Curriculum Vitae

Born in Przeczów, Poland in 1950. In 1973 graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Technical University Politechnika Krakowska in Cracow. In 1978 received his Ph.D. from the Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw and in 1986 his D.Sc. (Habilitation) from the same institution. In 1994 he became full Prof.. He was employed during 1973-74 at the Institute of Petroleum Technology, Cracow as Assistant. Then he moved to the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow where he was a Ph.D. student during the period 1974-78. In 1978 he was employed at the Institute as research associate, in 1982 as assistant Prof., in 1987 as associate Prof. and from 1994 until present as full Prof.. He has been the deputy Director for scientific matters of the Institute from 1990 until now.

He published over 115 papers including two chapters in the monograph “Interface Segregation and Related Processes in Materials“, edited by J.Nowotny in 1991. He was the member of the Editorial Board of “Colloids and Surfaces B.Biointerfaces“, “Journal of Colloid and Interface Science" and presently of “Advances in Colloid and Interface Science". For his outstanding achievements he received in 1995 was the Scientific Award of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

Besides many short visits to various research institutes in the world he also paid long-term visits: 1979-82 to the McGill University, Montreal, Canada (post-Dral fellow), 1989-90 to Essen University, Essen, Germany (A. von Humboldt research fellow), 1993 to the same University (visiting Prof.) and 1998 to Institute Charles Sadron, Strasbourg, France (visiting Prof.).

Main scientific interests: colloid dynamics and stability, mechanisms and kinetics of irreversible adsorption at solid/liquid interfaces, adsorption of ionic surfactants at free interface, surface elasticity, double-layer electrostatic interactions between particles, electrokinetic phenomena and particle motion in electric fields.

1. Kinetics of Localized Adsorption of Colloid Particles, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 48, 151 (1994).
2. Role of Electrostatic Interactions in Particle Adsorption, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci. 63, 41 (1996).
3. Random Sequential Adsorption on Partially Covered Surfaces, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 9851 (1998).
4. Application of the DLVO Theory for Particle Deposition Problems, Adv.Colloid Interface Sci. 83, 137 (1999).
5. Role of Convection in Particle Deposition at Solid Surfaces, Colloids Surfaces A: 165, 157 (2000).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1948. He received B.S. and M.S.(1972) degrees in Oil and Gas Technology from the Faculty of Industrial Chemistry of the Technical University of Cracow, Ph D.(1979) and D.Sc.(1989) degrees in Chemical Technology of Carbon from the Technical University of Wrocław. Starting from 1973 he has been worked in University of Mining and Metallurgy (from 1999 as full Prof.). In 1996-99 he was Deputy Dean for Research in Faculty Fuels and Energy. Since 1992 he has been a Head of Adsorption Engineering and Technology Department.

Prof. B. Buczek published over 200 papers, communications and posters as well as expert’s reports for science and industry. In addition, he has published 3 chapters in polish and international monographs. For his achievements he was awarded three times by the Polish Ministry of Higher Education and ten times by the Rector of University of Mining and Metallurgy. He is a member of International Adsorption Society, American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Polish Chemical Society. He completed research stays abroad (Bradford University, Chemical Engineering Department, UK, Gas and Oil Institute, Moscow, Russia) and visited Monash University, Chemical Engineering Department, Melbourne (Australia) as “visiting research fellow".

Main scientific interest: Characterisation of structural inhomogeneities in porous media. Carbonaceous adsorbents in science and engineering, air and water treatment and purification using adsorption techniques. Hydrodynamics and mass transfer in a fixed and fluidised bed.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Lublin in Poland in 1965. Studies of chemistry in the Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin in 1984-1989. Individual course of studies supervised by Prof. Władysław Rudziński (the course included some mathematical subjects with the view of their applicability in the future work). Scholarships awarded by the Minister for National Education in 1988 and 1989. The prize awarded by the Minister for Labour and Social Policy for the achievements during the studies in 1989. The first prize in the competition for the best paper on the surface physicochemistry, organized by the Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow Division (Committee for Surface Physicochemistry) in 1989.

Employed as an assistant in the Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in 1989-1993. Awarded by the Foundation for Polish Science in 1993. Obtained Ph.D. degree after presentation of the Dral thesis supervised by Prof. Władysław Rudziński in 1993. Prize awarded for Ph.D. thesis by the Minister for National Education in 1995. One year stay in the Laboratoire Environnement et Mineralurgie CNRS, Nancy in France (grant by the Foundation for Polish Science). Habilitation research grant by Maria Curie Sklodowska University in 1999-2000. First Degree Team Prize by the Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University for the series of papers on calorimetric effects accompanying ion adsorption at the metal oxide/electrolyte interface in 1999. 4-month stay in the Laboratoire Environnement et Mineralurgie CNRS, Nancy in France (Senior Scientist Fellowship – grant by Ministry of Research of French Government) in 2001.

Main scientific interest: Theoretical description of ion adsorption at the electrolyte/oxide surface interface. The result of the investigations is over 40 original papers.

1. R.Charmas, W.Piasecki, W.Rudziński, Four Layer Complexation Model for Ion Adsorption at Electrolyte/Oxide Interface: Theoretical Foundations, Langmuir, 1995, 11, p.3199-3210.
2. R.Charmas, W.Piasecki, Four Layer Complexation Model for Ion Adsorption at Electrolyte/Oxide Interface: Interrelation of Model Parameters, Langmuir, 1996, 12, p.5458-5465.
3. R.Charmas, Calorimetric Effects of Simple Ion Adsorption at the Metal Oxide/Electrolyte Interfaces: An Analysis Based on the Four Layer Complexation Model, Langmuir, 1998, 14, p.6179-6191.
4. R.Charmas, Four-Layer Complexation Model for Ion Adsorption at Energetically Heterogeneous Metal Oxide/Electrolyte Interfaces, Langmuir, 1999, 15, p.5635-5648.
5. W.Rudziński, W.Piasecki, R.Charmas, G.Panas, Calorimetric Effects Accompanying Ion Adsorption at the Charged Metal Oxide/Electrolyte Interfaces: Effects of the Correlations Between the Binding-to-Surface Energies of Various Surface Complexes, Advances in Colloid and Interface Science, 2002, 95, p.95-143.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1943. He studied Chemistry (1962-67) at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Lublin, Poland) and was graduated in 1967 receiving M.Sc. Then, he was employed at the Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry UMCS, where he received Ph.D in 1973, D.Sc in 1981 (habilitation) and title of the Prof. of chemistry in 1989 . In 1987-89 he was v-director of the Institute of Chemistry UMCS and at present he is head of the Chair of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry UMCS. He is also co-chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Agrophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences (Lublin) and a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology, Polish Chemical Society, European Colloid and Interface Society and Adhesion Science Society. In 1989-1990 he was visiting research Prof. at the Department of Chemistry, Baylor University (Waco, Texas) and in 1991-1992 on sabbatical at the Department of Applied Physics, Faculty of Science, Granada University (Granada, Spain). He also visited for a short term University of Groningen (The Netherlands), University of Jaen and Badajoz (Spain), University of Minho (Braga, Portugal), and University of Zagreb (Croatia).

He published over 120 papers in professional journals and books. He was also a member of the International Advisory Committee of 9^th and 10^th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution (1992, Varna, Bulgaria, and 1994, Caracas, Venezuela) and 1st International Congress on Adhesion Science and Technology (1995, Amsterdam, The Netherlands). At present he is a member of the Committee of 13^th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, to be held in Gainesville, Florida, June 11-16, 2000.

Main scientific interest: Interfacial phenomena at solid-liquid, solid-gas, and liquid-liquid interfaces, electrochemical phenomena, surface and interfacial free energy, its components and their experimental determination, suspensions, emulsions, stability of the dispersed systems, effects of the external fields (high frequency electric and magnetic) on the properties of the dispersed systems, adhesion, wetting, flotation, stability of the disperssed systems.

He received several awards of the Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

1. Changes in the zeta potential of colloidal titanium dioxide after exposure to a radiofrequency electric field using a circulating sample, Colloids Surfaces A: R. Hunter Festschrift, 141, 67-72 (1998).
2. Surface free energy, adsorption and zeta potential in leacril/tannic acid system, Langmuir, 14, 5237-5244 (1998).
3. Zeta potential, effective diameter and multimodal size distribution in oil/water emulsion, Colloids Surfaces A., 159, 253-261 (1999).
4. Thin layer wicking – a method for the acid-base free energy interactions determination, In: Acid-Base Interactions; Relevance To Adhesion, (K.L. Mittal Ed.), VSP, Amsterdam (1999).
5. Surface free energy components and adhesion of bacteria to limestone and basalt as the support materials. Colloids Surfaces B., 12, 69-75 (1998).
6. Aqueous suspension of fumed oxides: particle size distribution and zeta potential, Adv. Colloid Interface Sci., in press.

Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Jerzy Choma was born in 1952, Lublin, Poland. He studied chemistry at the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw and graduated from this school in 1978. The Ph.D. and Sc.D. degrees he obtained in 1981 and 1985, respectively. The Prof. title he received in 1994. Since 1995 he is vice-chairman of the Chemistry Department of the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw. Also, he has the colonel rank in the Polish Army. His major scientific interest include experimental and theoretical studies of nanoporous carbonaceous adsorbents on the basis of gas- and liquid phase adsorption data. He authored or co-authored about 200 publications, over 60 presentations and co-authored the monograph Active Carbon (Ellis Horwood, Ltd., 1991).

Since 1986 he has a fruitful collaboration with Prof. Mietek Jaroniec from Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. Since 1992 he is member of the Committee of the Interfacial Chemistry of the Polish Chemical Society. His short-term visit included: Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Academy of Science (Russia), University of Leipzig (Germany) and Kent State University (USA).

Main scientific interests: Theoretical description of adsorption of single gas of active carbons, adsorption characterization of structural and surface properties of active carbons, preparation and properties of modified and impregnated active carbons, equilibria of gas and liquid adsorption on energetically heterogeneous solid surfaces.

1. Monitoring changes in surface and structural properties of porous carbons modified by different oxidizing agents, Journal Colloid & Interface Science, 214, 438 (1999).
2. Comparative analysis of simple and advanced sorption methods for assessment of microporosity in activated carbons, Carbon, 36, 1447 (1998).
3. Characterization of geometrical and energetic heterogeneities of active carbons by using sorption measurements in Equilibria and dynamics of gas adsorption on heterogeneous solid surfaces (W. Rudziński, W.A. Steele, G. Zgrabilch eds.), Elsevier, 715 (1997).
4. Critical discussion of simple adsorption methods used to evaluate the micropore size distribution, Adsorption, 3, 209 (1997).
5. Energetic and structural heterogeneity of synthetic microporous carbons, Langmuir, 13, 1026 (1997).

Curriculum Vitae

Degrees: 1979: master degree, Theoretical Physics Department, Warsaw University, supervisor: Prof. J. Piasecki; 1986: Ph. D. degree, Institute of Chemical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, supervisor: Prof. J. Piasecki; 1994: habilitation, Institute of Chemical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences.

PostDral positions: 1987: Institute of Theoretical Physics, Trondheim University, Norway, host Prof.s – P. C. Hemmer, E. H. Hauge and J. S. Høye. Fellowship granted by Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. 1988: DEpartment of Physics, University in Essen, Germany, host Prof. – H. W. Diehl. Fellowship granted by Alexander von Humboldt – Foundation.

Short-time visits: University in Essen, Germany, April and August 1989, March-April 1990, October 1991, September 1996. University P. M. Curie, Paris, France, October 1996. Technical University in Berlin, Germany, November 1996. State University of New York and Stony Brook, February 1999.

Awards: Secretary of the Polish Academy of Sciences Award, 1985; Awards in the yearly ranking “The best publications in the Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences" for papers presented below.

Main scientific interests: Statystical Mechanics of fluids and soft matter; interface; restricted geometry; complex and structured fluids, including electroemulsions; phase transitions and critical phenomena in complex fluids; ionic fluids.

1. . Local Structure of Microemulsion, J. Chem. Phys., 100, 8315-8319 (1994)
2. Description of the Geometrical and Topological Structure in Amphiphilic systems, Phys. Rev. E, 52, 596-601 (1995)
3. Critical Adsorption in the Undersaturated Regime, Scaling and Exact Results in the Ising Strip, J. Chem. Phys. 108, 5913 (1997)
4. Surface Phenomena for Lamellar Phases of Microemulsions, Europhys. Lett., 45, 495-500 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1949. In 1972 graduated (M.Sc. in Chemistry) from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. In 1979 received his Ph.D degree in Technical University in Wroclaw. D.Sc. degree (Hab.) he received in 1990 in Maria Curie – Sklodowska University in Lublin.

Starting from 1972 he has been worked in University of Mining and Metallurgy (from 1994 until now as Associate Prof.). In 1990-93 and 1996-99 he was Deputy Dean for Education in your Faculty. Since 1993 he has been a Head of Department of Basic Adsorption Problems and Physicochemistry of Mineral Sorbents.

He published over 130 papers, communications and posters as well as expert’s reports for science and industry. For his achievements he was awarded two times by the Polish Ministry of Higher Education and eight times by the Rector of University of Mining and Metallurgy.

He is a member of International Adsorption Society, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and Polish Chemical Society. He completed research stays abroad (Technical University of Bratislava, Gas and Oil Institute, Moscow) and visited Institute for Transformation and Storage of Energy in Messina (Italy) as “visiting Prof.".

Main scientific interests: Theoretical and experimental problems of surface science (adsorption phenomena, methods of preparation and characterisation of adsorbents, kinetics of adsorption, supercritical adsorption), application of adsorbents for environmental processes, adsorbents in energy storage systems, adsorption at high pressures (gaseous fuels storage by adsorption).

1. Apparatus for investigation of adsorption equilibria and kinetics at elevated pressures, Adsorption Science & Technology, 14(2) 77- 82 (1996).
2. Adsorption equilibria and kinetics of vapours on the modified chabazite, Adsorption Science & Technology, 14(2) 83-88 (1996).
3. Optimization of adsorptive storage system for natural gas, Fundamentals of Adsorption (ed. M.Douglas LeVan), pp. 227-234, Kluwer Academic Publishers-Boston/Dordrecht/London, Massachussetts 1996.
4. Molecular sieving properties of carbonaceous adsorbents, Process Technology Proceedings, 11 (ed. by E.V.Vansant), pp. 293-299, Elsevier 1994.
5. Adsorption of Water Vapours in Natural and Modified Zeolites, Fundamentals of Adsorption (ed. M.Suzuki), pp. 121-127, Kodansha, Tokyo 1993.
6. Some aspects of sorbent containing systems for natural gas storage, Indian Journal of Technology, 29 (5), 266 (1991).
7. Technological computations of frontal modes in adsorption separation of multicomponent mixtures, Chemical Engineering Science, 1990, 45 (4), 927 (1990).
8. Preformed zeolite products to be used in adsorption heat pumps. Preparation methodology and adsorption measurements, Adsorption Science & Technology, 7(3), 163 (1990).
9. Virial-type thermal equation of gas-solid adsorption, Chemical Engineering Science, 44 (4), 797 (1989).
10. Improvement of methane storage capacity for active carbons, Adsorption Science & Technology, 1987, 4 (4), 217.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1947. After graduation from te Institute of Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in June 1970, he was employed in the Department of Physical Chemistry as an assistant. In 1976 received his PhD degree and was employed in the Department of Theoretical Chemistry as a lecturer. From April 1986 to March 1992 he held the position of associate Prof.. On March 1st 1992 he was appointed a Prof. of MCS-University. From September 1987 to February 1989 he held the position of a Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry and next – within one year – he held the position Vice-Dean of the Chemistry Faculty. From September 1990 to August 1996 he held the position of Dean of the Chemistry Faculty. On July 1st 1997 obtained his scientific title: Prof. of chemistry. He is a member of the following societies: Polish Chemical Society, American Chemical Society, International Adsorption Society and International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists. He is also a member of IUPAC - and he has been appointed as Associate Member of the Commission on Colloid and Surface Chemistry Including Catalysis for the term 2000-2001. He is a member of the Committee Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

He was involved in several projects aiming at theoretical description of adsorption processes occurring at gas-solid, liquid-solid interfaces and theoretical studies of gas and liquid chromatographic analysis methods. He published over 120 papers and edited two monographs: Adsorption on New and Modified Inorganic Sorbents (Elsevier 1997), Adsorption and Its Applications in Industry and Environmental Protection (Elsevier, 1999). He is the member of Advisory Board of Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.

For his outstanding scientific achievements, he was awarded five times by the Polish Ministry of Education and twelve times by the Rector of Maria Curie - Sklodowska University. He has several s cientific visits in many Universities and Laboratories (USA, France, Germany, Japan, China, Hungary, Russia, Ukraine) and he gave also keynote and invited lectures during international conferences and symposia (Belgium, Israel, China, Hungary, Portugal).

Main scientific interest: Theory of single and mixed gas adsorption on solid surfaces, theory of liquid adsorption on solid surfaces, theory of solid/liquid adsorption chromatography, preparation and investigation of new adsorbents for adsorption and chromatography, practical aspects of adsorption and related domains.

1. Monte Carlo Simulation of Silica Surface Dehydroxylation in Non-Isothermal Conditions, Langmuir, 13, 928 (1997)
2. A New Approach to Determination of the Surface Phase Capacity in Liquid Adsorption on Homogeneous Surfaces, Langmuir, 13, 3464 (1997)
3. Adsorption, its Development and Applications for Practical Purposes, in: Adsorption and its Applications in Industry and Environmental Protection, Applications in Industry ( A. Dabrowski , ed.) , Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1999
4. Application of Comparative Method for Estimating Microporosity of Porous Solids in Adsorption from Solutions, J. Porous Materials, 8, 387 (2000)

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Faculty of Fuels and Energy

AGH - University of Science and Technology (formerly: University of Mining and Metallurgy)

Kraków 30-059 Poland

Al. Mickiewicza 30

Tel. (12) 617-2117, Fax (12) 617-2066

E-mail: jdu@ia.agh.edu.pl

Curriculum Vitae

Born on April 12, 1949 in Chelm in eastern part of Poland; my parents were teachers in an elementary school. The school education I began in 1955 in Chelm city. There I also graduated the high school and in 1966 I entered the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin, the faculty of the mathematics, physics and chemistry. In July 1971 I started to work at Department of Pharmacology of Medical Academy in Lublin. In 1972 I began my work at Department of Physical Chemistry of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Since 1972 my main research job are interfacial phenomena, adsorption and chromatography. Adsorption from the liquid phase was the subject of my Ph. D. Thesis in 1980. In 1981 I have got a grant from Scientific Education Agreement and I spent nine months at Department of Analytical Chemistry at University of Amsterdam. Main field of interest is up to now the adsorption from gas and liquid phase, preparation and characterization of new types of porous solids including organic polymers. In 1998 I have received the title and position of Prof. at my parent university. Currently I am head of Department of Adsorption and Planar Chromatography. All together I have published about 180 research papers mainly in international journals. For my scientific achievements, I was awarded two times by the Polish Ministry of Education and seven times by the President of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University. Scientific Committee of Carbon Black Conference in Mulhouse also awarded me for presentation of research results.

1. Characterization of mesopores using temperature programmed desorption, American Laboratory, 5 16 (1995)
2. Adsorption from ternary liquid mixtures on partially dehydroxylated silica gel, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 180 371 (1996)
3. Characterization of modified active carbons by adsorption of pure water and benzene vapours and ternary liquid mixture benzene + diethyl ketone + n-heptane, Langmuir, 13 1225 (1997)
4. Thermogravimetric analysis of the porosity at isobaric conditions, Colloids Surfaces A, 134 343 (1998)
5. Adsorption from the liquid phase on silica gels of various structural heterogeneity, Langmuir, 15 6103 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1958. In 1983 graduated from The Faculty of Chemistry and Technical Physics of the Military Technical Academy in Warsaw. He received his Ph.D. in 1991 there. In 1991 he was promoted to the post of a lecturer in The Institute of Chemistry and Defence against Chemical Warfare at The Military Technical Academy. He lectures on the subjects entitled Equipment for Protection against Chemical Contamination and Defence against Chemical Warfare. He is a co-author and author of approximately 50 papers and has participated in over ten international scientific conferences.

Main Scientific interests: His main research interests are in inverse gas chromatography, regeneration of carbon and non-carbon adsorbents by means of supercritical fluids, static and dynamic adsorption from gaseous phase, testing of the porous structures of carbon and non-carbon adsorbents by chromatographic and static methods and modification of properties of active carbons for catalyst support purposes.

1. Chromatographic Determination of the Physico-Chemical Parameters of Adsorption on Active Carbons, J. Chromatogr., 556, 441 (1991).
2. Chromatographic Determination of the Physico-Chemical Parameters of Adsorption on Activated Carbon Fibres, J. Chromatogr., 600, 67 (1992).
3. Application of Kováts Retention Indices for Investigation of Adsorption Properties of Activated Carbons, J. Chromatogr. A, 782, 87 (1997).
4. A New Method of Calculating Kováts Retention Indices for Substances Chromatographed on Carbon Adsorbents, Adsorption Science & Technology 17(1), 1 (1999).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1947. In 1968 graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of Jagiellonian University in Kraków. In 1975 received her Ph.D. at the Department of Physical Chemistry at Jagiellonian University in Kraków. Since 1975 she has worked at University of Mining and Metallurgy at the former Institute of Energochemistry of Coal and Physical Chemistry of Sorbents which afterwards obtained the status of Faculty under the name of Faculty of Fuels and Energy. Since 1999 she has been appointed Prof. of the University of Mining and Metallurgy and Vice-Dean of the Faculty. Over the period of her research at the University she has worked on subjects dealing with surface chemistry and catalysis, specially on adsorption of gases and vapours, chemical structure and texture of adsorbents and catalysts, catalytic reactions (Fischer-Tropsch reaction, oxidative copuling of methane, selective catalytic reduction with ammonia).

She published over 100 papers and a monograph on Active carbons promoted with Fe³⁺ as catalysts for the reduction of nitric oxide with ammonia (in Polish).

For her scientific work she was awarded 3 times by the Rector of University of Mining and Metallurgy.

She has an extensive cooperation with German universities in Bochum and in Leipzig where she paid long-term visits.

Main scientific interests: chemical nature of coal, active carbons and carbon-promoted inorganic materials, as well as their modification; catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide (SCR) in stack gases; the removal of sulphur dioxide from stationary sources; mechanism of poisoning of SCR catalysts with sulphur dioxide and water; the use of spectroscopic methods, specially XPS and TPD, for the surface characterization of adsorbents and catalysts.

1. Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH₃ on Iron Oxide Supported on Active Carbon, Appl. Catal.B, 1, 271 (1992)
2. XPS Studies of NO Selective Reduction Catalysts after SO₂ Poisoning, Surf.Interface Anal., 23, 815 (1995)
3. The Surface Changes in Coals after Oxidation. I. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Studies, Langmuir, 13, 909 (1997)
4. Manganese Supported Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides with Ammonia, Part I.Characterization, J.Chem.Soc.Faraday Trans., 94, 2843 (1998)
5. Manganese Supported Catalysts for Selective Catalytic Reduction of NOx with Ammonia, Part II. Catalytic Experiments, Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys., 1, 341 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland (Tomaszów Lub.) in 1952. In 1976 she graduated from Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, receiving an M.Sc. degree in chemistry. Then, she was employed at Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry, where she received Ph.D. in 1985 (The investigation of the surface energetic changes of some minerals and their flotability) and D.Sc. in 1998 (Problems of surface free energy determination and its role in the description of interfacial phenomena). At present she is employed as the assistance Prof. and University teacher of physical chemistry in the Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Faculty of Chemistry UMCS where she teaches graduate and undergraduate students in physical chemistry and physicochemistry of interfaces.

Main scientific interest: the adsorption layers and the electrochemical properties of solid-liquid interface; the energetic properties of the interfacial films; wettability and adhesion; theoretical aspect of contact angle hysteresis; physicochemistry of flotation process; influence of collectors on the changes of mineral surface free energy and correlation with the changes in flotation activity; surface free energy of solids and experimental methods of its determination; theoretical and experimental development of the thin layer wicking method; surface properties of solids due to exposure to radiofrequency electric and magnetic field (zeta potential, adhesion, surface free energy components).

1. Surface free energy components and flotability of barite precovered with sodium dodecyl sulfate, Langmuir, 8, 303 (1992).
2. Use of Washburn equation for surface free energy determination, Langmuir, 8, 717 (1992).
3. The effect of thermal treatment of silica gel on its surface free energy components, Colloids Surf. A., 134, 321 (1998).
4. Surface free energy components of silica gel determined by thin layer wicking method for different layers thickness of gel, J. Mat. Sci., 33, 445 (1998).
5. Comparison of the Lifshitz-van der Waals/acid base and contact angle hysteresis approaches to determination of the solid surface free energy. Colloids Surf. A., 16, 1547 (2002).
6. Time-dependent changes of zeta potential and other parameters of in situ calcium carbonate due to magnetic field treatment, Colloids Surf. A, 208, 231 (2002).
7. Influence of impurity ions and magnetic field on the properties of freshly precipitated calcium carbonate, Wat. Res., 37, 3351 (2003).
8. Statistical elaboration of in situ calcium carbonate deposits, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 17, 2001 (2003).
9. Reversible charging of the ice-water interface. II. Estimation of equilibrium parameters, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 259, 89 (2003).

Curriculum Vitae

Born on 10^th of February 1944 in Rzyczki, Poland (now Ukraina). In 1958 he left elementary and 1962 secondary school. He studied Chemistry at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin from 1962 to 1967, where he completed all the graduate courses for the M. Sc. degree. Then, he was employed at Department of Physical Chemistry, Institute of Chemistry UMCS in Lublin, where he received Ph. D in 1973, D. Sc in 1985 (habilitation) and title of the Prof. of chemistry in 1989. In 1974-82 he was manager of the Laboratory for students and built up a physical chemistry Laboratory with modern instruments. At present he is employed at Department of Interfacial Phenomena, Faculty of Chemistry UMCS.

He published over 200 papers in professional journals and books (e.g. J. Colloid Interface Sci., Colloids Surfaces, Langmuir, Powder Technology, J. Mater. Sci., Fuel,).

For his outstanding scientific achievements, he was awarded two times by the Polish Ministry of Education and many times by the Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University.

Besides short visits to Detroit Catholic University (USA), Granada and Jaen Universities (Spain) he was visiting Prof. at the Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Extremadura University (Badajoz, Spain) from1992 to 1994.

Main scientific interest: Interfacial phenomena at solid-liquid, solid-gas, and liquid-liquid interfaces, the wettability and adhesion in a wide range of systems including different kinds of solids such as minerals, polymers, clay minerals, constituents of soil, and organic substances, playing a very important role for living organisms, surface and volumetric properties of surfactants and the components and parameters of their surface free energy, and experimental determination of the solid surface free energy components.

1. Detachment Force of Air Bubble from the Solid Surface (Sulfur or Graphite) in water, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 93, 411 (1983).
2. The Relationship between the Interfacial Free Energy and the Free Energy of Micellization of Triton X-100 and Sodium Dodecyl Sulfonate, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 176, 352, (1995)
3. The Usefulness of the Equation of State for Interfacial Tensions Estimation in Some Liquid-Liquid and Solid-Liquid Systems, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 181, 108, (1996)
4. Determination of the Carbon Black Surface Free Energy Components from the Heat of Immersion Measurements, Langmuir, 13, 5991, (1997)
5. Volumetric Properties of Decylammonium Chloride and Cesium Perfluorooctanoate from Density Measurements, Colloids Surfaces A, 148, 213, (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland 1947. In 1971 graduated from the Department of Metallurgy of the Cracow University of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1974 he received a Ph.D. degree (in Chemical Engineering) in the Faculty of Chemistry of Silesian Technical University Gliwice and in 1978 presented his habilitation work at the same faculty. He spent two years (1977-79) as a post-doc research fellow and lecturer at the University of Bradford (UK). Since 1980 he is a head of laboratory in the Institute of Chemical Engineering of Polish Academy of Sciences, Gliwice. In addition to this, in 1997 he received a post of full Prof. in the Department of Chemical Engineering, Silesian Technical University, Gliwice.

He has published over 70 papers in peer journals and presented nearly 80 papers at international conferences.

His professional interests cover a very broad area: bioprocess engineering, sol-gel nanocomposites and nanoporous materials, adsorption and surface chemistry, supercritical fluid technology and non-Newtonian fluid mechanics. He advised to several major Polish companies.

He is a member of the Committee of Biotechnology of the Polish Academy of Sciences.

1. Preparation effects on zirconia aerogel morphology, J. Non-Cryst. Solids, 225, 115 (1998).
2. Morphology and activity of zirconia-sulfate aerogels, Pol. J. Chem, 73, 805 (1999).
3. Ensymathic reactions in suparcritical carbon dioxide, Biotechnologia, 44, 238 (1999)
4. The SiO₂-LiBr nanocomposite sol-gel adsorbents of water vapour, J. Colloid Interface Science, 218, 500 (1999).
5. Water vapour adsorption on the SiO₂-CaCl₂ sol-gel composites, Langmuir, 15, 6505 (1999).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1970. In 1995 he graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznań University of Technology, receiving the degree of Master of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. Beginning from 1995 he has been employed in the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Poznań University of Technology. In 1999 he defended his Dral thesis at the Faculty.

He published around 10 papers in national and international scientific journals. Moreover, he co-authored numerous communications and posters, published in meeting materials.

His scientific achivements have been distinguished by the Fundation for Polish Science in 1999 and recived the group prize of the Rector of Poznań University of Technology.

Main scientific interests: synthesis of highly dispersed silicon material, in particular of silicas, in the medium of organic compounds, technology of silica precipitation in emulsion systems, physicochemical and morphological appraisal of silica and silicate surfaces following modification with various types of organic compounds, interactions at the filler/polymer interface, evaluation of zeta potential and of solid particles size distribution.

1. Production of a highly dispersed sodium - aluminium silicate to be used as a white pigment or as a polymer filler, Pigment and Resin Technology 25, nr 3, 4 - 14 (1996).
2. The effect of surface modification on physicochemical properties of precipitated silica, J. Materials Science 32, 1333-1339 (1997)
3. Reinforcing of synthetic rubber with waste cement dust modified by coupling agents, J. Adhesion Sci. Technology 11, 4, 507-517 (1997)
4. Odpadowe sole chromu i żelaza - potencjalne żródło otrzymywania pigmentów krzemianowych, Fizykochemiczne Problemy Mineralurgii 32 77-85 (1998)
5. Silicates of green colour – highly dispersed pigments, Pigment & Resin Technology 27, 81-87 (1998)

Dr eng. Grzegorz S. Jodłowski

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1968. In 1993 graduated from Faculty of Energochemistry of Coal and Physicochemistry of Sorbents of the Stanislaw Staszic University of Mining and Metallurgy (UMM) in Kraków. In 1993, after graduation he undertake a work in Laboratory of Adsorption Theory in Department of Basic Problems of Adsorption and Physicochemistry of Mineral Adsorbents of Faculty of Fuels and Energy, UMM.

He published (as co-author) 10 papers

Main scientific interest. Mathematical modelling of sorption process in hard coals, as a generalization of mixing theory in heterogeneical copolymers, as well as possibilities of application of such approach to others sorbents. Development of adsorption – absorption models on the basis of thermodynamical analysis of entropy and energy of process. Furthermore practical use of models (e.g. gas storage ability of mines heading, prediction of coal and gas breakout, designing of new kind of sorbents).

1. The coal graining upon the sorption in the light of dual sorption theory, Carbon'94, 4 - 6.07.1994, Granada, Spain
2. The Investigation of Texture and Surface Structure of Coals, European Carbon Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne (1996)
3. Analysis of Coal Structure Based on Adsorptive - Absorptive Models Third International Symposium Coal Strukcture'96 p. 36, 21-23 September 1996, Zakopane
4. Surface Changes in Coals after Oxidation. 2. H₂O Sorption Studies, Langmuir 13, p. 1123 - 1127, (1997)
5. On Factors Affecting Sorption Energy in Hard Coals, Archives of Mining Sciences, 42, 2, 291 (1997)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1947. In 1971 graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of Jagiellonian University in Cracow. In the same year he has started working at the University of Mining and Metallurgy. In 1989 he received his Ph.D. degree at the Faculty of Chemistry at Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. The Ph.D. thesis dealt with the determination of mesoporous structure of solids. He published ca 40 papers and took part in ca 50 national and international Congresses

He cooperates with scientific institutions in Poland (Institute of Chemistry, Military Technical Academy Warsaw) and abroad (University of Leipzig and Kent State University in Kent USA) as well as industry (“Gryf Skand" at Hajnówka – producer of active carbons).

For his outstanding scientific and education achievements, he was awarded by the Polish Ministry of Education and five times by the Rector of University of Mining and Metallurgy.

Main scientific interests: the description of surface phenomena, specially adsorption from gas phase; characterization methods of mesoporous structure of adsorbents and catalysts; the application of adsorption and catalysis in environmental protection, specially methods of sorption removal of sulphur dioxide and catalytic removal of nitrogen oxides from stack gases; technology of active carbon.

1. A continuos method for determining the mesopore structure of porous solids, Chemia Stosowana, XXIV, 3, 331 -337 (1980)
2. Use of argon adsorption isotherms for characterizing microporous activated carbons, Fuel, 69, nr 4, 516 -518 (1990)
3. The influence of the addition of cobalt, nickel, manganese and vanadium to active carbon on their efficiency in SO₂ removal from stack gases, Fuel, 71, nr.11. 1303 - 1308 (1992)
4. The comparison of various methods used for the determination of mesopore structure of porous solids, J. Rouquerol, F. Rodriguez-Reinoso, K.S. Sing, K.K. Unger (Eds.) Chracterization of Porous Solids III, Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, Vol. 87, p.119-128, 1994 Elsevier Science B.V.
5. Thermogravimetric evaluation of the specific surface area and total porosity of microporous carbons, Carbon, 34, No.9, 1109-1113 (1996)
6. XPS studies of NO selective reduction catalysts after SO₂- poisoning, Surface and Interface Analysis, 23, 815-822(1995)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Wejherowo (Poland) in 1943 and studied chemistry at the Technical Univertsity of Gdansk (TUG). He received his diploma in chemistry of polymers in 1966 at the same university. In the period 1966-68 he worked as a laboratory engineer in the Chemical Factory in Bydgoszcz. After this he came back to TUG and there he received his Ph.D. degree in physical chemistry in 1972. In the period 1971-89 he worked in the Institute of Physics, TUG. He finished his D.Sc. (habilitation) in chemistry of solid state in 1989 (TUG) and then (1990) he moved to the University of Gdansk (UG), Faculty of Chemistry, where he became a head of the Department of Chemical Technology and in 1996 a vice-Dean (for science) of the Faculty of Chemistry.

He received fellowships of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (1980-82) and Swiss National Foundation (1987-88) and therefore he was post-doc fellow at the Technical University of Clausthal, Department of Glass (Germany) and University of Fribourg, Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry (Switzerland), respectively. He paid three-months visits as a visiting researcher at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Otto Schott Institute (Germany) in 1984 and University of Lund, Chemical Centre (Sweden) in 1990.

In 1993 he received a Prof.ship at UG. He is a chairman of the IIIrd Department (Math.-Phys.-Chem.) of the Scientific Society of Gdańsk and a member of the Polish Chemical Society as well as Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum.

Main research interests: Physics and chemistry of amorphous materials (glasses and gels), sol-gel method, supramolecular chemistry, optical chemical sensors, luminescent materials, heterogenous catalysts, nanoparticles, molecular spectroscopy.

1. Bond Character and Properties of the Mixed Alkali Systems Na₂O-K₂O-Al₂O₃-SiO₂, Non-Cryst. Solids, 57, 339 (1983).
2. Azacrown-CH₂-Bipyridine Receptors in Silica Xerogel. Optical and Coordination State, J. Mater. Chem. 8, 1245 (1998).
3. Antenna Effect in an Oxide Xerogel, Spectrochim. Acta. A54, 2183 (1998)
4. The Coordination State of Copper(II) Complexes Anchored and Grafted onto the Surface of Organically Modified Silicates, Langmuir. 15, 5814 (1999).
5. Transition Metal Complexes in Aminated Silicate Xerogels with Ni and Co Ions, Micropor. Mater. 31, 175 (1999).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1951. In 1972 graduated (M.Sc. in Chemistry) from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. In 1983 received his Ph.D degree in Technical University in Cracow.

Starting from 1974 she has been worked in University of Mining and Metallurgy (from 1994 until now as Lecturer) in Department of Basic Adsorption Problems and Physicochemistry of Mineral Sorbents.

Main scientific interests: Theoretical problems of physical adsorption, methods of investigation od porous structure of adsorbents, kinetics of adsorption for bi-porous adsorbents, adsorption in zeolites, adsorptive properties of mineral adsorbents, modification of smectites.

1. Laboratory Preparation of Carbonaceous Adsorbents from Waste Materials, Acta Montana IRSM ASCR, Series B No 9(112), 81-85 (1999).
2. Właściwości adsorpcyjne adsorbentów montmorylonitowo-węglowych, Przemysł Chemiczny, 4, 137 (1999).
3. Adsorption equilibria and kinetics of vapours on the modified chabazite, Adsorption Science & Technology, 14(2) 83-88 (1996).
4. Effect of Dealumination of Y-type Zeolite on Adsorption of Ammonia, Polish .Journal of.Applied Chemistry, 38(1), 123 (1994).
5. Adsorption of Alkohols Vapours on Montmorillonites Pillared with Aluminium Hydroxycations, Polish .Journal of.Applied Chemistry, 37(3/4), 177 (1993).
6. Adsorption of Water Vapours in Natural and Modified Zeolites, Fundamentals of Adsorption (ed. M.Suzuki), pp. 121-127, Kodansha, Tokyo 1993.
7. Adsorption of hydrocarbons vapours on montmorillonites intercalated with aluminium hydroxycations, Polish .Journal of.Applied Chemistry, 36(2), 137 (1992).
8. Adsorption of carbon dioxide on the dealuminated Y-type zeolites, Polish Journal of Chemistry, 65, 405 (1991).
9. Preformed zeolite products to be used in adsorption heat pumps. Preparation methodology and adsorption measurements, Adsorption Science & Technology, 7(3), 163 (1990).

Curriculum Vitae

Winner of national contest for young chemists in 1974, 2nd place in 1972. M.Sci. in Chemistry (cum laudae) 1979, Ph.D. 1984, Dr. Sci. 1995, Full Professor 2009. Alexander von Humboldt Fellow. Prof. and Head of Department of Electrochemistry of Technical University of Lublin since 1997. Docent, Abo Akademi University, Turku, Finland 2008-2013. Research and teaching experience: European Institute of Transuranium Elements, Karlsruhe, Germany; Forschungszentrum Rosendorf, Germany; NCSU, Raleigh, NC; Abo Akademi, Turku, Finland; Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Catalysis, Krakow, Poland; Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Germany; Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY; Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, Poland. Awards of Minister of Education 1990, 2000; Scientific award of the city of Lublin 2003; Award for a highly cited paper, Elsevier 2007.
Member of Editorial Boards: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 2007-2009, Colloids and Surfaces A 2010-.

Main scientific interest: Electrokinetic phenomena in nonaqueous media. Sorption of ions at solid-liquid interface and surface charging. Ambient temperature ionic liquids. Assessment of scientific output.

1. M.Kosmulski, J.Gustafsson, J.B.Rosenholm, Thermal stability of low temperature ionic liquids revisited, Thermochimica Acta 412, 47-53 (2004).
2. M.Kosmulski, Surface charging and points of zero charge, CRC, Boca Raton, 2009, 1064 pp
3. M.Kosmulski, P.Próchniak, J.B.Rosenholm, Surface-induced electrolytic dissociation of oxalic acid in polar organic solvents, Langmuir 26: 1904-1909 (2010).
4. M.Kosmulski, Hirsch-type approach to the 2nd generation citations, Journal of Informetrics 4: 257-264 (2010).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1947. Graduated from the faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and recived the degree of Master in Chemistry in 1970. Defended his Dral thesis in the Institute of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań in 1978. Employed in the Institute of Chemical Technology and Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Technology, Poznań University of Technology since 1970. Starting at 1980 acts as the deputy director in the Institute. Defended his habilitated Dr's thesis in 1991.

Prof. A. Krysztafkiewicz authored and co-authored over 100 papers in the national and international scientific journals. He was also the author or co-author of numerios communications and posters in meeting proceedings.

His studies were distinguished twice by the Minister of Education and received several times the prize of Rector of Poznań University of Technology.

Main scientific interests: production of highly dispersed silicas and silicates, physicochemical and morphological appraisal of silica and silicate surfaces following modification with various types of organic compounds, interactions at the polymer-filler interface (new composite materials), adsorption of organic pigments at the surface of nanometric silicas.

1. The effect of surface modification on physicochemical properties of precipitated silica, J. Materials Science 32, 1333-1339 (1997)
2. Effect of electrolytes and surfactants on physicochemical properties and porous structure of hydrated silicas, Colloids and Surfaces A. 125, 121 (1997)
3. Surface - modified microporous talcs as fillers of polymers and pigments, J. Mater. Chem. 7, 1655 (1997)
4. Hydrated silicas modified by nonsilane proadhesion compounds, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol. 13, 393 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1946. In 1969 graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics-Physics-Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in Cracow. In 1978 received his Ph.D. degree in the Institute of Physical Chemistry in Warsaw. D.Sc. degree received in the Faculty of Chemistry of the Jagiellonian University in 1993. Head of the Research Team in the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow since 1978. Deputy Director of the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences in a period 1987-1993.

In years 1996-1997 worked as Visiting Prof. at University of Alberta, Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering in Edmonton, Canada, in years 1983-1985 as Visiting Scientist at McGill University, Pulp and Paper Research Centre in Montreal, Canada. In a frame of long-lasting scientific cooperation with research teams from the Max Planck Institute for Colloid and Surface Chemistry in Berlin and the Institute of Physical Chemistry Bulgarian Academy of Sciences in Sofia paid there many short-term (from 1 week to 1 month) visits. Moreover, short-term visits to various Research Centers, especially in Europe.

Member of the Polish Chemical Society, International Association of Colloid and Interface Scientists (IACIS), American Chemical Society, and Standing Committee of European Chemistry at Interfaces Conferences (ECIC). Ordinary Member of Council of IACIS elected for tenure 1996-1998 and 1998-2000.

Main scientific interests: Surface chemistry and stability of dispersed systems, foams and thin liquid films, mechanism of foam formation and stability, phase composition of foams, adsorption at interfaces, surface elasticity forces and kinetics of adsorption, motion of bubbles, drops and particles, fundamentals of flotation, elementary act of flotation, flotation frothers, composition of the flotation aggregates.

Selected publications:

1. A Method of Visualization and Characterization of Aggregates Flow Inside a Separation Vessel. I. Size, Shape and Rise Velocity of the Aggregates, Intern. J. Mineral Process., 55 171 (1999).
2. Water Contents and Distribution in Flotation Froth in "Frothing in Flotation - II." (J.Laskowski and E.T.Woodburn - Eds), Gordon and Breach Science Publishers, 1998, Chap.3.
3. Effect of Motion on Lifetime of Bubbles at n-Butanol Solution Surface, Colloids & Surfaces A: Physicochem. Engin. Aspects, 143 429 (1998).
4. Wet Foams: Formation, Properties and Mechanism of Stability, Advances Coll. Interface Sci., 40, 37 (1992).

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Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland 1949. Graduated (as the polymer chemistry engineer) in 1971, from the Faculty of Chemistry of Technical University in Łódź. Since 1971 until now working at the University of Mining and Metallurgy, Kraków, Department of Coal Chemistry, from 1994 - Faculty of Fuels and Energy. PhD degree (chemical sciences) received in 1980, in the Faculty of Chemistry of Technical University in Kraków. After receiving DSc degree (habilitation) in 1990 from the Faculty of Chemistry of Technical University in Wrocław (theoretical chemistry) she organised here research group working on sorption theory with special attention focused on sorption properties of hard coals and of natural adsorbents.

Academic positions: 1971 - assistant, 1980 - assistant Prof., 1994 - Prof. of UMM. Dean of Faculty of Fuels and Energy UMM: 1993-1996, 1999 – 2002.

She is the author and co-author of three monographs and over 100 papers: 30 - journal papers, 40 – published in conference materials and 30 - scientific reports. Here original concepts concerning mathematical description of sorption processes are presented in the monograph Mathematical Model of Equilibrium States of the Process of Small Molecule Substances Sorption in Coal (UMM 1988) and in six papers published in Fuel and Langmuir journals. Fundamentals of this theory and the newest results of here team are presented as an extended chapter in the monograph Methane Sorption in Coals (UMM 1999).

Main scientific interests: Sorption theory; mathematical modelling of adsorption and absorption processes; thermodynamics of sorption in submicroporous materials; sorption and diffusion in polymers; statistical theory of mixing, evaluation of physical properties of gaseous sorptives; coal structure; effects of natural sorbents heterogeneity on their sorption properties;.

1. Coal-sorbate system in the light of the theory of polymer solutions, FUEL - the science and technology of Fuel and Energy, 72, pp.419-425 (1993)
2. Mathematical Modeling of the Sorption Process in Porous Elastic Materials, Langmuir, Journal of AChS, 9, pp.3558-3566 (1993)
3. A comparison of theoretical and empirical expansion of coals in the high-pressure sorption of methane, FUEL - the science and technology of Fuel and Energy, 73, pp.975-979 (1994)
4. A Theoretical Model for Evaluation of Configurational Entropy of Mixtures with Respect to Shape and Size of Particles, Journal Of Mathematical Chemistry, 17, pp.69-109 (1995)
5. Hard Coal Surface Heterogeneity in the Sorption Process, Langmuir, 13, pp.1286-1296 (1997)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Dąbrowa Górnicza, Poland, in 1946. In 1971 graduated from the Faculty of Chemical Technology and Engineering of the Silesian Technical University in Gliwice. In the same year he has been employed as a teaching assistant in the Physical Chemistry Group of that faculty. In 1979 year he has completed his PhD thesis “Spectroelectrochemical Investigations of Adsorption in Selected Model Flotation Systems" for which he was awarded the price of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Then he moved to the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences, where he works until now as an adjunct, being the head of the laboratory of mineral chemistry. In 1990 has spend 4 months in the Institute of Mineral Processing of the National Council of Research of Italy in Rome as a visiting Prof..

He published over 60 scientific papers and was the editor of the conference proceedings of the IX Symposium of the Electrochemical Section of the Polish Chemical Society entitled "ELECTROCATALYSIS" (Kraków 1988). He is a member of the editorial board of "Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing"

Main scientific interests: adsorption at the solid – liquid interfaces, surface chemistry of minerals, electrochemistry of metals and semiconductors, spectroscopic methods of surface investigations.

1. Insertion of electrochemically reduced Keggin anions into layered double hydroxides, Journal of Materials Chemistry, 7(9), 1937-39 (1997).
2. The interaction of rutile (TiO₂) surface with some catalytically active transition metal oxides during heating, studied by electrochemical methods, Topics in Catalysis, 8 (3-4), 199-209 (1999).
3. Electrolytic Codeposition of Submicron Silicon Carbide with Nickel, Plating and Surface Finishing, 86(8), 57-60 (1999).
4. A flotation related X-ray photoelectron study of the oxidation of galena surface, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 161(3), 147-160 (2000).
5. Oxidation of Galena Surface – an XPS Study of the Formation of Sulfoxy Species, Applied Surface Science, 157(3), 101-111 (2000).

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1922. In 1950 graduated from the Fasculty of Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry of the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. In 1950 received his PhD degree in the Department of Physical Chemistry at the same University. In the years 1964-70 he was dean of the Faculty of Mathematics,Physics and Chemistry, then from 1971 to 1981 the director of the Institute of Chemistry and finaly from 1981 to 1993 the dean of the Department of Physical Chemistry at MCS University. In the years 1974-90 a member of Physicochemical Surface Commission of Scientific Academy of Sciences, 1984-90 a member of the Central Qualifying Commission of Scientific Degrees and Titles. Since 1947 until now a member of the Polish Chemistry Society.

He published over 140 papers and monograph Adsorption in Polish (1973, 1979 and 1983 ) and in English (E. Horwood Limited Publishers, Chichester, England and PWN Warsaw, Poland, 1982)

He paid many short-term visits to foreign universities and was co-organizer of scientific conferences

Main scientific interests: Adsorption from multicomponent solutions on solid surfaces. Mechanism of liquid-solid chromatogrfaphy with mixed mobile phases.

1. Adsorption from Multicomponent Solvent ad from its Single Components, Bull.Acad.Pol. Sci. Chem., 9, 29 {1961)
2. Adsorption from Solutions on Patchwise Heterogeneous Solids, Chemical Physics Letters, 20, 444 (1973)
3. An Extension and New Interpretotion of Ościk’s Equation for Describing Liquid Chromatography with Mixed Mobile Phase. II. Partition and Adsorption Effects, J. Liquid Chromatography, 9, 221 {1986)
4. Multilayer and Monolayer Adsorption from Liquid Mixtures of Nonelectrolytes on Solid Surface, Surface and Colloid Science, vol.14, 83-213 (1987)

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Born in 1932. 1956 - MSc. eng. (chemistry) - Technical University of Łódź. 1963 - PhD, 1970 - D. Sc. - Technical University of Łódź. 1976 – Prof..

Prof. T. Paryjczak has been the Head of the Institute of Generał and Ecological Chemistry since 1975; in the years 1975 - 1981, 1984 - 1990 and 1993 -1999 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry; 1991-1993 and 2000 – 2003 member of the Committee of Scientific Titles and Degrees, since 1991 a member in the Committee of Scientific Researches and Head group of Chemistry (2000 - 2004); member of the Committee of Chromatography of the Polish Academy of Science since 1975, member of the Polish Chemical Society and Polish Club of Catałysis. Expert of the Ministry of National Education in years 1991-1993.

Head of the Scientific group of Adsorption and Catalysis. Promoter of 23 Dral theses. Member of the Editonal Councii of the "Acta Chromatographica " joumal Scientific inerests; at first sonochemistry and then studies on the processes of adsorption and heterogenic catalysis using gas chromatography techniques with special atention to physico – chemical properties: TPD, TPO, TPR, TPSR processes, surface reactions.

Author and co-author of more then 240 publications and unique monography "Gas Chromatography in Adsorption and Catalysis" -Horwood - Wiley, PWN1986.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1947. Graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Łódź in 1970. Received his Ph. D. degree in chemistry also at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of Łódź University in 1975. Dr.Sc.degree (habilitation) received from Warsaw University, Faculty of Chemistry in 1990. Since 1992 he has been appointed on the position od Associate Prof. and Head of Theoretical Chemistry Department. Full Prof. position he received in 1997.

He published over 100 papers and took parts in many international and domestic conferences.

Together with Prof. L.Wojtczak (Solid State Physics Department, University of Łódź) he published the monograph Green Function in Electrochemistry, Kluver Academic Publishers,1997.

For scientific achievements he was awarded two times by Polish Ministry of Education and six times by the Rector of Łódź University.

He cooperates with many valuable groups in the world and makes a lot of short- and long-term visits to Friedrich Schiller University ( Jena, Germany ), Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic), University of Santiago de Compostella (Spain), University of Porto (Portugal), Claude-Bernard University (Lyon,France), University of Utrecht (Netherlands) and University of Regensburg (Germany).

Main scientific interests: Quantum electrochemistry by means of the Green Function Method, size effects in metallic and molecular clusters, properties of biological membranes, adsorption and catalysis by means of Density Functional Theory, computer simulations (MC + MD).

1. Green Functions in Electrochemistry, Kluver Academic Publishers,Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1997.
2. Molecular Dynamics Calculations for a Series of Transition Metals and Their Alloys, Bull.Pol.Ac.Sci.Chem.,46, 397 (1998)
3. Density Functional Calculations of the Hydrogen Adsorption on Transition Metals and Their Alloys. An Application to Catalysis, Langmuir, 15, 5773 (1999)
4. Density Functional Study of Hydrogen Adsorption on Selected Transition Metals and Their Alloys, Bull. Pol. Ac. Sci. Chem., 47, 143 (1999).

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Michał Rozwadowski was born in 1936 at Lidzbark, Poland. He graduated in 1959 from the Nicholas Copernicus University in Toruń, receiving an M.Sc. degree in chemistry. In 1968, he obtained a Ph.D. degree, and in 1977, a D.Sc. degree, both from the university in Toruń. He became associate Prof. in 1985, and Prof. in 1991. From 1984 to 1990, he was the Deputy Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, and then to 1993, the Dean of that faculty. In the years 1993-1996, he was the Vice-Rector for Research and International Affairs of the Nicholas Copernicus University. Since 1999, he is the Head of the Department of Fundamentals of Chemistry.

While working in the field of novel zeolitic materials, he published over 110 papers and registered 28 patents (26 in Poland and 2 abroad). He organised several international symposia: three Polish German-Zeolite Colloquia (1992, 1995, 1997), and a symposium on Effects of Surface Heterogeneity in Adsorption and Catalysis on Solids (1998). For his scientific accomplishments, he was awarded five times by the Polish Ministry of Education, and many times by the Rector of the Nicholas Copernicus University. Besides many short visits to European universities in 1974-1975, he was a scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the Karlsruhe University, Germany.

Main scientific interests. His research interests are focused on problems in the area of surface physicochemistry, e.g. thermodynamics and kinetics of adsorption on microporous solids, adsorption on zeolites and active carbons, characteristics of surface properties of zeolites and active carbons, and intermolecular interactions within a phase boundary.

1. Dealumination of large crystals of zeolite ZSM-5 by various methods, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 88, 1339-1343 (1992).
2. Energy distribution function associated with Dubinin's description of water adsorption on zeolite Y, Langmuir, 9, 2661-2664 (1993).
3. Sorption of benzene on AlPO₄-5 containing various heteroatoms and analytical description of the system, Langmuir, 15, 5857-5862 (1999).
4. Compositional heterogeneity of CrAPO-5 with neutral framework: effect on sorption properties in comparison to other MeAPO-5 with charged frameworks and analytical evaluation of adsorption potentials, Langmuir, 15, 5863-5869 (1999).

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Born in Poland in 1942. In 1964 graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Maria Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin. In 1979 received his Ph.D. degree in the Department of Theoretical Chemistry at Jagiellonian University in Cracow. Since 1970 he has been back at UMCS University in Lublin, where he organized his research group working on retical problems of adsorption. In 1979 his research group received the status of the Department of Theortical Chemistry. He has been the Head of that Department until now. Since 1999 he has also been the Head of the Laboratory for the Theoretical Problems of Adsorption of the Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow. He is also the Chairman of the Committee for Interface Chemistry of the Polish Chemical Society, and a member of the Board of Directors of the International Adsorption Society.

He published over 200 papers, and the monograph co-authored by Prof. D.H. Everett Adsorption of Gases on Heterogeneous Surfaces (Academic Press, 1992). In addition, he has published 9 chapters in various international monographs. Together with Prof.s W. A. Steele and G. Zgrablich, he edited the monograph Equilibria and Dynamics of Gas Adsorption on Heterogeneous Solid Surfaces (Elsevier,1997). He was the Member of Editorial Board of Langmuir journal, and currently is the Member of the Editorial Boards of Adsorption journal, and of the journal Adsorption Science & Technology.

He organised the three international symposia:Effects of Surface Heterogeneity in Adsorption and Catalysis on Solids-ISSHAC. (Poland, 1992, 1995, 1998).

For his outstanding scientific achievements, he was awarded five times by the Polish Ministry of Education and once by the Rector of Maria Curie-Skłodowska University. He was also awarded by the Polish Chemical Society.

Besides many short visits to many Universities of the world, he also paid long-term visits to Queens University (Canada), University of Vienna (Austria), University of Leipzig (Germany), Tohoku University (Japan), CNRS Laboratory at the University of Montpellier (France), Ruhr University in Bochum (Germany), Seoul National University (Korea), Chonnam National University (Korea), University of Nancy (France), and University of San Luis (Argentina).

Main scientific interests: Theoretical description of adsorption of simple ions and of surfactants at oxide/electrolyte interfaces (Special attention focused on enthalpies of adsorption and on effects of surface heterogeneity), equilibria and kinetics of gas adsorption on energetically heterogeneous solid surfaces, (also thermodesorption), adsorption in zeolites, and mixed-gas adsorption.

1. Adsorption of Aromatics in Zeolites ZSM-5: A Thermodynamic-Calorimetric Study Based on the Model of Adsorption on Heterogeneous Adsorption Sites, Langmuir, 13, 1095 (1997)
2. A New Method to Estimating the Solid Surface Energetic heterogeneity from TPD Spectra, Based on the Statistical Rate Theory of Interfacial Transport, Langmuir, 13, 3445 (1997)
3. Calorimetric Effects Accompanying Ion Adsorption at the Charged Metal Oxide/Electrolyte Interfaces: Effects of Oxide Surface Heterogeneity, Langmuir, 14, 5210 (1998)
4. Adsorption of Cationic Surfactants on Hydrophilic Silica: Effects of Surface Energetic Heterogeneity, Colloids & Surfaces, A145, 243 (1998)

Dr hab. Zygmunt Sadowski , Univ. Prof.

Curriculum Vitae

I was born in Wroclaw in 1947. In 1970 I graduated from the Math-Phys-Chem Faculty of University of Wroclaw. In 1973 I started and in 1975 I completed my post-graduate studies at Academy of Miming and Metallurgy in Cracow. In 1978 in the Department of Inorganic Chemistry and Metallurgy of Rare Elements of Wroclaw University of Technology I received my Ph.D. (supervisor Prof. Janusz S. Laskowski).

In 1996, I obtained the D.Sc. degree from Maria Curie-Sklodowska University at Lublin. Since 1976 I have been employed at Technical University of Wroclaw, first at Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Metallurgy and since 1998 at Institute of Chemical Engineering.

Main science interests:

1. Fine particle beneficiation
   - fundamental problems of mineral suspension
   - separation processes, selective flocculation, spherical agglomeration
   
2. Biohydrometallurgy - bioleaching refractory and copper ores
3. Application of biogeochemistry to the mineral processing - biomodification of the mineral surface and bioaccumulation of metal ions
4. Geochemical problems in environments - geochemical cycling of trace elements and colloids mobilisation and transport in a soil

Lectures:

1. Biogeochemistry
2. Chemical Engineering Aspect of Dispersions
3. Bioremediation of soil
4. Leaching and bioleaching

Work experience:

1. 1983-1985 University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, USA
2. 1985-1986 Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA
3. 1986-1987 University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
4. Editor of "Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing" journal and organizer of Annual Symposium of  "Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing"

1. Z.Sadowski, Adhesion of microorganism cells and jarosite particle on the mineral surface, Biohydrometallurgy and the Environment, R.Amils, A.Ballester (Eds.), Elsevier, Amsterdam (1999) 392-198.
2. J.Drzymała, Z.Sadowski, L.Hołysz, E.Chibowski, Ice/Water Interface: Zeta Potential, Point of Zero Charge, and Hydrophobicity, J.Colloid Interface Sci., 220 (1999) 229-234.
3. Z.Sadowski, E.Jażdżyk, H.Karaś, Bioleaching of Copper Ore Flotation Concentrate, Bio & Hydromet ’02, Cape Town, South Africa, March 13-15, 2002, Mineral Engineering, 16(1) (2003) 51-53.

Curriculum Vitae

Born in 1949 and in 1972 graduated from Chemistry Faculty of the Maria Curie-Sklodowska University in Lublin (M.Sc). In 1980 received his Ph.D., - in 1987 - D.Sc. (Dr of Science after habilitation) and - in 1988 - position of Associate Prof. in the Department of Physical Chemistry. He organized his research Thermal Analysis Group (1989), Department of Physicochemistry of Solid Surface working on experimental and theoretical problems of solid surfaces and he is Head of Department from 1998. He is v-Chairman of the International Steering Committee of the series of International Vacuum Microbalance Techniques Conferences. In 1997 he organised 27^th International Vacuum Microbalance Techniques Conference (UMCS, Lublin) first time in Poland and Central Europe and was Chairman of the Scientific Committee. He was Guest Editor of the Conference Issue (Proceedings) of the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 55, no 2, 1999, 331-711. He published ca. 200 scientific papers (articles, monographs, patents, announcements). He was awarded a few times by the Rector of Maria Curie-Sklodowska University and realised two grants of Committee for Scientific Researches in Warsaw. He paid a long-term as Visiting Prof. to Kent State University (USA) and short visits to many world Universities.

Research interest: Applications of thermal analysis and other methods to studies of adsorbed liquid films (especially water), liquid/solid interactions, adsorption properties and heterogeneity of new generation and modern high-technology materials: adsorbents, zeolites, MCM-41 molecular sieves, high-temperature superconductors, chemically modified new adsorbents, natural and thermally treated dolomite samples (so-called ‘dolomitic’ sorbent), preparation of inorganic and organic magnesium compounds from domestic dolomine.

Equipment: 2 derivatographs Q-1500 D, TG 750 Stanton Redcroft, McBain balance, magneticsuspension Gast’s microbalance (Sartorius 7092), gas chromatographs: CE Instruments (GC 8000 Top), 3 apparates GChF 18.3, Perkin Elmer F22 and Wilkens Instrument & Research Inc.; Beckman Model 190B Microcalorimeter, spectrophotometer Specord M-80, spectrophotometer VSU2-P, DSC apparatus, liquid chromatography 302 type.

1. 27^th International Vacuum Microbalance Techniques Conference UMCS Lublin, Poland, 16-18 July, 1997, Journal Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, vol. 55 (2), 1999, 331-334.
2. The Studies of the Heterogeneous Properties of Solid Surfaces by Means of the Derivatograph Q-1500 D, Journal Thermal Analysis, 53, 1998, 597-616.
3. Studies of the Adsorbed Water Layers on Solid Surfaces by Means of the Thermal Analysis Special Technique, Thermochimica Acta, 308, 1998, 147-157.

Curriculum Vitae

Born i Poland on August 5^th, 1947. In 1977 she received her Ph. D. degree in experimental physics at the Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, Poland. Since 1970 she has been working at this university and in 1995 she was appointed Prof. of this university. From the beginning of her scientific career the main field of her interest has been the physics of dielectrics. The most impoerant achievement was the discovery of precriprocal structures in liquids and liquid mixtures. Recently she has been studying modifications of phase transitions in confined liquids, mainly by dielectric methods. In cooperation with scientists from the Cornell University she has published a series of papers on the liquid-liquid phase transitions and melting-freezing phenomena in liquids confined on porous matrices, reporting both experimental and computer simulation results. The hitherto results are summarised in the review article "Phase separation in confined systems", Report on Progress in Physics, 62.12.1999.

For her remarkable achievements she was awarded by the Rector of Adam Mickiewicz University in the years 1985-1992. She was the principal investigator of a KBN grant 1995-98 (Polish Committee for Scientific Research) and many outcoming grants: Poland-Region Wallonie 1996-98, 1998-2000, NSF Poland 1995-1998 and Maria Curie-Skłodowska Foundation 1997-2000.

She has collaborated for many years with a number of research centres including School of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University, USA, Institute of Physics, Liege, Belgium, Institute of Chemistry, Lisbon, and CRNS Grenoble.

She is a member of the Polish Chemical Society (Board), Thermophysical Properties Awarness Club, NPL, Great Britain, and the Americal Institute of Chemical Engineering, USA.

1. Liquid-Liquid Phase Equilibria in Porous Materials, Langmuir, 13 1182-1188 (1997)
2. Phase Transitions in Pores: Experimental and Simulation Studies of Melting and Freezing, Langmuir, 18 6060-6069 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1948. In 1971 graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of the Warsaw Technical University. He has been employed by The Military Technical Academy since 1971, gaining Ph.D. and D.Sc in 1976 and 1983 respectively, and becoming an Associate Prof. and Prof. in 1985 and 1992, respectively. He is currently lecturing in physical and general chemistry.

He published over 140 scientific papers, participated in over 60 scientific conferences and has been the editor of the physical chemistry section of "Chemical Industry" journal for twenty years. He is also co-author of the book "Active Carbon" (Ellis Horwood, 1991) and two other books. In 1977 he became a member of the Polish Chemical Society.

Main scientific interests: Description of adsorption from the gaseous and liquid phase on activated carbon, examination of porous structure and surface chemistry of carbon adsorbents, modification of properties of these materials for catalyst support purposes, application of electrochemical mathods to the examination of phenomena at the carbon-electrolyte interface, and recently environmental protection.

1. "Investigations of the Electrochemical Properties of Activated Carbon and Carbon Black", Electrochimica Acta, 26, 1861 (1981)
2. "Electrochemical Behaviour of Modified Activated Carbons in Aqueous and Nonaqueous Solutions", Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 25, 1038 (1995)
3. "The Characterization of Activated Carbons with Oxygen and Nitrogen Surface Groups", Carbon, 35, 1799 (1997)
4. "Study of Adsorption Equilibria in the Systems Ternary Liquid Mixtures-Modified Activated Carbons" , Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 218, 480 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Leszno, Poland in 1952. Graduated from the Faculty of Chemistry of Poznan University of Technology in 1976 (M.Sc. Eng.). His Ph.D. degree received in 1981 (Poznan Technical University). He has got D.Sc. degree in Faculty of Chemistry in Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Lublin, 1990. He is Prof. since 1997. He is the Head of Organic Chemistry Department. In 1993-1999 he was Vice-Dean of the Faculty. Since September 1999 he is the Dean of the Faculty of Chemical Technology, PUT. He is a member of the Committee for Interface Chemistry of the Polish Chemical Society.

He published about 100 papers, including reviews and chapter in Adsorption on new and modified inorganic sorbents, A.Dabrowski, V.A.Tertykh, eds., Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 1996. He presented more than 100 lectures, oral presentations and posters on international and national symposia (chromatography, surface examination, fillers).

He has got: Silver Service Cross from President of Republic of Poland, two Research and Education Awards from the Ministry of National Education, seven Research and Education Awards from the Rector of Poznan University of Technology.

His main, long-term visits: Mining Academy of Freiberg, Germany; University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UMIST, UK, 1990; Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Instituto de Quimica Fisica "Rocasolano", Madrid, Spain.

Main scientific interests: application of inverse gas chromatography in the examination of organic compounds including surface active agents, extractants, isoquinoline derivatives; characterisation of dispersive and acid-base properties of polymers, modified fillers, biological materials. Application of topological indices as structural descriptors in structure- activity relationships. Analysis and physicochemical characterisation of the heavy oil residue. Determination of products of the biodegradation process by means of the chromatographic methods.

1. Structural descriptors in organic chemistry - new topological parameter based on electrotopological state of graph vertices, Computers & Chemistry, 18 1-4 (1994)
2. Examination of surfaces of solid polymers by inverse gas chromatography.
   I. Dispersive properties, Polymer, 37 455-462 (1996)
3. Examination of surfaces of solid polymers by inverse gas chromatography. II. Acid-base properties, Polymer, 37 4333-4344 (1996); Examination of surfaces of solid polymers by inverse gas chromatography. Part 3. The influence of the annealing time, Polymer, 39 3349-3506 (1998)
4. Solubility and polarity parameters for pyridinecarboxamides and their complexes with copper(II) as determined by inverse gas chromatography, J.Chromatogr. A, 740 253-261 (1996)
5. Surface properties of rutile and its modified form. Part 1. Surface characteristics studied by means of inverse gas chromatography, J.Adhesion Sci. Technol., 11 1513-1529 (1997)
6. Inverse gas chromatography in the examination of organic compounds. Polarity and solubility parameters of isoquinoline derivatives, J.Chromatogr. A, 795 349-357 (1998)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland (Gozdów) in 1939; graduated in physics from the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Łódź in 1961; received his Ph D degree in the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry of the University of Łódź in 1964; having submitted the thesis on Atomic eigenfunctions and energy eigenvalues for complex atoms; received his habilitation in the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw in 1969 on the basis of the dissertation on Magnetic properties of thin films; in 1976 appointed extraordinary Prof. and, in 1985, ordinary Prof. in physics.

From1974 till 1999 the headed the Department of Solid State Physics of the University of Łódź and organized research groups working on topical problems of the surfaces and thin films; simultaneously, actively participated in organizing the Department of Theoretical Chemistry of the University of Łódź and in developing research in theoretical electrochemistry and surface chemistry. In 1979, he organized and chaired one of cyclic conferences organized all over the world - the Ninth International Colloquium on Magnetic Films and Surfaces in Poznań. From 1986 till 1991 he conducted the National Research Project on the Physical properties of the surface and superficial layers.

Leszek Wojtczak’s wide international cooperation includes among others: Charles University in Prague and F. Schiller University in Jena (research program), Université Claude Bernard in Lyon and Ecole Nationale d’Ingenieurs de Saint Etienne (Tempra Project, ATP 2C-17 Project, visiting Prof.), University of Santiago de Compostela (visiting Prof. and Socrates Project).

For his achievements he was awarded, among others: Knight’s Cross of Polonia Restituta (1985), Palmes Academiques de la Republique Française (1986), the Pope’s Award Pro Ecclesiae et Pontificie (1990), Dr honoris causa of the University of York (1989), Dr honoris causa of Claude Bernard University of Lyon (1991), Łódź City Award for Research (1993).

Among various administrative functions L. Wojtczak was Pro-rector (1981-84) and rector 1984-1990 of the University of Łódź, president of the Polish Universities Rector’s Conference (1989-90).

Main scientific interests: Theoretical investigations in the field of surface science, in particular, size effects in magnetic systems with restricted dimensions including transport phenomena, magnetoresistance, phase transitions and diffuse critical scattering properties.

1. Critical Scattering Theory, An Introduction, Elsevier (Amsterdam, Oxford, New York) - PWN (Warszawa), 1978
2. Green Functions in Electrochemistry, Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1997
3. Topological Correlations at the Surface Backscattering, Progr. Surf. Sci. 42 381-392 (1993)
4. Two Point Scaling Approach to Phase Transitions, J. Therm. Analysis, 45 639-651 (1995)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in 1966. In 1990 graduated from Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology of Cracow University of Technology. In 1991 she undertake a work in Laboratory in Department of Mining Chemistry of Faculty of Fuels and Energy at University of Mining and Metallurgy(UMM). In 1999 received her Ph.D. degree in the Faculty of Fuels and Energy at UMM in Cracow.

She published (as co-author) 17 papers.

Main scientific interest. Practical application of sorption modeling in hard coals. Anticipation of modified hard coal behaviour in any technological processes (e.g. catalysis, chromatography etc.), as well as designing of new kind of coal based materials with predicted adsorption or absorption properties. Structural and molecular characterization of hard coal based materials is continuously developed for such a purposes. Furthermore sorption measurement accuracy from theoretical as well as practical point of view.

1. Sorption of methanol, benzene and water vapour on methamorphic constituents of hard coals, Archives of Mining Sciences, 39, 4, 553 (1994)
2. The investigations of texture and surface structure of coals, European Carbon Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, Conference Proceedings p. 439 - 440 (1996)
3. On Factors Affecting Sorption Energy in Hard Coals, Archives of Mining Sciences, 42, 2, 291 (1997)
4. Sorption Properties of Montmorillonite Modified by Transition Metal Ions, Mineralogia Polonica, 29, 2, 71 - 85 (1998)

Curriculum Vitae

Born in Poland in May 1936, and after finishing secondary school education worked 2 years in a factory. After his service in the Polish army he enrolled at the Faculty of Mathematics-Physics and Chemistry of the Maria-Curie Skłodowska University in Lublin, and studied Chemistry. In 1963 he graduated from the Faculty of Mathematics-Physics and Chemistry of the University. In 1971 received his Ph. D. degree in the Department of Physical Chemistry. In 1996 he has been the Head of the Department of Interfacial Phenomena until now.

He published over 140 papers and two books. In 1990 he was awarded by the Polish Ministry of Education and a few times by the Rector of Maria-Curie Skłodowska University.

Besides many short visit to a few University of the word he worked as Visiting Research Prof. at the Technical University of Nova Seofia (Canada).

Main scientific interests: Physicochemical phenomena such as adhesion, wettability and adsorption. Influence of organic liquids, surfactants and their films on the adhesion of solid particles, air bubbles to different substrates surface. Determination surface free energy of solids liquids.

1. Gas-Adsorption Studies on Correlations between the Flotability of Minerals and the Work of Water Adhesion to Their Surfaces, Colloids and Surfaces, 30, 275-285 (1988)
2. Correlation between Surface Free Energy and Floatability of Galena with Potassium Ethyl Xanthate, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol., 3, 269-280 (1996)
3. Components of the Surface Free Energy of Low Rank Coals in the Presence of n-Alkanes, Powder Technology, 86, 229-238 (1986)
4. Influence of Ethyl Xanthate on the Wettability and Surface Free Energy of Galena, Applied Surface Science, 120, 35-42 (1997)
5. Wettability and Surface Free Energy of Glass in the Presence of Cetyltrimethyammonium bromide, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 58, 166-171 (1999)

Curriculum Vitae

I was bom in Kraków (Poland) in 1930. Having completed my studies in physical chemistry, I graduated with M.Sc. from the Jagiellonian University in 1955. Then, I obtained the degree of D.Sc. in 1963, and after the next major dissertation I was appointed Dr hab. (equialent of Associate Prof.ship) in 1972, both at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Kraków. Full Prof.ship was conferred upon me in 1991 and, although I was retired in 2001, I have still been continuing research activity.

My scientific interests have been concentrated at the problems of porosity and surface chemistry of carbonaceous sorbents, molecular sieves and clay minerals, subjected to reactions with porous polar and apolar substances. Numerous investigations were focused on the possibilities of modification of physico-chemical properties of such substances with particular attention paid to formation of mineral-carbonaceons sorbents.

I am an author or co-author of about 120 papers published in domestic and foreign journals as well as other numerous conference reports and shorter notes. I also took part in joint editing of two textbooks on physico-chemical properties of bituminous coals and one dealing with properties of clay minerals. I organized three international conferences devoted to interactions of carbonaceous sorbents with various vapours and gases, particularly with methane, carbon dioxide and water vapour.

In the years 1984-1990 I was a Vice Dean, and in 1990 - 1993 the Dean of the aculty of Fuels and Energy at the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy. I also hold other posts within the acadeinic structure of the Academy.

My scientific achievements were twice awarded by the Minister of National Education. My research activity, teaching effectiveness and organization skills were also honoured many times with awards of the Rector of the Academy of Mining and Metallurgy.