Ph.D. Eng.
Magdalena Borowska
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phone: +48 22 234 5178
address: Noakowskiego St. 3, room 7
Field of interest
Magdalena`s main research interests involve the synthesis of innovative functional nanomaterials and the development of new analytical approaches, based on spectrometric techniques, and their application in nanochemistry.
Degrees
2021 – Ph.D., Warsaw University of Technology, graduated with distinction
2016 – M.Sc., Warsaw University of Technology, graduated with distinction
Selected Training and Certificates
2023 – EURAMETs EMN for Safe and Sustainable Food training course: Metrological Determination of Micro and Nano Contaminants in Food, Federal Institute of Metrology METAS, Switzerland
2023 – Requirements of the PN-EN ISO/IES 1025:2018-02 standard and other accreditation requirements in laboratory practice, MS EDU
2023 – Automatic pipettes – practical guides on operation, cleaning, maintenance and calibration, Merck
2023 – Flavor and fragrance substances – legal requirements and regulations ensuring the safety of the final product, Merck
2023 – Greener Chemistry with Cyrenetm Blends and Biorenewable Solvents, Merck
2022 – Carbon by ICP-MS? Detecting Microplastics by Single Particle ICP-MS, Perkin Elmer
2022 – Understanding your samples for ICP-MS – Part 2: The advantages of Survey Scan, Perkin Elmer
2022 – Gas chromatography – general information, selection of a chromatographic column, practical tips, Merck
2022 – Spectroquant system – spectrophotometric methods for measuring chemical parameters and checking the system, Merck
2019 – PRINCE2®Foundation Certificate in Project Management, AXELOS Global Best Practice
Activity
Projects
2024 – 2025 Project leader in Excellence Initiative – Research University grant Young PW II, entitled “Investigation the influence of selected soil components on the physicochemical properties of selenium nanoparticles relevant to the fertilization and soil remediation processes”
2022 – 2023 Project leader in WUT Grant in the discipline of Chemical Sciences NCHEM3, entitled “Synthesis, characterization and investigation of potential application of selenium nanoparticles using spectrometric techniques”
2021 – 2022 Project contractor in Excellence Initiative – Research University grant POB Beyond, entitled “Chemical reactor vessel using intelligent microwave source”
2018 – 2021 Project leader in PRELUDIUM 14 [2017/27/N/ST4/00338], entitled “Investigation of detoxifying properties of selenium nanoparticles in relation to different chemical forms of mercury using new analytical methods”, National Science Centre, Poland
2019 – 2020 Project leader in ETIUDA 7 [2019/32/T/ST4/00433], entitled “Development of new analytical methodologies for characterization of selenium nanoparticles including their potential for detoxifying mercury compounds, National Science Centre, Poland
2018 Project contractor in foreign project, entitled “Determination of Fe isotopic composition using MC-ICP-MS for the elucidation of the iron uptake mechanisms in yeast mutants”, Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials, Pau, France
Foreign scientific internship
2023 – Foreign scientific internship at University of Graz in Trace Element Speciation Laboratory (TESLA), September – October 2023 (Graz, Austria) granted by Mobility PW programme
2020 – Foreign scientific internship at Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), February – March and August – November 2020 (Pau, France) granted by National Science Centre Poland
2019 – Foreign scientific internship at Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), May 2019 (Pau, France)
2019 – Foreign scientific internship at Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), February – March 2019 (Pau, France) granted by PROM PW programme
2018 – Foreign scientific internship at Institute of Analytical Sciences and Physico-Chemistry for Environment and Materials (IPREM), April – June 2019 (Pau, France) granted by IPREM
Invited lecture/workshop
2023 – K. Pawlak, M. Borowska, invited workshop entitled “Statistical tools and approaches to validate research results”, Miniaturized systems for chemistry and life sciences µTAS 2023, Katowice, Poland
2022 – invited lecture entitled “Optical emission spectrometry coupled with microwave induced plasma in analytical- and nano-chemistry”, European Symposium on Analytical Spectrometry 2022, Brno, Czech Republic
The most important scientific awards, scholarships and distinctions
2023 – Scholarship of the Rector of Warsaw University of Technology for outstanding scientific achievements
2023 – Invitation to the sixth edition of Young Investigators in (Bio-)Analytcial Chemistry. The special issue of Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry presents a unique collection of articles authored by rising stars in analytical sicences
2022 – First award for the best PhD thesis in analytical spectrometry field granted by Polish Academy of Sciences, Committee of Analytical Chemistry
2021 – Award for the best oral presentation granted by Scientific Committee of Konwersatorium Spektrometrii Atomowej, Białystok, Poland
2019 – Grant for presentation an oral contribution with high scientific impact funded by Scientific Committee of European Winter Conference on Plasma Spectrochemistry
2018 – Distinction for the best oral presentation granted by Scientific Committee of Konwersatorium Spektrometrii Atomowej, Białystok, Poland
2017 – Award for the best master diploma thesis concerning dietary supplements granted by Polish Council for Supplements and Nutritional Foods
2017 – 2021 Scholarship from pro-quality grant for scientific achievements and/or scholarship for the best PhD students at Faculty of Chesmietry in academic years 2017-2021
2016 – Scholarship of the Minister of Science and Higher Education for outstanding scientific achievements