Adress: 
University of Warmia and Mazury
Department of Chemistry
Pl. Łódzki 4
10-957 Olsztyn
Poland

Head: prof. Lech Smoczyński
e-mail: lechs@uwm.edu.pl

Major research areas and directions of interests

- electrocoagulation, chemical treatment, aggregation and flocculation of model wastewater
- fractal characteristics of the structure of model and real sludge aggregates
- effects of chemical steps on the activity and efficiency of activated sludge
- anoxic conditions as a way for preventing odor emission
- study of bioaccumulation processes of organic xenobiotics by chromatographic methods
- physical and chemical analyses of processes occurring in the soil environment
- study of gas transportation in the soil
- calorimetric study of the metabolic activity of plants
- calorimetric study of the thermo-kinetics of the composting process
- phytoremediation analyses - heavy metal uptake by cultivated plants
- effects of some chelate structures on microelement assimilability by plants
- study of the antioxidant properties of selected plants
- use of lipid bi- and monolayers supported on metal for electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- electrochemical methods for antioxidant potential measurements in selected plants
- flow analysis with potentiometric, amperometric, capacitometric, spectrophotometric, chemiluminometric and electrochemiluminometric detection methods
- applications of polymeric liquid membranes
- synthesis, properties and identification of organic carbocyclic compounds considered potential muta- and carcinogens.


Major publications

 

Last modifications: February 8, 2012