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Prof. Piotr Paweł Wieczorek, PhD, DSc.

Web of Science ResearcherID A-9649-2012

ORCID 0000-0002-0016-0114

Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole

  Pl. Kopernika 11

PL 45- 040 Opole, Poland

e-mail: Piotr.Wieczorek@uni.opole.pl

http://www.uni.opole.pl; http://www.zche.uni.opole.pl;

tel: +48 77 54 15 904

fax: +48 77 54 15 900

                                       Home address: ul. Opolska 19a, PL 45-960 Opole, Poland

Education and scientific positions

• 02-22.02.2013, Matej Bela University, Banska Bystrica, Slovakia,visiting professor
• 02-17.02.2008, Girona University, Spain, visiting professor
• 2008 – Title of professor given by Polish President
• 09-30.09.2007, Lund University, Sweden, visiting professor
• 05-22.05.2005, University of Bayreuth, Germany, Graduate College Seminar,visiting professor 
• 02-10.02.2005, University of Bath, UK, visiting professor
• 04-15.04 2004, Girona University, Spain, Chemistry PhD Seminar, visiting professor
• 2003 – Professor of University of Opole
• 2001 – DSc., Wrocław University of Technology
• 1997 – 1998 – Visiting researcher in Lund University, Sweden – Swedish Institute grants
• 1995 – 1996 – Docent at Technical University of Munich, (1.07-15.09.1995) DAAD grant, (1.02-30.03.1996)  TUM grant
• 1994 – Visiting researcher in Lund University, Sweden – Swedish Natural Science Research Council research grant (04-30.09.1994)
• 1982 – D., Institute of Organic Technology and Polymer Sciences, Wrocław University of Technology
• 1980 – research stay at Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czechoslovakia (6 months)
• 1978– M.Sc., Department of Chemistry, Wrocław University of Technology

Administrative functions

2012 – 2019 Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole

2008 – 2012 – Vice-Rector of University of Opole for Research and International Relations

2005 – 2008; 2019  –  Director of the Institute of Chemistry, University of Opole

1999 – 2005 – Vice-director of the Institute of Chemistry, University of Opole

2001 – 2020 Head of the Chair of Analytical and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole

2020 – Head of the Chair of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Opole

Research interests:

• transport mechanisms of organic compounds through liquid membranes;
• separation and preconcentration of organic compounds;
• sample preparation of xenobiotics using supported liquid membranes (SLM) and solid phase extraction (SPE) prior to further analysis;
• determination of xenobiotics in environment and food samples;
• separation of enantiomers and determination of their optical purity;
• investigation of biological activity of allelochemicals, phosphoorganic compounds and other xenobiotics;
• isolation, analysis  and structure determination of  natural products;
• biodegradation of xenobiotics.

Author or co-author of more than 180 scientific publications, 19 books and chapters in books, 8 patents and 16 students books and chapters in students books, more than 200 conference lectures and presentations. More than 2200 citations, H=29 (Scopus).

Membership of Professional Societies

• 1978 – Polish Chemical Society
• 1994 – International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry
• 1998 – American Chemical Society
• 2016-2019 – Committee of Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, member
• 2019 – Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences,Presidium member and Head of the Food, Raw Materials and Food Products Analysis Team

Awards:

1. 3 Polish Ministry of Education Scientific Awards – (1983, 1989, and 2002)
2. Polish Chemical Society Kemula’s Scientific Award – 1998
3. National Education Commission Medal– 1995
4. 31 University Rector Scientific Awards – (1980-2020)
5. Golden Cross of Merit – 2003
6. Analytical Chemistry Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences,Andrzej Waksmundzki Medal – 2019

 Prof. Piotr Paweł Wieczorek