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On October 21-25, 2024, Hanna Głowienke, M.Sc. participated in the 5th International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology “Future Materials Conference” in the Greek capital Athens. During the conference, the doctoral student was awarded in the “Best Poster Presentation” competition. The award was sponsored by the journal Small Structures (Wiley Publishing).

On October 21-25, 2024, Dr. Aleksandra Pieczyńska, Dr. Paweł Mazierski, Dr. Magdalena Miodyńska-Melzer and Dr. Onur Cavdar took part in the international conference Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products (DDBP2024) in Almeria (Spain) where they presented the results obtained as part of the H2OforAll project (Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)).

On September 11-12, 2024, Anna Gołąbiewska, Ph.D., and Emilia Gontarek-Castro, Ph.D., participated in the third meeting of the “Circular Ocean-bound Plastic” project, organized by the Leibniz-Institut für Ostseeforschung Warnemünde and partners from Rostock. The project is being implemented within the framework of the South Baltic Interreg Program 2021-2027, and aims to promote a circular economy and more resource-efficient solutions. During the two days, we focused on analyzing the key challenges for the project and planning the way forward....

From September 2 to 6, 2024, Dr. Joanna Drzeżdżon completed a research internship in the research group of Dr. Hynek Beneš at the Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague. The research focused on the characterization of polymer materials.

We are pleased to announce that three PhD students from the Department of Environmental Technology at the University of Gdańsk's Faculty of Chemistry—Mateusz Baluk, Damian Makowski, and Kacper Pobłocki—have been awarded travel scholarships for a one-month internship at an international research center ...

In March-June 2024, Dr. Ing. Beata Bajorowicz completed a research internship in the group of Prof. Pascal Van Der Voort at Ghent University in Belgium. The topics of the conducted research concerned the synthesis, characterization and study of photocatalytic activity of new materials based on covalent organic frameworks and quantum dots ...

On 07/07/2024, Researchers from the Photocatalysis Laboratory, Dr. Magdalena Miodyńska and Dr. Eng. Onur Cavdar took part in "The SEA-EU green transformation in practice – Speed talking session with poster session" as a part of "SEA-EU TASK 4.4 Goes Greener Meeting 2024" at the University of Gdańsk. They presented posters from their research funded by the European Union as a part of Horizon project entitled "Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)" (Acronym: H2OforAll, Grant agreement ID: 101081963).

From 01.04. to 30.06.2024 Francesco Ricco, a student from the University of Turin, is doing a research internship at the Department of Environmental Technology under the Erasmus program. During his stay, under the supervision of Aleksandra Pieczyńska, PhD, and Mateusz Baluk, M.Sc., he is conducting research on the synthesis of MOF-based nanomaterials, their characterization and activity in photocatalytic processes.

Dipankar Das from the University of Tripura is doing a research internship in the Department of Environmental Technology in the period 24.04.2024- 31.12.2024. The doctoral student is one of three winners of the Daniel Fahrenheit Scholarship competition and is carrying out a project entitled:“ Development and durability study of geopolymer based cement less construction materials by utilizing fly ash for a sustainable environment” in cooperation with Anna Golabiewska, PhD.

In March 2024, Prof. Dr. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska paid a visit to Tibilisi University in Georgia (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University). The visit took place at the invitation of Dr. Lela Kvinikadze of the Institute of Inorganic Chemistry and Electrochemistry ...

University of Gdańsk will contribute to the identification, analysis and characterization of collected plastic waste, and also will carry out chemical recycling of waste fractions of insufficient quality to be subjected to mechanical methods. The Circular Ocean-bound Plastic (COP) project will be implemented in the Department of Environmental Technology in partnership with representatives from Denmark (CLEAN Cluster - Lider, The Foundation Plast Center Denmark, Ocean Plastic Forum), Sweden (Sustainable Business Hub), Germany (University of Rostock , Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research) and Poland (University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk Sports Center and Gdańsk Water Foundation) ...

A meeting of all members of the international consortium implementing the project "Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)",AKRONIM: H2OforAll was held on November 21, 2023 at the University of Gdansk Library. The project is funded under the Horizon Europe program. During the meeting, attended by about 40 people, discussions were held on the progress of research work carried out in the various tasks of the project. The participants were welcomed by the Vice-Rector for Cooperation and Development of the UG, Prof. Sylwia Mrozowska, PhD, and the Project Coordinator on behalf of the UG, Prof. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, PhD. The meeting was chaired by Project Leader Prof. Rui Martins from the University of Coimbra in Portugal. The first presentation was made by Andreas Kamilaris from the Cyens Center of Excellence, presenting the sensors developed during the project to monitor disinfection by-products (DBPs) ...

On October 23-27, 2023, Anna Pancielejko, M.Sc., Hanna Głowienke, M.Sc., and Jakub Sowik, M.Sc., participated in the 4th International Conference on Materials Science and Nanotechnology in Valencia, Spain.

On October 20, 2023, the Faculty of Chemistry hosted the Sustainable Development Day, during which Dr. eng. Aleksandra Pieczyńska gave a lecture on “How to put the sun into an electrical socket?”

On October 2-06, 2023, there was a visit by Dr. Eng. Aleksandra Pieczyńska at the University of Split as part of the Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training program ...

On 24-27/09/2023, Researchers from the Photocatalysis Laboratory, Dr. Eng. Aleksandra Pieczyńska, Dr. Eng. Paweł Mazierski and Dr. Eng. Onur Cavdar took part in the Molecules & Light V Autumn Meeting of the Polish Photochemistry Group in Kraków, where they presented posters from their research funded by the Euopean Union as a part of Horizon project entitled “Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs) ...

On 14-16/06/2023, PhD students from the Photocatalysis Laboratory, Hanna Głowienke, M.Sc., and Jakub Sowik, M.Sc., took part in the NanoTech Poland international conference in Poznań, where they presented posters from their research.

On 04-07.06.2023, Marta Pawlak, M.Sc., Kacper Poblocki, M.Sc., and Daniel Górzyński, M.Sc., participated in the XIX National Seminar for Doctoral Students and Students "On the borderline of chemistry and biology", held in Trzebieszowice. The winner of the prize of the Sponsor - the CEMIS-TECH company was lic. Kacper Poblocki ...

In February-May 2023, Dr. Eng. Joanna Nadolna completed a research internship at the University of Cretan, where she conducted research in Prof. Trikalitis' group on the physical and chemical characteristics of TiO2-based photocatalysts modified with lanthanides. The trip took place as part of the implementation of the project Program of foreign internships for young UG scientists.

At the Department of Environmental Technology (01.02. – 30.04.2023), Ena Dadić, student from the University of Split, conduct a research internship as part of a Erasmus program ...

We are pleased to announce that Mateusz A. Baluk, M.Sc., Ph.D. student from the Department of Environmental Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, UG, has become a member of the Science Popularization Team by virtue of Resolution No. 19/2023 of the Board of the National Representation of Doctoral Students ...

We are pleased to announce that Kacper Poblocki has for the second time received the scholarship of the Minister of Education and Science for students for significant scientific achievements for the academic year 2022/2023 ...

On March 14-15, 2023, the 1st EDU OFFSHORE WIND Educational Career Fair was held to familiarize students with the possibilities of career development in the field of wind energy ...

Anna Panagiota Souri from the University of Crete is doing a research internship at the Department of Environmental Technology in the period 05.01.2023- 05.01.2024....

We are pleased to announce that MSc Mateusz A. Baluk doctoral student from the Department of Environmental Technology at UG has received an honorable mention in the national environmental poll "Common Green Future" for his master's thesis ...

We are pleased to announce that during the final gala of the EcoInnovator 2022 competition in Krakow, a doctoral student from our Department - Mateusz A. Baluk, M.Sc. won a special award - Product Innovation ...

We are pleased to announce that representatives of the UG Department of Environmental Technology from the UG Department of Chemistry - Mateusz A. Baluk, M.Sc. (Ph.D. student), and Damian Makowski (student) - have received Santander Awards for students and doctoral students of the University of Gdansk ...

The national competition "SkillsPoland" 2022 took place from 23-25.11.2022, during which Marta Pawlak, a doctoral student, and Kacper Poblocki, a master's student from the UG Department of Environmental Technology, represented the stand of the Farenheit Universities....

In September and October 2022, Patrycja Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska, Ph.D., participated in a research internship at the University of the Basque Country in Spain (POLYMAT Institute) ...

From 22-28/10/2022, a doctoral student from the Department of Environmental Technology, Hanna Głowienke, M.Sc., participated in a research internship at the University of Turin in Italy, where she performed research using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy under the supervision of Prof. Stefano Livraghi ...

Marta Pawlak and Kacper Poblocki, from the Department of Environmental Technology, took part in the preparation of the stand of the Association of Farenheit Universities, at the international conference Infoshare 2022, held on 6-7.10.2022 in Gdansk, Poland ...

At the Department of Environmental Technology (20.08. – 18.09.2022), Ella Danese and Ivana Petričević, students from the University of Split, conduct a research internship as part of a Erasmus program ...

Representatives of our Department and a cooperating research group from the Gdansk University of Technology participated in the 8th International Conference on Metal-Organic Frameworks and Open Framework Compounds - MOF 2022. The conference took place in Dresden, Germany, on 04-07/09/2022 and is one of the largest events attended by scientists from all over the world working on metal-organic frameworks or other porous materials ...

On 02-04/09/2022, PhD students from the UG Department of Environmental Technology - Mateusz Adam Baluk, M.Sc. and Daniel Górzyński, M.Sc. participated in the Young Investigators Symposium MOF 2022 scientific conference held at the Technical University of Dresden ...

We are pleased to announce that Lic. Kacper Poblocki has been awarded the Pomeranian Voivodeship Marshal's scholarship for students (residents of Pomeranian Voivodeship), for significant scientific achievements and high grade point average in the academic year 2021/2022. The magisterial student is conducting scientific research in the Department of Environmental Technology in the Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Processes under the supervision of Dr. Dagmara Jacewicz, Professor of the University and Dr. Joanna Drzeżdżon. We sincerely congratulate you and wish you further success ! 

Chemistry Europe Symposium, August 29, 9:15 - 12:30.

Within the framework of the Horizon Europe program, the European Commission will finance a project co-developed by a research group headed by Prof. Dr. hab. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska. Prof. Dr. hab. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska's team will receive about EUR 200,000 under the Horizon - RIA competition. The assumptions of the project "Innovative Integrated Tools and Technologies to Protect and Treat Drinking Water from Disinfection Byproducts (DBPs)" include the development of appropriate analytical techniques for monitoring DBPs and modeling their spread in drinking water systems, as well as assessing the environmental impact of DBP spread. In addition, the project will study the toxicity of DBPs and their impact on the environment and will propose a technology to remove DBPs and alternatively a technology to avoid their formation during water disinfection processes. The project will involve 18 partners and the project leader is the University of Coimbra.

Prof. Dr. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska, head of the Department of Environmental Technology and the Photocatalysis Team of the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Gdansk, director of the Fahrenheit University, received the "Primum Cooperatio" statuette at this year's gala of the "Pomeranian Employer of the Year" competition. The Primum Cooperatio statuette honors individuals representing the Pomeranian academic community for outstanding scientific achievements combined with documented activity in implementing their own scientific achievements in the economy.

As part of the Sustainable Development Day, which took place at the Faculty of Chemistry on 03/06/2022, the employees of Department of Environmental Technologies, Anna Gołąbiewska, Patrycja Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska, Aleksandra Pieczyńska and Paweł Mazierski took part in the Zero Waste Fashion Show. Employees played the roles of designers of unique creations made of recycled materials as well as the role of models.

We are pleased to announce that Mr. Mateusz Adam Baluk from the Department of Environmental Technology received the individual award of the 1st place "Doctoral Experimenter of the Year" and the team award of the 3rd place for the best popularization project for the "Studia na Migi" project in the "Popularization does not hurt" competition organized by the National Representation of Doctoral Students.

We are pleased to announce that B.Sc. Kacper Pobłocki and B.Sc. Marta Pawlak received scholarships of the Minister of Education and Science for  outstanding achievements. The students conduct research at the Department of Environmental Technology in the Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Processes under the supervision of Dr hab. Dagmara Jacewicz, associate professor and Dr. Joanna Drzeżdżon.

At the Department of Environmental Technology (07.03-08.04.2022), Tomislav Šoletić and Slaven Dragićević, students from the University of Split, conduct a research internship as part of a short-term SEA-EU exchange. During their stay, under the supervision of Dr. Aleksandra Pieczyńska and Dr. Paweł Mazierski, the students performed research in the field of synthesis and application of nanomaterials based on TiO2 nanotubes.

On March 9, 2022 Mr Kacper Pobłocki received 2020/2021 academic year UG Rector's Award for the outstanding academic achievements (2nd degree) in the. Mr Kacper Pobłocki conducts research at the Department of Environmental Technology in the Laboratory of Catalytic Materials and Processes under the supervision of Dr hab. Dagmara Jacewicz, associate professor and Dr. Joanna Drzeżdżon.

M.Sc. Hanna Głowienke - PhD student of the Photocatalysis Laboratory of the Department of Environmental Technology, on March 9, 2022, she received the Award for the Best Graduate of Chemical Business at the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdansk in 2021.

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Patrycja Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska and Prof. Dr hab. Eng. Adriana Zaleska-Medynska are co-authors of an interdisciplinary scientific article entitled "Airborne and marine microplastics from an oceanographic survey at the Baltic Sea: An emerging role of air-sea interaction?” published in the prestigious journal Science of The Total Environment. Link to the article: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0048969722008014

In this year's edition of the Bekker NAWA scholarship program, there are 2 laureates from the Faculty of Chemistry from the Department of Environmental Technology, Dr. Eng. Anna Malankowska and Dr. Eng. Paweł Mazierski. Dr. Eng. Anna Malankowska will take her three-month internship at the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia). The title of the project that he will implement is: "Covalent organic skeleton composites / Cu NPs for CO2 conversion". Dr. Eng. Paweł Mazierski will go to Columbia University in New York as part of the internship. He will spend 12 months there, implementing the project: "Dual-functional cerium-based organometallic skeletons for selective photoconversion of biomass and CO2 towards high-value chemicals and fuels".

We are pleased to announce that Dr. Joanna Drzeżdżon received the award for the best presentation during the 15th International Conference on Inorganic Chemistry and Material Chemistry, which took place on December 2-3 2021 by presenting the oral communication entitled "Optimization of the Conditions of Oligomerization and Polymerization Processes of Selected Olefins with the Use of Complex Compounds of Transition Metal Ions", co-authored with Dr. hab. Marzena Białek, prof. UO from the Department of Chemical Technology and Polymer Chemistry, Opole University.

On November 15-17, 2021 in Malmo (Sweden), the Tech Connect Europe conference combined with the fair was held to combine the best applied research and early-stage technologies from universities, laboratories and start-ups with industry and investment end users. The event was attended by employees of the Faculty of Chemistry of the University of Gdansk - Magda Kozak and Paweł Mazierski, where as part of the TANGO 3 project - "Thin film photoreactor" (acronym Foto4Chem) co-financed by the Joint Venture of the National Science Center and the National Center for Research and Development "Tango". They presented a prototype a photoreactor that was created as a result of the aforementioned project. As part of the Tech Connect Innovation Showcase, a stand was implemented which presented the operation of the photoreactor and the results of the tests carried out, as well as the presentation of the idea to a wider audience during the Spotlight Pitches part.

The Scientific Circle of Chemists of the University of Gdansk has won the prize in the royal category "Student Project of the Year", which the students carry out in cooperation with the Department of Environmental Technology. Congratulations and we wish you continued success!!!

We cordially invite you to read the interview with the participation of Dr. Patrycja Jutrzenka Trzebiatowska entitled "Chemical recycling - an opportunity for industry and nature". https://naukawpolsce.pl/aktualnosci/news%2C89316%2Cchemiczny-recykling-szansa-dla-przemyslu-i-dla-przyrody.html

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