D.Sc. Eng.
Katarzyna Lech
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phone: +48 22 234 5717
address: Noakowskiego St. 3, room 8
Field of interest
Identification of color compounds in natural dyes (flavonoids, curcuminoids, carotenoids) using HPLC – ESI MS/UV-Vis
- Identification of colorants present in natural and synthetic dyes, organic pigments, archaeological and historical objects (e.g., textiles) using HPLC-UV-Vis-ESI MS/MS
- Application of hyphenated techniques in cultural heritage preservation
- Mass spectrometry techniques and fragmentation pathways
- Chemical separation and preconcentration methods
Degrees
2022 – D.Sc., Warsaw University of Technology
23th September 2011 – Ph.D., Warsaw University of Technology
2006 – M.Sc., Warsaw University of Technology
Activity
2019
Award of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for didactic achievements
2018
Visiting Associate Professor at Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), Omaha, NE, USA, February 2018 – June 2019
Member of the Board and the Treasurer of the Polish Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2018-present
2017
Award of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for scientific achievements in 2015/16
2016
A member of the Miniaturization and Trace Analysis Team of the Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences
2015
Award of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for scientific achievements in 2014
Best Poster Award at 33rd Informal Meeting on Mass Spectrometry, Szczyrk, Poland
2014
A member of the Board and the Audit Committee of the Polish Society of Mass Spectrometry, 2014-2018
2013
Award of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for scientific achievements in 2011/12
Award of the Dean of Faculty of Chemistry, Warsaw University of Technology, for special commitment to development activities
A member of the Organizing Committee of XVII The European Conference on Analytical Chemistry (XVII Euroanalysis 2013), Warsaw, Poland
2012
Best Poster Award at the 29th International Symposium on Chromatography, Toruń, 2012
2009 – 2011
Scholarship for Ph.D. Students, Center for Advanced Studies Warsaw University of Technology
2009
Mazovia Ph.D. Scholarship funded by the Office of the Marshal of the Mazovia Voivodeship, Warsaw
2007
“Training course on Analytical Quality Control and method validation in support to the Water Framework Directive” (TAQC-WFD Project, 5th event), Warsaw, Poland
2006
Best Poster Award at 11th Conference on “Zastosowania metod AAS, ICP AES i ICP MS w analizie środowiskowej”, Warsaw, Poland
Course on chemometry, Poznań, Poland