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Prof. Dr. Maria Balcerzak Department
of Analytical Chemistry Warsaw
University of Technology |
Ph.D. (1978) and D.Sc. (habilitation, 1991) thesis on analytical chemistry of noble metals at the Faculty of Chemistry at the Warsaw University of Technology.
Main research interests and expertise:
Analytical chemistry of noble metals.
UV-VIS spectrophotometry.
Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (ICP-MS).
The co-author of three books devoted to the application of UV-VIS spectrophotometry in inorganic analysis [1,2,3].
The author of a chapter on analytical chemistry of noble metals in the Encyclopedia of Analytical Chemistry [4].
The author or co-author of a number of review articles on analytical chemistry of noble metals and modern analytical techniques applied to the determination of traces of elements in various materials [5-14].
The author or co-author of numerous original research papers [15-24 as representative].
Numerous scientific presentations at national and international symposia and conferences.
A reviewer of research and review papers on analytical chemistry for the recognized scientific journals, e.g. Analytica Chimica Acta, Microchimica Acta, Talanta, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, Phytochemical Analysis, Atmospheric Environment, Environmental Pollution, International J. AOAC, Spectroscopy Letters, Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Chemia Analityczna (Warsaw).
A member of two Commissions (Trace Inorganic Analysis Commission, Reagents and Analytical Reactions Commission) of the Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
Educational activity:
Lectures on (1) Fundamental Analytical Chemistry for undergraduate students, (2) on Speciation Analysis of Metals and Metalloids for M.Sc. students and (3) on The Role of Analytical Chemistry in Environmental Studies for Ph.D. students.
Supervisor of M.Sc. and Ph.D. thesis.
PUBLICATIONS:
Books:
1. Z. Marczenko, M. Balcerzak, “Spektrofotometryczne metody w analizie nieorganicznej”, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1998 (526 stron) (in Polish).
2. Z.
Marczenko, M. Balcerzak, “Separation, Preconcentration and Spectrophotometry in
Inorganic Analysis”, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2000 (pp. 521).
3. Z. Marczenko, M. Balcerzak, “Методы спектрофотометрии в УФ и видимой областях в неорганическом анализе”, Binom, Moscow, 2007 (pp. 711) (in
Russian).
4. M. Balcerzak: “Noble Metals, Analytical Chemistry of”, a chapter in “Encyclopedia
of Analytical Chemistry”, pp. 8958-8984, Wiley&Sons, Chichester 2000;
www.wiley.co.uk/eac.
Review articles:
5. M. Balcerzak: "Solvent Flotation with Basic Dyes as a
Method of Separation of Small Amounts of Ruthenium and Osmium for
Spectrophotometry ‑ A review", Analusis (France), 20,
295-301 (1992).
6. M. Balcerzak: "Platinum Metals-Tin(II) Chloride Complexes.
Analytical Applications. A Review", Analusis (France), 22,
353-359 (1994).
7. M.
Balcerzak: "Metals and Metalloids in Biology and Medicine. Modern
analytical techniques in biological materials studies”, Wiadomości Chemiczne,
49, 137-150 (1995) (in Polish).
8. M. Balcerzak, "Analytical Methods for the Determination of
Platinum in Biological and Environmental Materials. A Review", Analyst,
122, 67R-74R (1997).
9. M.
Balcerzak, M.W. Raynor, "Sample preparation for gas chromatographic
separation methods in speciation analysis of metals and metalloids (a
review)", Chemia Analityczna (Warsaw), 43, 287-299 (1998).
10. M. Balcerzak, “Sample Digestion
Methods for the Determination of Traces of Precious Metals by Spectrometric
Techniques”, Analytical Sciences (Japan), 18, 737-750 (2002).
11. M. Balcerzak, “Analytical Methods for the
Determination of Ruthenium: The State of the Art”, Critical Reviews in
Analytical Chemistry, 32, 181-226 (2002).
12. E. Skrzydlewska, M. Balcerzak,
P. Pasławski, “Inductively coupled plasma as a source of excitation and
ionization for modern analytical techniques”, Wiadomości Chemiczne, 56(5-6),
495-521 (2002) (in Polish).
13. E. Skrzydlewska, M.
Balcerzak, “Inductively Coupled Plasma-Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometry
(ICP-TOFMS), Wiadomości Chemiczne, 57(9-10), 907-933 (2003) (in
Polish).
14. M. Balcerzak, “An Overview of Analytical Applications
of Time of Flight-Mass Spectrometric Analyzers and Inductively Coupled
Plasma-TOF-MS Technique”, Analytical Sciences (Japan), 19, 979-989 (2003).
Representative research
papers:
15. M. Balcerzak, E.
Święcicka, "Determination of ruthenium and osmium in each other's presence
in chloride solutions by direct and third-order derivative spectrophotometry",
Talanta, 43, 471-478 (1996).
16. M.W. Raynor, G.D.
Dawson, M. Balcerzak, W.G. Pretorius, L. Ebdon, "Electrospray Nebulisation
Interface for Micro-High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Inductively Coupled
Plasma Mass Spectrometry", J. Anal. At. Spectrom., 12,
1057-1064 (1997).
17.
M. Balcerzak, E. Święcicka, E. Balukiewicz, "Determination of Platinum and
Ruthenium in Pt and Pt-Ru Catalysts with Carbon Support by Direct and
Derivative Spectrophotometry", Talanta, 48, 39-47 (1999).
18. M. Balcerzak, M.
Kaczmarczyk, “Rapid Derivative Spectrophotometric Method for the Determination
of Platinum in Pt-Ru/C Catalyst Using Iodide Media”, Anal. Sci. (Japan),
17, 1321 (2001).
19.
M. Balcerzak, K. Pergoł, “Selective
determination of platinum and palladium in iodide media by derivative
spectrophotometry” Chem. Anal. (Warsaw),
48, 87-95 (2003).
20. E. Skrzydlewska,
M. Balcerzak, F. Vanhaecke, “The Determination of Chromium, Cadmium and Lead in
Food-Packaging Materials by Axial Inductively Coupled Plasma-Time of
Flight-Mass Spectrometry”, Anal. Chim. Acta, 479, 191-202 (2003).
21. E. Skrzydlewska,
M. Balcerzak, “Multi-elemental analysis of non-food packaging materials by
inductively-coupled plasma-time of flight-mass spectrometry”, Talanta, 62,
937-944 (2004).
22. M. Balcerzak, M. Kopacz, A.
Kosiorek, E. Święcicka, S. Kuś, “Spectrophotometric studies of the interaction
of noble metals with quercetin and quercetin-5'-sulfonic acid”, Analytical
Sciences, 20, 1333 (2004).
23. M. Balcerzak, A.
Kosiorek, E. Swięcicka, “Morin as a Spectrophotometric Reagent for
Gold”, Zh. Anal. Khim., 61, 119-123 (2006)
24. A.
Kosiorek-Rupińska, E. Swięcicka, M. Balcerzak, “Speciation Analysis of
Osmium(VIII) and Osmium(IV) by UV-VIS Spectrophotometry using Quercetin as the
Reagent”, Analytical Letters, 39, 589-602 (2006).
Tel:
(+48 22) 234 5104, Fax: (+48 22) 628 2741, E-mail: mbal@ch.pw.edu.pl