Ryszard Wierzchnicki, Ph.D.   rwierzch@orange.ichtj.waw.pl

Head of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Laboratory,
Department of Nuclear Methods of Process Engineering,
Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology
Dorodna 16, 03-195 Warszawa
Tel.: (+48 22) 811 09 16, Fax: (+48 22) 811 19 17



AREA OF ACTIVITY:

• Applications of isotope ratio mass spectrometry in environmental sciences;
• Food authenticity and origin control by the use of stable isotope composition;
• Utility of fluorescent tracer and radiotracer in hydrology and sediment transport study.

EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Technical Science, Institute of Hydroengineering of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Gdansk 1997,
M Sc. in Chemistry, Warsaw Technical University, Warsaw 1980.


TECHNICAL TRAINING / FELLOWSHIP

• Application of IRMS for food authenticity control (IAEA fellowship-2 months), ISOlab Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany 2001
• Regional Training Workshop on Quality Assurance/Quality Control of Nuclear Analytical Techniques, Vienna 1999
• Training Course: Mass Spectrometer DELTAplus (precon/conflo) operator, Bremen, Germany 1998
• Surface-water hydrology (IAEA fellowship - 3 months), Institute of Hydrology, GSF Neuherberg, Germany 1993

PUBLICATIONS
Sixteen diverse publications in Hydrology, Chemistry and Food Science. Several invited presentations.

LANGUAGE
Proficient in oral and written English and Russian

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