room 205 (building C-6) Phone +48 71 320-32-79 izabela.polowczyk@pwr.edu.pl

Scientific interests

• dispersed systems engineering

• agglomeration and flotation

• characterization and testing of stability of suspensions, emulsions and foams

• synthesis and characterization of fine metal particles and their oxides and calcium carbonate

• practical application of (bio)surfactants and (bio)polymers

• water purification and industrial wastewater treatment

• preparations and characteristics of absorbents

• removal of heavy metals and dyes

• industrial waste management

Projects

• Project within the framework of the Municipal Programme for the Support of Cooperation of Higher Education and Science and the Sector of Economic Activity Mozart VIII with Nanopure, title: "Analysis of the influence of POLYCOR anti-corrosion additives on the properties of protective coatings", 01.10.2019-30.09.2020, project manager

• "Development of formulations of innovative car cosmetics containing functional nanomaterials" Lower Silesian Innovation Bonus, Regional Operational Programme of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship 2014-2020, 01.05.2018-31.10.2018, project manager

• "Analysis and indication of the optimal method of separation, removal and utilization of heavy metals from waste water from technological gas treatment plants", KGHM, 09.10.2018-30.09.2019, project manager

• "Development of technological assumptions for the MOGG wastewater treatment plant", KGHM, 11.07.2018-30.09.2019, project contractor

• "The role of biosurfactants in the formation of orderly micro- and nanostructures of calcium carbonate",  Sonata 2014/15/D/ST8/00544, NCN, 2015-2019, project contractor

• "Study of the influence of surface active additives on the stability and properties of colloidal systems used in construction chemicals", a project carried out with Selena Labs sp. z o.o. within the framework of the Municipal Support Program for the Cooperation of Higher Education and Science and Economic Activity Sector "Mozart IV", 01.10.2015-30.09.2016, project manager

• "Development of formulas for acrylic and silicone sealants with increased microbiological corrosion resistance based on aqueous and non-aqueous nanodispersive silver" AgNASIL, research project under the Applied Research Programme PBS3/B1/10/2015, NCBiR, 2015-2017, project contractor

Selected publications

• Polowczyk, I., Cyganowski, P., Ulatowska, J., Sawiński, W., Bastrzyk, A., Synthetic iron oxides for adsorptive removal of arsenic, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, 229 art.203(2018)1-10, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-3866-2

• Polowczyk, I., Cyganowski, P., Lorenc-Grabowska, E., Sawicki, R., Bastrzyk, A., A method of thermal and chemical activation of waste bleaching earth for preparation of a low-cost carbon-mineral adsorbent for chromium(VI) removal. Sci. Technol. 53(8)(2018)1142–1155, https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2017.1310236

• Polowczyk, I., Kruszelnicki, M., Kowalczuk, B.P. , Heterocoagulation of shale particles and bubbles in the presence of ionic surfactants, Colloids and Surfaces A, 554(2018)180-186, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.06.047

• Polowczyk, I., Cyganowski, P., Urbano, B.F., Rivas, B.L., Bryjak, M., Kabay, N., Amberlite IRA-400 and IRA-743 chelating resins for the sorption and recovery of molybdenum(VI) and vanadium(V): equilibrium and kinetic studies. Hydrometallurgy, 169(2017)496-507, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hydromet.2017.02.017

• Polowczyk, I., Bastrzyk, A., Ulatowska, J., Szczałba, E., Koźlecki, T., Sadowski, Z., Influence of pH on arsenic(III) removal by fly ash. Sci. Technol. Vol. 51, 15-16(2017)2612-2619, https://doi.org/10.1080/01496395.2016.1163610

• Polowczyk, I., Urbano, B.F., Rivas, B.L., Bryjak, M., Kabay, N., Equilibrium and kinetic study of chromium sorption on resins with quaternary ammonium and N-methyl-d-glucamine groups, Chem. Eng. J. 284(2016)395-404, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2015.09.018

• Polowczyk, I.; Bastrzyk, A.; Fiedot, M., Protein-mediated precipitation of calcium carbonate, Materials, 9(944)(2016)1-16, https://doi.org/10.3390/ma9110944