Karolina Rybka

 

Karolina Rybka, PhD

Address:

Institute of Geological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
Research Centre in Cracow
Senacka 1, 31-002 Kraków, Poland

Position: Research Assistant
E-mail:  ndrybka@cyf-kr.edu.pl

ORCID:  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6802-6440

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/krybka/

ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Karolina_Rybka

 

Research interests:

  • Rehydration of smectites and smectite-rich materials
  • Layered Double Hydroxides: synthesis and applications in wastewater treatment
  • Clay-based composite adsorbents for wastewater treatment

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