Stanowisko: Profesor badawczo - dydaktyczny
Pokój: 32b
Telefon: 42 631 35 22
E-Mail: ewa.liwarska-bizukojc@p.lodz.pl
Professional career
2017 Full-professor title granted by the President of Republic of Poland
2009 DSc degree, Faculty of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Silesian University of Technology, Poland. DSc thesis: “Effect of the selected surfactants on activated sludge”.
2001 PhD degree, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Poland, PhD thesis: “Kinetics of aerobic biodegradation of organic waste suspensions in bioreactors“; supervisor: Prof. S. Ledakowicz
1996 MSc degree, Department of Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Employment
2016 till now Associate Professor at Institute of Environmental Engineering and Civil Installations, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
2011-2016 Associate Professor at Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
2006 Assistant Professor at Institute of Leather Industry, Łódź, Poland, employment duration: 6 months
2001-2011 Assistant Professor at Institute of Environmental Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
Scientific activities
Five the most important papers from 2016 to 2020:
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Liwarska-Bizukojć E., Ślęzak R., Klink M., Study on wastewater toxicity using ToxTrak™ method. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 23, 911015 - 91113, 2016. DOI 10.1007/s11356-016-6096-4.
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Liwarska-Bizukojc E., Olejnik D., Delbeke E.I.P., Van Geem K.M., Stevens Ch. V.: Evaluation of biological properties and fate in the environment of a new class of biosurfactants. Chemosphere, 200, 561-568, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2018.02.145
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Liwarska-Bizukojć E., Gałamon M., Bernat P. Kinetics of Biological Removal of the Selected Micropollutants and Their Effect on Activated Sludge Biomass. Water, air and soil pollution, 229, 356, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11270-018-4015-7
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Liwarska-Bizukojć E. Nano‑ and microparticles‑induced effect on activated sludge
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properties. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 16, 8663-8670, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-019-02496-z
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Liwarska-Bizukojć E., Olejnik D. Activated sludge community and flocs morphology in response to aluminum oxide particles in the wastewater treatment system, Journal of Water Process Engineering, 38, 101639, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2020.101639
Participation in scientific projects
2019 till now Developing and Implementing Sustainability-Based Solutions for Bio-Based Plastic Production and Use to Preserve Land and Sea Environmental Quality in Europe (BIO-PLASTICS EUROPE) no. 860407
2011-2015 Development project from The National Centre for Research and Development, Poland, “Elaboration of automated procedures for monitoring of activated sludge in wastewater treatment plants”, NR14-0004-10
2009-2012 Research grant from State Ministry of Science, Poland, “Implementation of biochemical engineering principles to wastewater treatment modeling”, N N209 102 637
2008-2009 International research grant from Government of Flanders „Material, energy and water management in industrial parks: industrial symbiosis”, KUL_3E071264
2007-2009 Research grant from State Ministry of Science, Poland, “Research on technical and organisational conditions for building of symbiotic relations in eco-industrial parks in Poland. Design of eco-industrial parks”, R11 019 02
1999-2001 Research grant from State Committee for Scientific Research, Poland, “Kinetics of aerobic biodegradation of organic fraction of household waste”, 3T09C08017
Scientific experience home and abroad
2012 till now cooperation with Department of Sustainable Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Belgium
2007-2009 three study visits at eco-industrial parks in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands
2006 DAAD Fellowship for Postdocs, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, Chair of Chemical and Process Engineering, supervisor Prof. M. Kraume
2004 Advanced Course on Environmental Biotechnology, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, 16th-25th June
2003 Foundation for Polish Science In-Country Outgoing Fellowship at Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Silesian University of Technology, Poland, supervisor Prof. K. Miksch, research at Ecotoxicology Laboratory
2000 Chemical Engineering International Summer School, University of Dortmund, Department of Chemical Engineering, Germany, 10th July-19th August
Awards
2013 Award of professor scholarship by Rector of Lodz University of Technology
2010 Award for scientific achievements of Polish Academy of Sciences and Conference of Rectors of Public
Universities of the city of Lodz
2007 Winner in 1st Competition for DSc projects by Rector of Technical University of Lodz
1998 Award for Outstanding Paper Presentation entitled “Aerobic biodegradation of municipal waste organic
fraction and wastewater sewage sludge in bioreactors”, Fourth International Symposium and Exhibition on
Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, Warsaw
Citation data (Web of Science Core collection; January 2020)
Sum of the times cited: 556
h-index: 15
Teaching activities
Most important courses:
Environmental biotechnology - lecture (in Polish)
Environmental biotechnology and chemistry - lecture and seminar (in Polish)
Wastewater treatment technology - lecture (in Polish)
Environmental management - lecture and seminar (in Polish)
Advances in wastewater treatment processes - lecture and seminar (in English)
Environmental protection - lecture (in English)
Additional teaching experience
2002-2017 Lecturer at Postgraduate Study “Sustainable development in the industrial company”, Lodz University of Technology, Poland. Subject “Waste management”
Organisational activities
2018 till now Section Editor of “Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S”
2017-2019 Deputy Director of Institute of Environmental Engineering and Building Installations, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
2011-2018 member of the Editorial Board of “Environment and Pollution”
2011-2015 Head of Division of Environmental Protection, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
2010-2011 Head of Division of Urban Systems Toxicology, Lodz University of Technology, Poland