1. Education

M.Sc., (chemical technology) Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland, 1984
Ph.D., (chemical technology) Poznan University of Technology, Poznań, Poland, 1991
D.Sc., (economy) Poznan University of Economics, Poznań, Poland, 2004
Professor of economics, President of Poland 2017

2. Academic activities

2005 - 2012: vice-dean (two terms) of Faculty of Commodity Science, Poznan University of Economics, Poland
Since 2009: Head of Department of Commodity Science and Ecology of Industrial Products
since 2004 – member of Faculty Council of the Faculty of Commodity Science

3. Types of classes

Kształtowanie jakości wyrobów przemysłowych – first-cycle,
Towaroznawstwo przemysłowe – second-cycle,
Towaroznawstwo przemysłowe (laboratory classes) – second-cycle,
Degree seminar – first- and second-cycle in the fields of Commodity Science and Production Management and Engineering,
Towaroznawstwo przemysłowe – third-cycle,
Postgraduate thesis seminar.

4. Research areas

My scientific interests can be divided into three areas, each of which is involved in the field of commodity science: packaging, household chemicals and cosmetics, issues related to ecology and in particular removing metals from aqueous solutions.

5. Selected publications

R.Cierpiszewski, M.Hebrant, J.Szymanowski and C.Tondre, 1996, Copper(II) complexation kinetics with hydroxyoximes in CTAB micelles. Effects of extractant hydrophobicity and additives, J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 92(2), 249-255.
R. Cierpiszewski, 2000, Kinetics of copper extraction from chloride solutions with model and commercial dialkyl pyridine dicarboxylates, Solvent Extr. Ion Exch., 18(1), (2000) 93-108.
Cierpiszewski, R.; Miesiąc, I.; Regel, M.; Sastre, A.M.; Szymanowski, J. Removal of Zinc(II) from Spent Hydrochloric Acid Solutions from Zinc Hot Galvanizing Plants, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 2002, 41, 598
Borowiak-Resterna A., Cierpiszewski R., Prochaska K., 2010, Kinetic and equilibrium studies of the removal of cadmium ions from acidic chloride solutions by hydrophobic pyridinecarboxamide extractants, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 179, 828–833.
Wionczyk B., Cierpiszewski R., Mol A., 2011, Prochaska K. Studies on the kinetics and equilibrium of the solvent extraction of chromium(III) from alkaline aqueous solutions of different composition in the system with Aliquat 336, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 198, 257–268.
Korzeniowski A., Cierpiszewski R., 2012, Realizacja funkcji opakowań w e-handlu w branży kosmetycznej, Opakowanie, 2, 73-75.
Korzeniowski A., Cierpiszewski R., 2012, Funkcje opakowań jednostkowych wybranych produktów branży zbożowo-młynarskiej. TPJ, 3/32, 80-84.
Dobrucka R., Cierpiszewski R., 2014, Active and Intelligent Packaging Food – Research and Development – A Review, Pol. J. Food Nutr. Sci., 64 (1) 7-15.
Kalak T., Cierpiszewski R., 2015, Correlation analysis between particulate soil removal and surface properties of laundry detergent solutions, Textile Research Journal, 85(18) 1884–1906