Name of institution: University of Warsaw

Department: Faculty of Chemistry

Address: Pasteura 1, 02-093 Warszawa, Poland

Web site: www.chem.uw.edu.pl

Contact person:

Ewa BULSKA

Professor

phone: + 48 22 8220211 ext. 222 (mobile: +48 601 921081)

fax: + 48 22 8225996

e-mail: ebulska@chem.uw.edu.pl

Keywords: AAS; ICP-OES; ICP-MS; Speciation; GC MIP-OES; HPLC ICP-MS; Surface investigation; EPMA; m-XANES; Archeometry

Research profile:

Analytical chemistry; atomic spectrometry: atom formation processes in graphite furnace as well as in plasma sources; mechanism of matrix interferences; application of various instrumental techniques to analysis of environmental samples, biological fluids, inorganic and organic materials. Mechanism of action of modifiers in graphite furnace in respect of atomic absorption signals detection. Coupling of hydride generation with AAS, ICP-OES, MIP-OES or ICP-MS in flow and flow injection mode. Investigation of speciation by GC MIP-OES, HPLC ICP-MS. The use of solid sorbents for the preconcentration and speciation study. Surface and sub-surface examination of graphite as well as ancient objects with the use of EPMA, m-XANES and Moessbauer. Trace analysis with ICP-MS. Metrology in chemistry, reference materials, interlaboratory comparisons, and uncertainty budget.

Domains of applications:

Clinical samples (speciation of trace elements in blood and urine); food (speciation and metabolism of elements in plants); environment (trace elements in water, soil and air); archeometry (physico-chemical investigation of the processes occurring in ancient objects and development of respective conservation procedures); petroleum products (monitoring of industrial processes in respect of the poisoning of the catalysts).