Prof. Eliza Gruczyńska-Sękowska, PhD, BEng
Prof. Eliza Gruczyńska-Sękowska, PhD, BEng
e-mail: e.gruczynska-sekowska@vistula.edu.pl
Faculty: Tourism and Recreation
Field of education: Dietetics
SCIENTIFIC DEGREES / STUDIES COMPLETED
1997 r. – master of science, engineer of chemical technology; Łódź Technical University, Faculty of Food Chemistry and Biotechnology.
2002 r. – PhD, engineer of agricultural sciences; Warsaw School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Food Technology.
2013 r. – professor, PhD in agricultural sciences in the field of food technology and nutrition, specialty: food chemistry; Warsaw School of Life Sciences, Faculty of Food Science.
FUNCTIONS PERFORMED
2008−2009 – head of the food chemistry lab at the Faculty of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Lethbridge (Canada).
INTERNSHIPS AND TRAININGS
27 June 2007 – 31 December 2009 Canada, University of Lethbridge, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Post-Doctoral Fellowship
3-4 October 2009 Canada, Ontario, Toronto, 23rd Meeting of the Canadian Section of the AOCS, Crystallization of Lipids, Nucleation to Application, Workshop.
Didactic/research interests:
- examination of the chemical composition and lipids content in prairie fruits growing in Canada;
- application of enzymatic esterification in the production and stabilization of zero trans structured lipids for high-temperature applications;
- production of structured lipids in environments of sub-critically low water content.