Marek Trojanowicz
Professor
Chemistry
Warsaw University, Poland
Poland
Biography
Marek Trojanowicz was born in 1944 in Warsaw. He has obtained M.Sc. (1966), Ph.D. (1974) and D.Sc. (1981) degrees in Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw in the field of Analytical Chemistry. Since 1989 he is head of the Laboratory for Flow Analysis and Chromatography in University of Warsaw. Since 1991 he is titular professor of chemistry in Department of Chemistry, University of Warsaw, and since 1992 also professor of Chemistry in Department of Analytical Chemistry in the Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology in Warsaw. His post-doc one year studies he carried out in Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan and spend also 2 years as Research Associate in the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. For several month study stays as Visiting Professor he has been invited to University of Michigan, USA, Strathclyde University in Glasgow, UK, University of Tasmania, Australia, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, University of Münster, Germany, University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, and University of Graz, Austria. In years 2003-04 he was appointed for six months as a Senior Fulbright Fellow in University of California at Riverside, USA. With his research group from Warsaw University he took part in four research projects financed by European Commission, and served as expert in 5th Framework of European Commission.
Research Interest
His scientific interests include flow analysis and automation of chemical analysis, ion-selective electrodes, biosensors, ion-chromatography, capillary electrophoresis and the use of ionizing radiation for degradation of organic pollutants for environmental protection. He is author of 230 scientific papers in international analytical journals, two monographs on automation in analytical chemistry and on flow-injection analysis and 9 Polish and foreign patents. He is member of Advisory Boards of international analytical journals Journal of Biochemical and Biophysical Methods (Elsevier), Analytical Letters (M. Dekker), Microchimica Acta (Springer) and Journal of Flow Injection Analysis (Japan). In years 1992-2003 he was Scientific Secretary of the Committee for Analytical Chemistry of Polish Academy of Sciences. He is member of Polish Chemical Society, International Electrochemical Society and Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry
