Organizing Committee Member
Anita Lewandowska
Professor
University of Gdansk
Poland
Biography
Anita Lewandowska is Professor in the Marine Chemistry and Environment Protection Department, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, the University of Gdansk. She received M.S. in 1994 and Ph.D. in Earth and Environmental Sciences in 1999, both from the University of Gdansk. In 2012 she obtained a postdoctoral degree at the University of Gdansk and in 2013 she became an Associate Professor at the same university. Her primary research interests are in the field of atmospheric chemistry and oceanography with the special focus on processes of aerosol and gases exchange between the sea and the atmosphere under the influence of abiotic and biotic factors in the coastal regions of the sea. She is interested mainly in issues related to the Baltic Sea and Antarctica. Anita Lewandowska is a member of the Sea Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is author and co-author of dozens of scientific publications in the field of atmospheric chemistry and co-author of the book Aerosols and Gases in Earth's Atmosphere - Global Changes and a Practical Guide for Students Aerosols and Gases.
Research Area
Chemical composition of aerosols, their origin and role in air, the transformations they undergo, toxic substances in aerosols, carbon cycle.