| Karolina Rybka, PhD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6802-6440 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krybka/ ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karolina_Rybka
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Research interests:
Full CV (incl. list of publications and conferences)- click here.
Research grants:
2024 | Contract between Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences and Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (BGR) sponsored by Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action of the Federal Republic of Germany; (BGR funding No. 204-10121999). Studie zu Ladungseigenschaften dioktaedrischer Smektiten auf der Grundlage von O-D vibrational spectroscopy und Extraktionsexperimenten (Study on charge properties of dioctahedral smectites based on O-D vibrational spectroscopy and extraction experiments) (Investigator “Kinetics and predictability of rehydration of smectites from bentonites”) Principal Investigators: Reiner Dohrmann (BGR) and Arkadiusz Derkowski (IGS PAS) – project completed. |
2023-2024 | Research activity NCN MINIATURA 7 (2023/07/X/ST10/01166) Kinetics and mechanism of montmorillonite rehydration as a key to full understanding thermal transformations of smectites (Principal Investigator) – project completed. |
2018-2022 | Grant NCN OPUS 14 (2017/27/B/ST10/00898) Hydrotalcite-like mineral composites obtained by transformation of selected minerals as hybrid sorbents for the removal of anions from multielement aqueous solutions (Key Investigator) – project completed. Principal Investigator: Jakub Matusik |
Education:
2022 | Ph.D. in Natural Sciences, discipline: Earth and related environmental sciences AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. Ph.D. thesis: Hydrotalcite-like mineral composites obtained by transformation of selected minerals hybrid sorbents for the removal of anions from multi-element aqueous solutions. Supervisor: prof. Jakub Matusik. |
2017 | Postgraduate certificate Database and Network Systems + Quality Management. Cracow University of Technology Centrum Szkolenia i Organizacji Systemów Jakości |
2017 | M.Sc.title AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. Branch: Environmental Engineering, specialization: Mineral Engineering. M.Sc. thesis: Efficiency of selected anions removal from aqueous solutions by nanocomposites derived from Maria III kaolinite. Supervisor: Jakub Matusik, Ph.D. |
2016 | B.Sc.title AGH University of Science and Technology in Kraków, Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection. Branch: Environmental Engineering. B.Sc. thesis: Causes of air pollution and their influence on the air quality in malopolska. Supervisor: Marzenna Schejbal - Chwastek, Ph.D. |
Professional career:
2023 - present | research assistant Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences, Research Centre in Kraków Clay Lab (https://www.ing.pan.pl/en/research-groups/clay-minerals-research-group) |
2021-2022 | research assistant AGH University of Science and Technology Faculty of Geology, Geophysics and Environmental Protection Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry Mineral-based Architectures Group (www.mba-group.agh.edu.pl) |
Selected achievements / awards
2024 | FNP Foundation for Polish Science START stipend for young researchers |
2024 | Award for the best PhD thesis by Mineralogical Society of Poland |
2022 | Best Poster Presentation Award at XVII International Clay Conference, Istanbul, Turkey |
2021 | Best Presentation Award at 6th International Conference on Water Pollution and Treatment (online) |
2018 | 1st prize for the best poster presentation at 55th Annual Meeting of the Clay Minerals Society, Urbana-Champaign, USA |
2018 | Blair Jones/Jane Flynn award for the highest ranked abstract in CMS Student Travel Award 2018 competition |
