Staff:
- Head of the Department:
- Professor Zofia Piotrowska-Seget
- Academic Teachers:
- Katarzyna Kasperkiewicz, PhD
- Anna Markowicz, PhD
- Magdalena Noszczyńska, PhD
- Magdalena Pacwa-Płociniczak, PhD
- Tomasz Płociniczak, PhD
- Piotr Siupka, PhD
- Sławomir Sułowicz, PhD
- Sławomir Borymski, PhD
- Małgorzata Pawlik, PhD
- Technical Staff:
- Marzena Ksiądz, MSc
- Paulina Biniecka, MSc
- Agata Rak, BSc
- Celina Jamrozy
- Sonia Urbaniec
Main field of research:
- the effects of abiotic and biotic stress factors on functional, structural and genetic diversity of soil microbial communities;
- rhizospheric and endophytic plant growth promoting microorganisms as tools to improve the phytoremediation of environments contaminated with heavy metals and petroleum compounds;
- isolation, identification and biochemical characterization of endopytes able to degrade hydrocarbons and promote plant growth in contaminated areas;
- biofilm formation by endophytes;
- spread of antibiotic resistant bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in the environment;
- response of soil microbial communities to nanopesticide in comparison to traditional pesticide;
- biosurfactant-producing bacteria in remediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soils;
- prospects for arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) to assist in phytoremediation of hydrocarbon-contaminated soils;
- monitoring of changes of microbial communities in soils subjected to bioremediation.
Methods used:
- DGGE – denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis
- PLFA – fospholipid fatty acids analysis
- Liquid and gas chromatography
- CLPP – community level of physiological profiles (Biolog®)
- Western Blot
- Real-time PCR
For students:
- Erasmus +:
- Microbiology of food and physiology of nutrition
- Environmental biotechnology
- PhD studies on Advanced methods in biotechnology and biodiversity:
- Techniques for biodiversity of soil microorganisms.