Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences
The Institute of Environmental Engineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IEE PAS) is the oldest scientific institution in Poland conducting comprehensive applied and basic research in environmental engineering. Its work encompasses technical, environmental, spatial, legal and economic aspects.
The Institute currently comprises the following units:
- Department of Water Management and Water Protection
- Department of Waste Management and Environmental Analysis
- Department of Air Protection – Pollutant Emissions Team
- Department of Air Protection – Pollution Immission Team
- Department of Area Pollution Impact on the Environment
- Department of Environmental Magnetism and Reclamation
as well as the Research Laboratory of IEE PAS.
The Department of Air Protection – Pollution Immission Team, a member of the ACTRIS-PL consortium, specialises in atmospheric research and environmental engineering. It conducts continuous observations and measurement campaigns using advanced infrastructure including a monitoring station and a laboratory located in Zabrze (34 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie Street). The infrastructure enables, among others, the analysis of PM composition, aromatic hydrocarbons, VOCs, biomass combustion markers, ions and trace elements.
IEE PAS conducts research into the mechanisms of pollutant formation, their transport and transformations in the environment, and develops methods for emission reduction and gas purification. The Institute works closely with government agencies, local authorities and the private sector, providing research-based solutions to support environmental protection.
With its qualified scientific team, IEE PAS specialises in air quality, atmospheric aerosols and chemical transformation studies a fact supported by numerous publications and national and international research projects.
The Institute maintains strong collaborations with many international scientific institutions, including:
the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Geological Survey of Norway, Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (Germany), University of Halle-Wittenberg (Germany), University of Eastern Finland in Kuopio (Finland), Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) in Espoo (Finland), University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), University of Bologna – Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences (Italy), and University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna (Austria).
IEE PAS, together with IG PAS as task leader, and the University of Wrocław (UWr), is involved in the implementation of Task 2 “Aerosol In Situ” (AIS).
This task aims to deliver data on aerosol size distribution, organic and elemental carbon content in aerosols, and aerosol light scattering and absorption. These are key in-situ measurements required for the ACTRIS national infrastructure.
The activities include continuous monitoring using automatic aerosol size distribution instruments (SMPS and APS), nephelometers, and aethalometers, as well as the automatic collection of aerosol samples on filters for further laboratory analysis.
IEE PAS is responsible for the following tasks:
- Measurement of soot concentrations (eBC) at the Racibórz station using the AE-33 aethalometer (Magee Scientific);
- Collection of particulate matter (PM) samples for chemical composition analysis at the Racibórz monitoring station using reference low-volume samplers;
- Operation of a laboratory for the analysis of organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC) in PM;
- Operation of the in-situ laboratory at the IEE PAS headquarters in Zabrze, enabling chemical component analyses for research conducted by consortium partners.
Assistant Professor Patrycja Rogula-Kopiec
Head of the Department of Air Protection – Pollution Immission Team at IPIŚ PAN; responsible for coordinating measurements of the physicochemical composition of aerosols at the Racibórz station, managing measurement campaigns, and overseeing the work of the research laboratory in Zabrze.
patrycja.rogula@ipispan.edu.pl