room 104a (building H6) Phone: +48 71 320-23-83 piotr.cyganowski@pwr.edu.pl

Research interests

• Polymeric nanocomposites;
• Functional polymeric materials;
• Ion exchange resins;
• Separation and recovery of noble metals;
• Nanoparticles of transition-groups metals

Research projects

• Plasma-catalytic modules as a tool for the circular production of aromatic amines from wastes of anthropogenic origin (UMO-2023/49/B/ST8/01029); Financing institution: National Science Center (competition OPUS 25); implementation period:  Mar. 2024 r.-Mar. 2028 r. (48 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Catalytic-separation processes of nitroaromatic compounds hydrogenation with the use of multi-functional polymer nanocomposites with rhenium nanoparticles (UMO-2020/39/D/ST8/01352); Financing institution: National Science Center (competition SONATA 16); implementation period:  Jul. 2021 r.-Jul. 2024 r. (36 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Anion exchange resins for controllable synthesis of nano- and micro-partcles of noble metals (2017/01/X/ST5/01666); Financing institution:  National Science Center (competition MINIATURA 1); implementation period:  Jan. 2018 r.-Jan. 2019 r. (12 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Impregnated suspension compolymers for sorption of noble metals (order no. B50526/W-3); Financing institution: Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education; implementation period: Oct. 2015 - Sep. 2016. (12 months); role: Principal Investigator
• Application of cold atmospheric pressure plasmas generated in contact with a flowing liquid for direct degradation of antibiotics and limitation of multi-drug resistance in the natural environment (UMO-2019/35/D/ST8/04107); Financing institution:  National Science Center (competition SONATA 15); implementation period: Jun. 2020 (36 months); role: Key-Investigator (Principal Investigator: dr inż. Anna Dzimitrowicz, PWr)
• Integrated Development Program of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (ZPR PWr); Financing institution: Eurpean Social Fund, OP Knowledge Education; implementation period: Oct. 2018 r. (48 months); role: executor
• EIT KIC KAVA6,  Development of higher education of solid-liquid separations  (Pre-AMSOLI- 18487 -2019):  Financing institution: EIT Raw Materials; implementation period: Jul. 2019 r. (18 months): role: investigator (Principal Investigator: prof. Marjatta Louhi-Kultanen, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland)
• Geothermal Water Management-Energy and Water Recovery (Geotherm); Financing institution: National  Centre  for  Research  and  Development (competition POLTUR2); implementation period: Dec. 2018 r. (36 months); role: investigator (principal investigator: prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Bryjak, PWr)
• Innovative Materials for Water Treatment (CHILTURPOL2, FP7-PEOPLE-2010-IRSES); Financing institution: EU 7th Framework Programme; implementation period: May 2010 r.-May 2014 r. (48 months); role: investigator wykonawca (principal investigator: prof. dr hab. inż. Marek Bryjak, PWr)

Publications

• 2025

  • P. Cyganowski, W. Tylus, A. Dzimitrowicz, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Design and kinetic optimization of a 3D-printed packed bed reactor for high-volume continuous hydrogenation of nitroaromatic compounds and simultaneous production of aromatic amines, Chem. Eng. J. 505 (2025) 159265.
  • P. Cyganowski, J. Wolska, M.M. Marzec, A. Arabasz, A. Kinas, K. Sokolowski, P. Pohl, P. Jamróz, A. Dzimitrowicz, A. Bernasik, M. Bryjak, Hybrid membranes loaded with rhenium apparent nanoparticles for dialytically-driven hydrogenation of 4-nitrophenol and simultaneous separation of 4-aminophenol. Separation and Purification Technology (2025) 132022.

  2024

  • P. Cyganowski, W. Tylus, S. Kinas, P. Jamróz, 3D-printed packed bed reactor for continuous catalytic hydrogenation of nitroaromatic compounds, Chemical Engineering and Processing-Process Intensification  (2024) 110141
  • P. Cyganowski, Ł. Gruss, W. Skorulski, T. Kabat, P. Piszko, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, K. Pulikowski, M. Wiatkowski, Field installation of ion exchange technology for purification of retention reservoirs from nitrogen-based nutrient contamination, Journal of Water Process Engineering 59 (2024) 104959.
  • A. Kuś, A. Leśniewicz, A. Dzimitrowicz, P. Pohl, P. Cyganowski, Waste-Derived Caffeine for Green Synthesis of Rhenium Nanoparticles with Enhanced Catalytic Activity in the Hydrogenation of 4-Nitrophenol, International Journal of Molecular Sciences 25(20) (2024) 11319.
  • S. Kinas, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, P. Pohl, A. Dzimitrowicz, P. Cyganowski, On the path of recovering platinum-group metals and rhenium: A review on the recent advances in secondary-source and waste materials processing, Hydrometallurgy 223 (2024) 106222.

  2023

  • M.A. Khan, A. Dzimitrowicz, M. Caban, P. Jamroz, D. Terefinko, W. Tylus, P. Pohl, P. Cyganowski, Catalytically enhanced direct degradation of nitro-based antibacterial agents using dielectric barrier discharge cold atmospheric pressure plasma and rhenium nanoparticles, Environ. Res.  (2023) 116297.
  • P. Cyganowski, A. Dzimitrowicz, M.M. Marzec, S. Arabasz, K. Sokołowski, A. Lesniewicz, S. Nowak, P. Pohl, A. Bernasik, D. Jermakowicz-Bartkowiak, Catalytic reductions of nitroaromatic compounds over heterogeneous catalysts with rhenium sub-nanostructures, Sci. Rep. 13(1) (2023) 12789.

  2022

  • P. Cyganowski, J. Wolska, Nanocomposite membranes with Au nanoparticles for dialysis-based catalytic reduction-separation of nitroaromatic compounds, React. Funct. Polym. 170 (2022) 105119.
  • P. Cyganowski, A. Dzimitrowicz, Heterogenous Nanocomposite Catalysts With Rhenium Nanostructures for the Catalytic Reduction of 4-nitrophenol,  (2021).