dr inż. Ewa Iwanek
Research Interests:
1) Heterogeneous catalysis -activity of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd and Ru supported on ceria and ceria-zirconia in selected inorganic and organic reactions.
2) Characterization of solid surfaces -to interpret results properly, one must understand what each instrument does and how it does it, what the limitations are, how to isolate chemical data from physical phenomena
see: Research tab
3) Crystallography -structures and defects of solids, stabilizing polymorphs, reactivity of specific crystal planes, Wulff structures
4) Environmentally sustainable waste management
waste plastics and wastes from biomass production are a source of concern due to their abundance; finding ways to turn them into valuable products rather than incinerating is the environmentally friendly route…
Ewa Iwanek (nee Wilczkowska) obtained her Master’s degree at the Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) in single crystal XRD studies of the geometric structures of organic molecules. She then completed her doctoral studies in inorganic heterogeneous catalysis at the Warsaw University of Technology (2011) and went on to become a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto with Prof. Charles Mims who specializes in solid state characterization (1.5 years), as well as working under Prof. Yu-Ling Cheng (2 years) within the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation RTTC project. During her postdoctoral studies, Dr. Iwanek continued to collaborate with her Alma Mater performing numerous characterization studies of catalytic systems synthesized at WUT. She then accepted the position of professor at Sheridan College, where she pursued her passion of teaching and research, which resulted in being awarded two grants, and several publications. She has organized laboratory workshops for stellar students in Applied Chemistry, including two in heterogeneous catalysis. Currently Dr. Iwanek is an Assistant Professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, conducting research with scientists from CNR-ISMN (Italy), the Polish Academy of Science, the University of Toronto, and colleagues from Sheridan College in the fields of catalysis and environmentally sustainable waste management.
It’s not all just fun and catalysis… well, perhaps it is.
Aleksandra Siwiec (left) and Sylwia Siennicka (right) are synthesizing novel catalytic systems and testing their activity. A great and truly dynamic duo!
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