Environmental Chemistry Group

Research group no. 17

Environmental Chemistry Group

Group leader

prof. dr hab. Rafał Szmigielski

Research topics

The Environmental Chemistry Group fosters the research in two parallel directions:
I.  Chemistry vs. smog: chemical composition, physicochemical properties, and health effects of atmospheric particles (SOA)
We conduct our studies using an array of laboratory tools, including hyphenated mass spectrometry (GC/MS, LC/MS), smog chamber, organic synthesis, biochemical assays as well as field measurements.
II.  Chemistry in ecosystems: Insect-insect and insect-plant interaction in forest environment
We characterize a chemical profile of signaling impulses (e.g. pheromones), which are behind insect and plant communications, using an array of chemical (GC/MS, SPME, GC/FID, organic synthesis), bioanalytical (olfactometry, electroantennography, wind tunnel) forest campaigns.

Members

  • dr inż. Krzysztof J. Rudziński
  • dr inż. Agata Kołodziejczyk 
  • mgr Klara Nestorowicz
  • dr Olena Diyuk
  • mgr Katarzyna Pawlak

Publications

2021

Sarang, K., Otto, T., Rudzinski, K., Schaefer, T., Grgić, I., Nestorowicz, K., Herrmann, H., & Szmigielski, R.
Reaction Kinetics of Green Leaf Volatiles with Sulfate, Hydroxyl, and Nitrate Radicals in Tropospheric Aqueous Phase.
Environmental Science & Technology, https://doi.org/10.1021/ACS.EST.1C03276

Sarang, K., Rudziński, K. J. J., & Szmigielski, R.
Green Leaf Volatiles in the Atmosphere - Properties, Transformation, and Significance.
Atmosphere, https://doi.org/10.3390/ATMOS12121655

2022

Khan, F., Jaoui, M., Rudziński, K., Kwapiszewska, K., Martinez-Romero, A., Gil-Casanova, D., Lewandowski, M., Kleindienst, T. E., Offenberg, J. H., Krug, J. D., Surratt, J. D., & Szmigielski, R. Cytotoxicity and oxidative stress induced by atmospheric mono-nitrophenols in human lung cells. Environmental Pollution, https://doi.org/10.1016/J.ENVPOL.2022.119010

Kostenidou, E., Jorga, S., Kodros, J. K., Florou, K., Kołodziejczyk, A., Szmigielski, R., & Pandis, S. N.
Properties and Atmospheric Oxidation of Norpinic Acid Aerosol.
Atmosphere, https://doi.org/10.3390/ATMOS13091481

Rudziński, K. J., Staszek, D., Asztemborska, M., Sukovata, L., Raczko, J., Cieślak, M., Kolk, A., & Szmigielski, R.
Newly Discovered Components of Dendrolimus pini Sex Pheromone.
Insects, https://doi.org/10.3390/insects13111063
Larvae of the pine-tree lappet moth (Dendrolimus pini) feed on needles of pine trees in Europe and Asia. During outbreaks, they can massively defoliate pine forests. The discovery of unknown components of D. pini sex pheromone opens possibilities for optimizing the lures for trapping D. pini males and increasing their use in insect monitoring systems.

2023

Sarang, K., Otto, T., Gagan, S., Rudzinski, K., Schaefer, T., Brüggemann, M., Grgić, I., Kubas, A., Herrmann, H., & Szmigielski, R.
Aqueous-phase photo-oxidation of selected green leaf volatiles initiated by OH radicals: Products and atmospheric implications.
Science of The Total Environment,  https://doi.org/10.1016/J.SCITOTENV.2023.162622