PhD. Eng. Katarzyna Pstrowska
Lecturer

room 210, building F1
tel.: 71 320 63 62
e-mail: katarzyna.pstrowska@pwr.edu.pl
ORCID:  0000-0003-2082-4624
Consultations:
winter semester: Tuesday: 13.00-15.00; Thursday: 13.00-15.00
summer semester: Monday: 15.00-17.00; Tuesday:12.00-14.00

• Titanium photocatalysts in the processes of organic compounds removal from water
• Photocatalysis in environmental protection
• Solid waste pyrolysis for fuel fractions production
• Physicochemical analysis of liquid fractions obtained in the thermochemical waste conversion
• Waste biomass management (biofuels, active carbons)

• 01. 2022 – now – Researcher: Department of Advanced Materials Technologies, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
• 2016-2021 – Researcher: Division of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
• 2014-2015 – postgraduate studies, Research and Development Project Manager, WSB University in Wrocław
• 2013-2016 – Assistant: Division of Fuels Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
• 2009-2013 – PhD. Eng. – Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, discipline: Chemical Technology
• 2004-2009 – MSc Eng. - Wroclaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Chemical Technology

• 07-09.2021 Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Chemical Technology of Oil and Gas Processing, Lviv, Ukraine
• 07-10.2018 Technische Universiteit Eindhoven (TU/e), Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven, Netherlands

• 03.2021-now: Development of technologies for rational management of bovine shavings from leather processing (Mizdra 2.0, POIR.04.01.04-00-0071/20-00); contractor
  
• 06.2017-04.2020: Graphene based artificial leaf (NCN 2016/21/B/ST4/03699); contractor
  
• 11.2018-08.2019: Developing of innovative air purification methods for grain and seed drying, along with pollutant emissions Reduction (ECO-Dryer, BIOSTRATEG3/344490/13/NCBR/2018); contractor
  
• 06.2017-11.2018: Removal of methane and odors from farm gases (633/2017/KNOW); project manager
  
• 01.2017-12.2017: PhOxy – lean methane photooxidation (Climate-KIC Greenhouse 01/KC/GH/2017/KIC); project manager
  
• 08.2016-12.2016: Developing innovative technologies complex utilization of waste generated during the fattening pigs (KompUtyl BIOSTRATEG2/298357/8/NCBR/2016); contractor
  
• 04.2015-10.2015: The use of biomass as a feed additive (126/2015/KNOW); project manager
  
• 04.2012-09.2012: Model agro-energy complexes as an example of distributed cogeneration based on local and renewable energy sources (POIG.01.01.02-00-016/08); contractor
  
• 10.2008-11.2011: Production of fuel components from rapeseed crop products by cracking (KBN, N N205 278835); contractor

https://scholar.google.pl/citations?user=weMS7x0AAAAJ&hl=pl

• K. Pstrowska, H. Czapor-Irzabek, D. Borowiak, E. Burchacka, Acesulfame K photodegradation over nitrogen doped TiO2. Catalysts (2021) 11, 1193. DOI: 10.3390/catal11101193
• K. Pstrowska, J. Walendziewski, Assessment of the refining process profitability for biofuel production – rapeseed pyrolytic oil case study. Polish Journal of Environmental Studies (2021) 30(5), 4609-4619. DOI: 10.15244/pjoes/133210 
• E. Burchacka, K. Pstrowska, E. Beran, H. Fałtynowiecz, K. Chojnacka, M. Kułażyński, Antibacterial Agents Adsorbed on Active Carbon: A New Approach for S. aureus and E. coli Pathogen Elimination. Pathogens (2021) 10(10), 1066. DOI: 10.3390/pathogens10081066
• K. Kolenda, N. Kuśmierek, K. Pstrowska, Microplastic ingestion by tadpoles of pond-breeding amphibians - first results from Central Europe (SW Poland). Environmental Science and Pollution Research (2020) 27(26) DOI: 10.1007/s11356-020-09648-6
• D. Borowiak, K. Pstrowska, M. Wiśniewski, M. Grzebyk, Propagation of Inoculum for Haematococcus pluvialis Microalgae Scale-Up Photobioreactor Cultivation System. Applied Sciences (2020) 10 (18). DOI: 10.3390/app10186283
• A. Piekara, M. Krzywonos, K. Pstrowska, Lollipop supplements- nutrient-dense foods or sweets in disguise? Journal of Food Composition and Analysis (2020) 88:103436. DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2020.103436
• M. Kułażyński, S. Jabłoński, J. Kaczmarczyk, Ł. Świątek, K. Pstrowska, M. Łukaszewcz, Technological aspects of sunflower biomass and brown coal co-firing. Journal of the Energy Institute (2018) 91 (5), 668-675. DOI: 10.1016/j.joei.2017.06.003
• K.Pstrowska, B.Szyja, H. Czapor-Irzabek, A. Kiersnowski, J. Walendziewski, The Properties and Activity of TiO2/beta SiC Nanocomposites in Organic Dyes Photodegradation. Photochemistry and Photobiology (2017) 93, 558-568. DOI: 10.1111/php.12705
• K.Pstrowska, J. Walendziewski, R. Łużny, M. Stolarski, Hydroprocessing of rapeseed pyrolysis bio-oil over NiMo/Al2O3 catalyst. Catalysis Today (2014) 223, 54-65. DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2013.10.066
• K. Pstrowska, J. Walendziewski, M. Stolarski, Hydrorefining of oil from rapeseed cake pyrolysis over NiMo/Al2O3 catalyst. Fuel Processing Technology (2014) 128, 191-198. DOI: 10.1016/j.fuproc.2014.07.035