Ph.D. student and teaching assistant at the Department of Environmental Engineering Technology. Holds an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from Gdańsk University of Technology. Academic background includes environmental chemistry, microbiology, and wastewater treatment technologies. Current research focuses on the occurrence, fate, and ecological risk of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in wastewater and aquatic systems. Scientific projects include the assessment of ecological status of rivers and coastal waters, as well as the evaluation of advanced wastewater treatment technologies, such as ozonation and UV disinfection. Experience has been gained both in laboratory settings and in challenging field conditions, including Arctic research expeditions investigating human impact on fragile ecosystems. Active in science communication, academic teaching, and student engagement, particularly through long-term involvement in the students’ science group “Microbiology in Environmental Engineering".
Katarzyna Jankowska holds a master’s degree in biological oceanography, specializing in marine biology, from the University of Gdańsk, as well as a Ph.D. from the Gdańsk University of Technology. She then pursued her habilitation studies at the Politechnika Gdańska. Katarzyna Jankowska is currently an associate professor of the Department of Environmental Engineering Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gdansk University of Technology.
Dr. Sylwia Fudala-Ksiazek is an Associate Professor at the Gdańsk University of Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. She earned her Ph.D. and habilitation in Environmental Engineering, focusing on mitigating endocrine-disrupting compounds from solid waste by-products. Her academic and industry experience includes roles in wastewater and waste management (e.g., Eko Dolina, ZUT Gdańsk, WWTPs in Luzino and Somonino).
Her research centers on wastewater treatment and micropollutant removal (e.g., pharmaceuticals, plasticizers, PFOA, PFOS), and she also works on circular economy initiatives such as biogas production and stormwater retention.
She is a member of IWA and the Polish Association of Sanitary Engineers and Technicians, she has received multiple honors, including the WFOŚiGW Award (2019), 1st place in WOD-KAN Innovations (2019), and three NOT “Master of Technology” titles.
Dr. Małgorzata Szopińska earned her Master’s and Ph.D. degrees from the Gdansk University of Technology. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering Technology, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Gdansk University of Technology. Dr. Małgorzata Szopińska is an experienced analytical chemist who specializes in water and wastewater analysis. Her research centers on wastewater treatment and micropollutant removal using advanced oxidation processes. She has extensive research experience, including an internship at the Högskolan Kristianstad, Uniwersytet Marii Curie-Skłodowskiej w Lublinie, and Technische Universität Wien. She was also a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Process and Life Science Engineering, Faculty of Engineering at Lund University from 2023 to 2024.
