Scientific interests:

evaluation of thallium contamination of different environmental components,

to search for novel sources of environmental contamination with thallium which were not described to date,

to determine the hazards associated with current pathways for spreading thallium contaminations in the environment,

to recognize the bioavailable forms of thallium and determine the possibility of its migration in selected components of the environment,

to eliminate the factors which are hazardous for the health and environment by using novel measuring materials (for determination of thallium in environmental samples: plants, water and soil), which would serve as an alternative to the currently used toxic mercury membrane electrode,

design, characterization and use of a novel modified electrodes in voltamperometric analysis of thallium based on lignosulfonate-stabilised gold nanoparticles and unique nanomaterial – reduced graphene oxide.

Selected publications:

Karbowska, B. (2016). Presence of thallium in the environment: sources of contaminations, distribution and monitoring methods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 188, 640.

Łukaszewski, Z., Karbowska, B., Zembrzuski, W., Siepak, M. (2012). Thallium in fractions of sediments formed during the 2004 tsunami in Thailand. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 80, 184–189.

Karbowska, B., Rębiś, T., Milczarek, G. (2018). Electrode Modified by Reduced Graphene Oxide for Monitoring of Total Thallium in Grain Products. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 653.

Karbowska, B., Rębiś, T., Milczarek, G. (2017). Mercury-modified Lignosulfonate-stabilized Gold Nanoparticles as an Alternative Material for Anodic Stripping Voltammetry of Thallium. Electroanalysis, 29, 2090–2097.