Prof. dr hab. inż. Marta Gmurek (discipline: chemical engineering; Web of Science Core Collection: h-index – 23, number of publications 2015-2025 – 64, number of citations for publications from 2015-2025 – 2,056. SciVal: Output in 10% Citation Percentiles (%) – 22.6%. Field-Weighted Citation Impact (FWCI) for publications from 2015-2024 – 1.55) is a professor at the Institute of General and Ecological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lodz University of Technology, and is the youngest person to hold the title of professor at this university.
She was awarded the title of professor in engineering and technical sciences in the discipline of Chemical Engineering by the decision of the President of the Republic of Poland on September 7, 2023.
Her research focuses on the degradation of xenobiotic compounds, including endocrine-disrupting substances and pharmaceuticals, using reactive oxygen species, mainly advanced oxidation processes and photosensitization. She is also involved in water quality issues and closed-loop water management.
Prof. Gmurek is the author of over 70 articles indexed in JCR, cited more than 2,400 times (Scopus h-index: 25). She has led and participated in numerous research projects funded by the National Science Centre (NCN), the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBiR), and international grants. She has completed research internships, among others, in Germany (DAAD, Humboldt Research Fellowship at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology), Portugal (University of Coimbra), and the Czech Republic (Charles University in Prague).
She is a laureate of prestigious competitions, including: a scholarship recipient from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MNiSW) in the program for outstanding young scientists, a two-time recipient of the START scholarship from the Foundation for Polish Science, and a laureate of the Award for Outstanding Achievements Contributing to the Development of Science for Young Scientists Working in the Lodz Voivodeship (PAN Łódź) and the Scientific Award of the Division IV of Technical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences.
She is a member of the Chemical and Process Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and a former member of the Academy of Young Scientists of the Polish Academy of Sciences (term 2019-2024) and the Environmental Engineering Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences (term 2020-2024). In 2023, she became a member of the Young Academy of Europe and the Main Board of Societas Humboldtiana Polonorum (as treasurer). She is a laureate of the International Visitors Leadership Program of the US government as part of the “HiddenNoMore: Empowering Women Leaders in STEM” project.
She is a co-author of two national patents and one European patent. She has served as a supervisor or co-supervisor for three doctoral candidates and is currently supervising two doctoral candidates in the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School.