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Master's Theses

Being performed now

1. Studies of the effects of water soluble persistent organic pollutants on the physicochemical properties of model biomembranes
2. Studies on the influence of selected environmental factors onto the organization of stratum corneum lipids in two-dimensional model systems.
3. Studies on the influence of selected heavy metal ions onto the properties of model membranes of human skin cells.
4. The influence of lead(II) ions in the presence of Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) on membranes of hyperaccumulator plants - the studies in model systems in terms of the role of EDTA as the compound increasing the potential of plants in phytoremediation of metals from the environment.
5. Analysis of seasonal changes of physical and chemical parameters of water quality in Bagry Lake (Zalew Bagry).
6. Extraction of heavy metals: cadmium, lead and zinc from soils using selected chelating agents.

Performed in recent years

2017

7. Studies of the effects of the incorporation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to model biomembranes on the phospholipase A2 activity.
8. The investigations on the effectivity of the incorporation of eucalyptol as natural pesticide into the monolayers formed from structurally different lipids of bacteria and fungi membranes.
9. The influence of temperature on the effect of limonene on bacteria model membranes in the context of optimization of the conditions of the application of natural essential oil inhibiting of microbial biofilm development in food industry.
10. Evaluation of the effect of cadmium salts addition on the distribution of this metal in particular soil forms.
11. Determination of the possibility of using various methods of aromatic hydrocarbons' extraction from bee samples for analytical purpose

2015

12. Comparison of the influence of natural indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) and synthetic 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) plant hormone on the biological membrane lipids in the context of environmental risks connected with application of plant growth regulators.
13. Raman spectroscopy in analysis of new generation hybryd layers for medical purposes.
14. Nanostructured materials for thermoelectric applications.
15. Inhibitions of enzyme urease. Phosphate buffer. Temperature relations.
16. Inhibition of the enzyme urease. Boric acid. Temperature relations.

2013

17. Studies of the interactions of pentacyclic triterpenes and membrane steroids in Langmuir monolayers.
18. Analytical problems in the selenium examination using atomic spectrometry techniques.
19. The characteristic of paramagnetic centers in seeds of oat varieties resistant and sensitive to oxidative stress.
20. The characteristics of paramagnetic centers in seeds of barley varieties resistant and sensitive to oxidative stress.
21. The influence of ozonation on generation of stable radicals in wheat grains of different resistance to oxidative stress.

2012

22. Pyrite in the wastes of the metallurgical industry as a potential source of the environment contamination.
23. Monitoring of water quality by measurements the bubble velocity.