Irena Baranowska Editor

Professor Dr. Bogusław Buszewski graduated at the Faculty of Mathematics-Physics-Chemistry of the Maria Curie Sklodowska University in Lublin. In 1986 he has received PhD degree at the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Slovak Technical University in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia. In 1992 he has reached the Doctor of Sciences (habilitation) degree. In 1994 he has received Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń professor position and in 1999 received the title of professor of chemistry. After MSc graduation he became an assistant in the Department of Physical Chemistry, M. Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin. Then he worked in the Department of Chemical Physics and Physic‑Chemical Separation Methods until 1994. From 1994 he began to organize his research group at the Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and became the Head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry & Ecoanalytics, later on transformed into Chair of Environmental Chemistry & Bioanalytics. Until now he takes over this function. From 2010 He is also a head of Center For Education & Research in Separation Methods & Bioanalytics BioSep.

He has been Humboldt Fellow at Tübingen University (Germany) and visiting professor at several universities in the USA, Japan, China, UK, South Africa, Austria, the Netherlands, Taiwan and in many others European countries as well. He served as a member of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences and from 2015 to 2019 He is a chairman of it. He serves also as the member of the editorial boards of 26 national and international journals and has authored or co-authored 15 books, numerous patents (most of them has been already implemented), lectures and more than 600 scientific papers (h=56). He is one of the most citied chemist in Poland (over 20 000 citations). He was awarded by numerous national and international organizations (including Doctor Honoris Causa) and supervised 45 PhD.

Prof. Buszewski is the ordinary member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, the chairman of the Central European Group for Separation Sciences (CEGSS), the president of Polish Chemical Society (2010-2014), the president of the Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum, member of steering committee of Division of Environmental Chemistry of the European Association for Chemical and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS), member of Austrian Academy of Sciences. In 2009 was elected to the board of European Society for Separation Science (EuSSS) (tenure 2009-2014) and now acts as president. In October 2007 was awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science (FNP) of prestige award Master (Mistrz)and in 2009 was awarded of the Polish Prime Minister award. He received also the award of the Ministry of Science & High Education in 2013 and received the title Doctor honoris causa of the University of SS Cyril and Methodius in Trnava. In 2015 He was awarded of the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta. In 2016 he received Medal of Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum and Bronze Medal named by Janusz Sokołowski De Chemia Gedanensi Bene Meritumi and in 2017 Medal of Societatea De Chimie Din Republica Moldova.

Main scientific interests: environmental analysis, chromatography and related techniques (HPLC, SPE, GC, CZE, adsorption, sample preparation), spectroscopy, utilization of waste and sludge, and chemometrics.

  • Theory and practice in chromatography and related techniques. Miniaturization. Methods of synthesis and characterization of a new type of column packings, chemical surface modification, stationary phases, gas chromatography (GC), high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), zone capillary electrophoresis (CZE), methods of samples preparation, e.g. by isolation and preconcentration from different biological matrices (adsorption-desorption, extraction: liquid-liquid, liquid-solid, in supercritical state, microwave technique, filtration, membrane preconcentration).
  • Analytics and chemical and biological monitoring, qualitative and quantitative determination of toxic substances and organic and non-organic xenobiotics in different matrices. Biomarkers and techniques of early cancer diagnosis. Bioaccumulation and speciation. Analytics of food products, pharmaceutical, medical-clinical, biochemical, proteomics and metabolomics with using of modern instrumental techniques in stable and field conditions: GC/MS, HS-TD-GC, P&T-GC, HPLC, LC-MS/MS, ITP, 2D CE, CZE, CEC, CZE-MS, TOC, TS, NMR.
  • Utilization and neutralization of industrial, municipal and agricultural wastes by biotechnological processes. Biogas. Nature sludge management – compost compositions. Assessment of treatement the toxicological pollution and burdensome (emission and imission) for ecosystem elements.
  • Computer methods in analytics. Chemometrics. Molecular modeling.

Professor Irena Baranowska studied pharmacy at  the Faculty of Pharmacy, Wrocław Medical University. In 1972 she received PhD  from the Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology ( Gliwice, Poland ), and in 1989 postdoctoral degree from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Maria Curie Skłodowska  University ( Lublin ). In 1997  she received the title of professor of chemistry.

Since 1993 to 2013 she was a head of the Department of Analytical Chemistry in Silesian University of Technology. She is the author and co-author  12 books , 10 national and 2 foreign:  „ Handbook of Trace Analysis” –Editor,  SPRINGER 2016; and co-author of chapter in „ Ultra – High Performance Liquid  Chromatography and Its Application”  John Wiley & Sons, Inc 2016,  about 200 scientific articles ( about 150 publ. Journal  Citation Reports ),  about  200 presentations ( including 60 in international conferences).

She has supervised 19 PhD theses, reviewer of 20 application for the title of professor, 27 habilitation dissertations , and 55 PhD theses. She took part in the short term  internships in the research and teaching visits at universities in UK, France and Spain.

She was a coordinator of the 5 –year European Union TESSA-PHARE project.  She had a 10- year cooperation with Kings  College University of London with Prof. Robert Price, 5 year cooperation with Instituto de Investigationes Biomedicas de Barcelona, and from 2008 she has cooperation with University Pammucale Denizli .

She was a v-president of the Committee of Analytical  Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Science, and at present she is a member of Presitium of Committee. In 2000 she was a president of the Organization Committee of VI Polish Conference of Analytical Chemistry.  In 2000- 2004 she was  a member of a section in the State Committee for Scientific Research (KBN ), and a member of team of experts in National Science Centre. For her work , she received numerous awards, medals and distinctions, including Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta and Ministry of Science & High Education Award.

The main research interest of Professor are bioanalytic with particular emphasis on the separation and voltammetric methods in the analysis of neurotransmitters, markers of cardiac diseases, drugs and their metabolites  in blood and urine and analysis of pharmaceuticals  in the environment.

Books published abroad:

Handbook of Trace Analysis, Fundamentals and Applications . Editor: Irena Baranowska - SPRINGER 2016

Ultra- High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Applications- Irena Baranowska - co-author of chapter, WILEY, 2016