PhD. Eng. Karol Postawa
Lecturer

room 110, 111 building F1
tel.: 71 320 64 06
e-mail: karol.postawa@pwr.edu.pl
ORCID: 0000-0001-7022-9458
Consultations:  Wed. 11.00-13.00 (regular), Fri. 10.00-12.00 (on-line)

• Biofuels with special emphasis on biogas
• Numerical methods in bioprocess optimization
• Mathematical modeling
• Application of programming and computer techniques in scientific research
• Chemical engineering in renewable energy and sustainable development

• 2022 - present; Research and teaching lecturer, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry
• 2020 – 2021; Research and teaching assistant lecturer, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry
• 2014 – 2020; Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, doctoral studies in the discipline of Chemical Engineering
• 2013 – 2014; Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Master's degree in Biotechnology
• 2009 – 2013; Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Engineering studies in the field of Biotechnology

• 2020, 01.08 - 30.09, Intership in Przedsiębiorstwo Innowacyjno Wdrożeniowe EKOMOTOR Sp. z o.o.
• 2019, 01.09 - 31.10, Internship at the University of Life Sciences in Lublin, Faculty of Production Engineering, Department of Energy and Transportation, as part of the Biostrateg 2 program

• Postawa K., Fałtynowicz H., Pstrowska K., Szczygieł J. Kułażyński M., Artificial neural networks to differentiate the composition and pyrolysis kinetics of fresh and long-stored maize, Bioresource Technology 364, 128137, doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2022.128137, IF 11.889
• Postawa K., Fałtynowicz H., Szczygieł J., Beran E., Kułażyński M., Analyzing the kinetics of waste plant biomass pyrolysis via thermogravimetry modeling and semi-statistical methods
  Bioresource Technology 344, 126181, doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2021.126181, IF 11.889
• Postawa K., Szczygieł J., Kułażyński M. (2021) Innovations in Anaerobic Digestion: A Model-Based Study, Biotechnology for Biofuels 14(1), p. 19, doi:10.1186/s13068-020-01864-z, IF 6.040
• Postawa K., Szczygieł J., Wrzesińska-Jędrusiak E., Klimek K., Kułażyński M. (2021) The pump-mixed anaerobic digestion of pig slurry: new technology and mathematical modeling, Waste Management 123, p. 111-119, doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.01.016, IF 7.145
• Postawa K., Szczygieł J., Kułażyński M. (2020) A comprehensive comparison of ODE solvers for biochemical problems, Renewable Energy, doi:10.1016/j.renene.2020.04.089, IF 8.001
• Postawa K., Szczygieł J., Kułażyński M. (2020) Heuristic methods in optimization of selected parameters of Two-Phase Anaerobic Digestion (TPAD) model, Fuel, doi:10.1016/j.fuel.2020.118257, IF 6.609
• Postawa K., Szczygieł J., Kułażyński M. (2020) Methods for anaerobic digestion model fitting—comparison between heuristic and automatic approach, Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, doi:10.1007/s13399-020-00945-1, IF 4.987