak@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-1972-9734

• bioremediation and remediation of soils; waste and sewage sludge management, innovative treatment methods and in the context of a closed loop economy.
• occurrence and removal of organic and pharmaceutical contaminants from water and soil 
• opportunities for carbon sequestration in remediated and post-mining soils to reduce climate change impacts.
• assessment of the impact of nanoparticles, biostimulation, plant growth-promoting microorganisms on environmental processes, including soil microorganisms and biodegradation processes.

Anna Grosser, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: anna.grosser@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-8011-0207

• biological methods of waste processing,

• intensification of biogas production,

• energy self-sufficiency of wastewater treatment plants,

• fate of micropollutants (e.g. pharmaceutical contaminants, nanoparticles) in wastewater treatment and sludge stabilization processes

• hydrothermal carbonization

• closed loop economy in waste management.

Szymon Hoffman, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: szymon.hoffman@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5164-6747

• environmental chemistry, environmental monitoring, and environmental statistics.

• applications of statistical methods in the field of air pollution.

• development of artificial neural networks methods for modeling air pollution concentrations.

Beata Jabłońska, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: beata.jablonska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8562-5864

• environmental engineering, and in particular the use of physical and chemical processes to remove pollutants from water and wastewater, sorption processes, water recovery and reuse in technological processes, industrial wastewater treatment, waste management and recycling, including chemical recycling of plastics

Agnieszka Jachura, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: agnieszka.jachura@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-2116-3816

• Auditing and thermal modernization of buildings, LCA analysis, heat storage technologies, installation systems and heating networks, passive buildings and constructions, proces optimization

Rafał Jasiński, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: rafal.jasinski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-3119-2482

• air quality modeling

• regression modeling of daily PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations

• air pollution, smog

Andrzej Kacprzak, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: andrzej.kacprzak@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4978-3515

• Fuel cells technology, clean coal technologies, renewable energy sources, integrated systems, fuel conversion technologies, combustion, hydropower, wind energy

Tomasz Kamizela, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: tomasz.kamizela@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-8756-0382

• Wastewater technology,

• Wastewater sludge technology,

• Recovery of products and elements from wastewater and sludge,

• Municipal and industrial wastewater sludge management.

• KAMIZELA Tomasz, WORWĄG Małgorzata, KOWALCZYK Mariusz, Environmentally Safe Method for Conditioning and Dewatering Sewage Sludge Using Iron Coagulant, Cellulose and Perlite, Energies, 2024, 17, 1, https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/17/1/134.
• KAMIZELA Tomasz, WŁODARCZYK-MAKUŁA Maria, Unit Quantities of Municipal Sewage Sludge Produced in Agglomerations Included in KPOŚK Reports, Instal, 2024, 10 (466), 10.36119/15.2024.10.7.
• KAMIZELA Tomasz, GROBELAK Anna, WORWĄG Małgorzata, Use of Acidithiobacillus Thiooxidans and Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the Recovery of Heavy Metals from Landfill Leachates, Energies, 2021, 14, 11, https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/11/3336
• KAMIZELA Tomasz, LYNG Kari-Anne, SAXEGARD Simon, SVEDOVA Barbora, GROBELAK Anna, Bionor Sewage Sludge Technology - Biomass to Fertiliser and a Soil Addition, Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.128655.
• KAMIZELA Tomasz, WORWĄG Małgorzata, Processing of Water Treatment Sludge by Bioleaching, Energies, 2020, 13, 24, https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/13/24/6539.

Beata Karwowska, PhD

e-mail: beata.karwowska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-2825-7644

• environmental chemistry, chemistry of water, wastewater, sewage sludge and soil and water treatment processes.

• environmental occurrence and transformation of heavy metals in water, sewage sludge and soil.

Urszula Kępa, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: urszula.kepa@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5456-2672

• hydraulic modeling of water supply networks,

• analysis of operating conditions of water supply networks (optimal operating parameters, water losses, failure rates).

Rafał Kobyłecki, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: rafal.kobylecki@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5367-408X

• Environmental aspects of energy conversion technologies, biochar production and application, diagnostics and design of boilers and other devices, fluidization, fuel processing, flue gas cleaning

Mariusz Kowalczyk, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: mariusz.kowalczyk@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-0766-0151

• Wastewater and sludge technology - innovative technologies

• Intensification of biological methods of sewage sludge processing, i.e. sludge preconditioning, co-digestion, co-composting

• Disposal and management of sewage sludge

• Tomasz Kamizela; Mariusz Kowalczyk; Małgorzata Worwąg; Katarzyna Wystalska; Magdalena Zabochnicka; Urszula Kępa (2024) Possibilities of Managing Waste Iron Sorbent FFH after CO₂Capture as an Element of a Circular Economy. Materials, DOI: 10.3390/ma17112725
• Katarzyna Wystalska; Mariusz Kowalczyk; Tomasz Kamizela; Małgorzata Worwąg; Magdalena Zabochnicka (2024) Properties and Possibilities of Using Biochar Composites Made on the Basis of Biomass and Waste Residues Ferryferrohydrosol Sorbent. Materials, DOI: 10.3390/ma17112646
• Mariusz Kowalczyk (2024) The Influence of the Addition of Cement and Zeolite on the Increase in the Efficiency of Sewage Sludge Dewatering in the Pressure Filtration Process. Energies, DOI: 10.3390/en17030685
• Tomasz Kamizela; Małgorzata Worwąg; Mariusz Kowalczyk (2023) Environmentally Safe Method for Conditioning and Dewatering Sewage Sludge Using Iron Coagulant, Cellulose and Perlite. Energies, DOI: 10.3390/en17010134
• Angelika Skorupa; Małgorzata Worwąg; Mariusz Kowalczyk (2022) Coffee Industry and Ways of Using By-Products as Bioadsorbents for Removal of Pollutants. Water, DOI: 10.3390/w15010112
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Iwona Kupich, PhD

e-mail: iwona.kupich@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-1686-4810

• issues related to the study of soils modified with mineral waste fertilizers and carbon sequestration in anthropogenic soils.

• waste topics, especially mineral waste management.

Anna Kwarciak-Kozłowska, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: anna.kwarciak@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-6273-5868

• physicochemical treatment of industrial wastewater

• anaerobic wastewater treatment technologies

• landfill leachate treatment methods

• removal of micropollutants from water and wastewater

Joanna Lach, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: joanna.lach@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-7230-5610

• adsorption of heavy metals on activated carbons

• kinetics, statics and thermodynamics of antibiotic adsorption on microporous carbon sorbents

• modification of activated carbons

Piotr Lis, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: piotr.lis@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5310-0895

• central heating systems

• energy saving and emission reduction in heating residential buildings

• energy efficiency of buildings

Magda Madeła, PhD 

e-mail: magdalena.madela@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-3802-3454

• issues in the field of water and wastewater treatment using activated carbons,
• pollutant sorption processes on alternative sorbents towards sustainable development.

Izabela
Majchrzak-Kucęba, Professor

e-mail: Izabela.majchrzak-kuceba@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-7746-7659

• Carbon capture, utilization and storage, pressure swing adsorption, CO2 capture and use, energy utilization, advanced sorbents, micro- and mesoporous solids, thermal analysis

Krystyna Malińska, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: krystyna.malinska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4590-5546

• waste processing, composting

• production and use of biochar

• use of carbon and nutrients in agriculture

• biodegradable and compostable foil

Robert Malmur, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: robert.malmur@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-1916-8666

• rainwater drainage methods, sustainable water management in cities

• transfer tanks

• storage tanks in systems in wastewater systems

Paweł Mirek, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: pawel.mirek@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5451-1533

• Energy conversion and storage, waste heat utilization, nuclear power plants, air distribution and hydrodynamics of fluidized beds and CFB boilers, non-invasive optical metrology for gas-solid flows

Ewa Neczaj, Professor

e-mail: ewa.neczaj@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-6900-6254

• use of biotechnological methods in engineering and environmental protection
• removal of selected micropollutants from wastewater using physical and chemical methods.

Rafał Nowak, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: rafal.nowak@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-3543-7363

• landfill leachate treatment methods
• removal of micropollutants from wastewater and landfill leachate

Ewa Okoniewska, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: ewa.okoniewska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-0998-4002

• removal of dyes using activated carbons
• adsorption of heavy metals on activated carbons
• modifications of activated carbons
  
  

Marcin Panowski, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: marcin.panowski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5773-9733

• Mathematical and numerical modelling and simulations, efficiency of electricity, heat and chill generation, waste heat recovery and utilisation, heat pumps, flue gas emission control

Agnieszka Popenda, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: agnieszka.popenda@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4971-873X

• microplastics in the environment,
• wastewater treatment,
• removal of heavy metals from wastewater and their fates in the environment
• dredging and safety management of sediments

• Popenda A., Wiśniowska E., Microplastics in sediments of selected recreational reservoirs, Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports, CEER 2022; 32 (4): 0230-0241 DOI: 10.2478/ceer-2022-0054Popenda A, Wiśniowska E., Duarte C., Biosensors in environmental analysis of microplastics and heavy metal compounds – a review on current status and challenges, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2024, 100456
  
  
• Wiśniowska E, Popenda A., Moraczewska Majkut K., Nocoń W. Microplastics removal in natural surface water coagulation process, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2024
  
  
• Popenda A., Bajdur W., Application of New Polymer Flocculants in Industrial Wastewater Treatment, Annual set the Environmental Protection, 2023,25,383-388 
   
• Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Popenda A., Wiśniowska E., Removal of emerging contaminants (ecs) and endocrine disrupting compounds (edc) from wastewater in the aspect of water protection, International Journal of Conservation Science, 2021, 12, Special Issue 1, 731-744 ISSN 2067-533X
  
  
• Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Kozak J., Popenda A., Impact of aerobic stabilization of Sewage sludge on PAHs Concentration in Reject Waters, Journal of Ecological Engineering, 2021, 22,4,27-35.
  
  
• Popenda A., Capping as in-situ alternative for contaminated sediments, Desalination and Water Treatment, 2020,199,420-433.
  
  
• Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Popenda A., Wiśniowska E., Monitoring of organic miropollutants in effluents as crucial tool of sustainable development, Problems of Sustainable Development, 2018, 191-198
  
  
• Popenda A., Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Hazard from sediments contaminated with persistence organic pollutants (POPs), Desalination and Water Treatment, 117, 2018, 318-328
  
  
• Popenda A, Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Sediments contamination with organic micropollutants:current state and perspectives, Civil and Environmental Engineering Reports CEER 2016; 21 (2): 089-107 DOI: 10.1515/ceer-2016-0025
  
  
• Popenda A., Włodarczyk-Makuła M., The application of biosurfactants into removal of selected micropollutants from soils and sediments, Desalination and Water Treatment, 57, 3, 2016, 1255 -1261, DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.996007
  
  
• Popenda A., Effect of redox potential on heavy metals and As behaviour in dredged sediments, Taylor & Francis, Desalination and Water Treatment, 52 (2014) 3918–3927 doi: 10.1080/19443994.2014.887449

Rafał Rajczyk, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: rafal.rajczyk@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-3786-4692

• Biomass utilization, fluidized bed technology, combustion processes and emission control, waste combustion and co-combustion, flue gas measurement

Krzysztof Rećko, PhD

e-mail: krzysztof.recko@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-1838-6354

• municipal and industrial waste management and treatment and management methods,

• circular economy and life cycle analysis (LCA) of products and processes,

• energy use of waste,

• fuels from waste,

• waste management at an end-of-life vehicle station,

• sewage sludge as a waste to be managed,

• waste recycling.

Agata Rosińska, Professor

e-mail: agata.rosinska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-7550-2679

• problems of environmental pollution with toxic organic compounds of soil, surface water, bottom sludge, sewage and sewage sludge,
• methodology for the determination of PCBs in sewage sludge,
• impact of water disinfection processes on changes in selected organic carbon fractions, increasing the efficiency of water treatment and the effective elimination of micropollutants in terms of preparing water for drinking and the safety of reclaimed water.

Ewa Stańczyk-Mazanek, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: ewa.stanczyk-mazanek@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-5850-3458

• microbiology of soils including its biological contamination ·

• soil contamination, its remediation and phytoremediation.

Robert Sekret, Professor

e-mail: robert.sekret@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-4694-2717

Technologies for energy conversion, distribution, storage, and energy efficiency and environmental efficiency of energy supply systems for buildings, including:

• low-temperature district heating systems - 4th and 5th generation,

• heat and cold storage using phase change materials (PCM),

• combined heat and power and hybrid energy sources for district heating, heating, and air-conditioning, 

• energy management and energy audit,

• innovative heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning installations.

   

Ewa Siedlecka, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: ewa.siedlecka@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5718-0581

• recovering useful components from waste and their alternative use in the aspect of sustainable development

• industrial waste management, recovery of matter from bio-waste, sewage treatment, and recultivation of degraded areas.

• industrial wastewater treatment and recovery of useful components from waste.

Jolanta Sobik-Szołtysek, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: jolanta.sobik-szoltysek@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-6047-6110

• problem of management of mineral waste materials and bio-waste, including the problem of waste storage

• search for the use of waste in engineering and environmental protection, as well as the problems of the spread of contamination in the ground and water environment, the reclamation of degraded areas and soil protection.

Elżbieta Sperczyńska, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: elzbieta.sperczynska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-2389-2959

• water and wastewater treatment technology

• removal and/or recovery of biogenic compounds from reject liquids, the use of hybrid processes (coagulation, oxidation, sorption) during the preparation of water for drinking and industrial purposes

• removal of natural organic matter and selected micropollutants from surface water.

Przemysław Szymanek PhD, Eng.

e-mail: przemyslaw.szymanek@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5065-9311

Michał Turski, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: michal.turski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4341-3062

• District heating, ventilation and air conditioning, renewable energy, simulation and investigation of heating and cooling systems, cities and buildings of the future, energy auditing, efficiency and storage

Dariusz Wawrzyńczak, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: dariusz.wawrzynczak@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-0162-2456

• CO2 capture, purification and utilization, adsorption technologies, solid adsorbent analysis, integration of conventional and renewable technologies, methane/hydrogen separation and storage

Ewa Wiśniowska, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: ewa.wisniowska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8931-6591

• Microplastics removal from water, wastewater and environment,

• Advanced oxidation methods in removal of macro- and micropollutants,

• Recovery of products and elements from wastewater and sludge,

Michał Wichliński, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: michal.wichlinski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0003-0522-5949

• Energy sources and resources, heat and electricity production and demand, solar and wind energy, energy storage, reactivity of solid calcium-based sorbents, mercury emission and control

Maria Włodarczyk-Makuła, Professor

e-mail: m.wlodarczyk-makula@pcz.pl
ORCID: 000-0002-3978-2420

• Water and wastewater technology – innovative technologies

• Methods of preparation of environmental samples (water, wastewater, sewage sludges, soil, plants) to determine of PAHs and other organic micropollutants;

• Analyses of changes in the concentration of PAHs in water, wastewater and sewage sludges in

  treatment plant under technical scale;

• Removal of organic micropollutants (PAHs, PCBs, AOX, pharmaceutics, endocrine disruption compounds, PFAS/PFOS) from water and from wastewater during advanced oxidation processes (photo-oxidation, catalytic oxidation) and separation of these compounds by membrane processes and adsorption process

• Fates of “emerging contaminants” in the water environment

• Desalination and Water Treatment – A member of Editorial Board

• Annual set the Environment Protection – A member of Editorial Office

• Engineering and Protection of Environment - A member of Editorial Board

• Guest Editor of Special Issue in Energies: Utilization of Renewable Energies for Waste Water Treatment (2024)

Monographs

1. Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Changes in the quantity of PAHs in wastewater and sewage sludges,Publishing of Czestochowa University of Technology, 126, 2007.
2. Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Selected organic micropollutants in waters and in soils, Environmental Engineering Comities, Polish Scientific Academy, series of Monographs, 104, 2013
3. Włodarczyk-Makuła M., Physical and Chemical Fates of organic micropollutants, Scholar-Press, 2015, Saarsbrucken, ISBN 978-3-639-85930-0
   
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Renata Włodarczyk, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: renata.wlodarczyk@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-0093-5178

• Fuel cells, hydrogen production and storage, electrolysis, solar power, corrosion processes and control, corrosion inhibitors, material engineering

Lidia Wolny, Professor

e-mail: lidia.wolny@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-7020-8523

• Sludge management in wastewater treatment plants.

• Technological systems of municipal wastewater treatment plants.

• Supporting the sludge dewatering process.

Paweł Wolski, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: pawel.wolski@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5709-1773

• rheology of sewage sludge

• ultrasonic conditioning of sewage sludge

• sewage sludge dewatering

Małgorzata Worwąg, PhD

e-mail: malgorzata.worwag@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-9029-8944

• composting and co-composting of sewage sludge and municipal waste

• disposal and management of sewage sludge

• recovery of biogenic compounds from sewage sludge and sewage

• bioleaching of heavy metals from waste and sewage

Katarzyna Wystalska, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: katarzyna.wystalska@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-8683-342X

• Thermal transformation of waste in the pyrolysis process.

• Production and properties of biochar.

• The use of biochar in pollution removal processes.

• Wystalska, K.; Grosser, A. Sewage Sludge-Derived Biochar and Its Potential for Removal of Ammonium Nitrogen and Phosphorus from Filtrate Generated during Dewatering of Digested Sludge. Energies 2024, 17, 1310. https://doi.org/10.3390/en17061310

• Wystalska, K.; Kowalczyk, M.; Kamizela, T.;Worwąg, M.; Zabochnicka, M. Properties and Possibilities of Using Biochar Composites Made on the Basis of Biomass andWaste Residues Ferryferrohydrosol Sorbent. Materials 2024, 17, 2646. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17112646

• Kamizela, T.; Kowalczyk, M.; Worwąg, M.;Wystalska, K.; Zabochnicka, M.; Kępa, U. Possibilities of ManagingWaste Iron Sorbent FFH after CO2 Capture as an Element of a Circular Economy. Materials 2024, 17, 2725. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma17112725

• Wystalska, K.; Kwarciak-Kozłowska, A.; Włodarczyk, R. Influence of Technical Parameters of the Pyrolysis Process on the Surface Area, Porosity, and Hydrophobicity of Biochar from Sunflower Husk Pellet. Sustainability 2023, 15, 394. https://doi.org/ 10.3390/su15010394

• Kacprzak,  M., Malińska,K.,  Grosser, A., Sobik-Szołtysek, J., Wystalska, K., Dróżdż, D., Jasińska, A., & Meers, E. (2023), Cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in poultry manure management technologies – environmental aspects, Critical Review in Environmental Science and Technology, 53:8, 914-938,  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10643389.2022.2096983

• Mercurio, M., Olusegun, S., J., Malinska, K., Wystalska, K., Sobik-Szoltysek, J., Dabrowska, A., Krysinski, P., Osial, M. Removal of tetracycline and rhodamine from aqueous systems by pristine biochar derived from poultry manure Desalination and Water Treatment 288 (2023) 72-86 https://doi.org/10.5004/dwt.2023.29238

• Dróżdż, D.; Malińska, K.; Wystalska, K.; Meers, E.; Robles-Aguilar, A. The Influence of Poultry Manure-Derived Biochar and Compost on Soil Properties and Plant Biomass Growth. Materials 2023, 16, 6314. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma161863148

• Wystalska, K.; Malińska, K.; Sobik-Szołtysek, J.; Dróżdż, D.; Meers, E. Properties of Poultry-Manure-Derived Biochar for Peat Substitution in Growing Media. Materials 2023, 16, 6392. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16196392

• Wystalska, K.; Kwarciak-Kozłowska, A. Utilization of Digestate from Agricultural and FoodWaste for the Production of Biochar Used to Remove Methylene Blue. Sustainability 2023, 15, 14723. https://doi.org/10.3390/su152014723

• Wystalska, K., Malińska, K., Barczak M., 2021. Poultry manure derived biochars – the impact of pyrolysis temperature on selected properties and potentials for further modifications. Journal of Sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems Volume 9, Issue 1, 1080337.  https://dx.doi.org/10.13044/j.sdewes.d8.0337

Magdalena Zabochnicka, PhD, DSc

e-mail: magdalena.zabochnicka@pcz.pl
ORCID:0000-0002-8663-6848

• innovative use of hybrid methods for removing biogenic compounds, heavy metals and dyes from industrial wastewater

• carbon dioxide capture,

• production and management of microalgae biomass

• waste management

Robert Zarzycki, PhD, Eng.

e-mail: Robert.zarzyck@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-5735-4385

• Numerical modeling and simulations, production of power and heat, diagnostics of boilers, turbines and other devices, thermodynamics, thermal treatment of solids, biochar production, waste heat reuse

Iwona Zawieja, PhD, DSc, Eng.

e-mail: iwona.zawieja@pcz.pl
ORCID: 0000-0002-4480-8736

• biogas production from sewage sludge and industrial waste

• methods for intensifying methane fermentation of sewage sludge

• conditioning of sewage sludge