room 12 (building C-6) Phone +48 71 320-24-02 anna.bastrzyk@pwr.edu.pl

Scientific interests

• Biomimetic synthesis/Bio-mineralization of calcium salts
• Biomimetic organic-inorganic hybrid materials
• (Bio)surfactants and (bio)polymers
• Nanoparticles synthesis and characterization
• Colloidal systems characterization
• Wastewater treatment
• Nutrients recycling

Research projects

• „Development of technological assumptions for the construction of a process water purification station at the raw material recovery plant in Lubin” financed by KGHM Metraco S.A. (08.2022-06.2023) – as a principal investigator.
• Project No. UMO- 2016/21/D/ST8/01713 “Synthesis and physicochemical and mechanical characterization of three-dimensional composite structures laden with antimicrobial agents” funded by National Science Center  (2017-2022) – as a contractor.
• Project No. POIR.04.01.04-00-0047/18 “Towards the circular economy - technologies of water and nutrients recovery from the secondary effluent” co-financed by the National Centre for Research and Development and the European Union under the Smart Growth Operational Programme 2014-2020 (2019-2022; company partner: Municipal Water and Sewage Company S.A. in Wroclaw) – as a contractor.
• Project No. UMO-2014/15/D/ST8/00544 “Role of biosurfactants in the formation of ordered micro- and nano-structures of calcium carbonates” funded by National Science Center  (2015-2019) – as a project manager.
• Project No. PBS3/B1/10/2015 “Development of formulas of acrylic and silicone sealants with increased resistance to microbiological corrosion based on water and non-water nanodispersion of silver” funded by the National Centre for Research and Development, (2013-2014)- as a contractor.

Selected publications

• Godek, A. Bastrzyk, U. Maciołek, J. Orzeł, E. Grządka, How does the type of background electrolyte change the flocculation effectiveness of κ-carrageenan towards nanoclay? Research on the mechanisms involved, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 375(2023),121382, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121382
• Dawiec-Liśniewska, D. Podstawczyk, A. Bastrzyk, K. Czuba, K. Pacyna-Iwanicka, O.V. Okoro, A. Shavandi, New trends in biotechnological applications of photosynthetic microorganisms, Biotechnology Advances 59(2022), 107988, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biotechadv.2022.107988
• K. Matusiak, E. Grządka, A. Bastrzyk, Removal of hazardous oxide nanoparticles by the biopolymer flocculation in the presence of divalent salt, Chemical Engineering Journal 423(2021), 130264, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148266
• K. Czuba, A. Bastrzyk, A.P. Rogowska, K.L. Janiak, K.D. Pacyna, N.M. Kossińska, M. Kita, P. Chrobot, D. Podstawczyk, Towards the circular economy - a pilot-scale membrane technology for the recovery of water and nutrients from secondary effluent, Science of the Total Environment 791(2021), 148266, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.130264
• Bastrzyk, M. Fiedot-Toboła, H. A. Maniak, I. Polowczyk, G. Płaza, Surfactin as a green agent controlling the growth of porous calcite microstructures. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 21(2020), 5526, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21155526
• K. Matusiak, E. Grządka, A. Bastrzyk, Stabilizing properties of fucoidan for the alumina suspension containing the cationic surfactant, Carbohydrate Polymers 245(2020), 116523, 1-8. ​
• Podstawczyk, A. Pawłowska, A. Bastrzyk, M. Czeryba, J. Oszmiański, Reactivity of (+)-catechin with copper(II) ions: the green synthesis of size-controlled sub-10nm copper nanoparticles, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 7(2019) 17535-17543. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acssuschemeng.9b05078
• Bastrzyk, M. Fiedot-Toboła, I. Polowczyk, K. Legawiec, G. Płaza, Effect of a lipopeptide biosurfactant on the precipitation of calcium carbonate, Colloids and Surfaces B-Biointerfaces 174(2019)145-152. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0927776518307859