The "Ecological Doctor" award of PLN 10 000 was won by dr inż. Małgorzata Latos-Brózio, assistant professor at the Institute of Polymer and Dye Technology of TUL for her doctoral dissertation entitled "Natural antioxidants effectively stabilising polymers". The group of winners of "Ecological Masters" from the Faculty of Chemistry also includes mgr inż. Karol Tutek, a doctoral student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at TUL. He was awarded for his dissertation entitled "Biodegradable polymer composites modified with substances of hemp origin", as have two graduates: mgr inż. Magdalena Szymczak and mgr inż. Katarzyna Wieczorek.
The 7th edition of the competition was lucky for mgr inż. Natalia Misztela, who submitted her master's thesis entitled "Analysis of the application of integrated nanofiltration and pervaporation techniques for desalination of textile waste water". The thesis was carried out under the supervision of dr inż. Joanna Marszałek in cooperation with the Department of Biomedical Technologies and Environmental Protection of the Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Textiles in Łódź, where the substantive supervision was provided by dr inż. Renata Żyłła.
Natalia Misztela is now considering further education at doctoral studies.
Right after defending my master thesis I started working in a laboratory at Jan Olbracht Rzemieślniczy Brewery in Piotrków Trybunalski. This job was in line with my engineering education. I got my degree in Food Technology and Human Nutrition at the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences at TUL. Earlier, I had a three-month internship organized by Lodz University of Technology under the project "Economy for science - high quality internships for students of the Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences", thanks to which the company offered me a job - explains the winner of the competition.
The main goal of the "Ecological Master and Doctor" competition is to identify the best, in scientific and practical terms, master's theses and doctoral dissertations in the field of environmental protection. All winners of the "Ecological Master" competition received prizes of PLN 5,000.