Katarzyna Zięba

Katarzyna Zięba

Ph.D. in Chemistry (2009)

phone: 12 686 2566
e-mail: kzieba@chemia.uj.edu.pl
duty hours: Wednesday 12.00 pm - 1.00 pm

adjunct in Department of Environmental Chemistry



Research interest:
  • study on concentrations of environmental pollutants in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and red mason bees (Osmia biscornis) in cooperation with the University of Agriculture in Cracow
  • study on sorption of monocyclic and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by synthetic zeolites (in cooperation with AGH University of Science and Technology)
Selected papers:
  • Removal of BTEX and hexane by organo-zeolites: The influence of surfactants’ carbon chain length on the sorption process, Desalination and Water Treatment in press
  • Experimental Study on the Removal of VOCs and PAHs by Zeolites and Surfactant-Modified Zeolites, Energy & Fuels, 2017, 31 (8), 8803–8812
  • BTX sorption on Na-P1 organo-zeolite as a process controlled by the amount of adsorbed HDTMA, Microporous and Mesoporous Materiale, 2015, 202, 115-123
  • Soil pollution with heavy metals in industrial and agricultural areas: a case study of Olkusz district, Journal of Elementology, 2015, 20(2), 353-362
Awards:
  • Commendation for the PhD thesis (2009)