Authors
Alina Kabata-Pendias, PhD, DSC, professor ordinary of environmental geochemistry, was head of the Trace Elements Laboratory of the Institute of Soil Science and
Plant Cultivation in Puławy, Poland, for more than 30 years. She also worked, for 30
years, at the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw, Poland. Today, after 65 years at
the institute in Puławy, she holds the title of professor emeritus and is a member of
the staff of the soil department.
Professor Kabata-Pendias’ research interest has been always focused on the fate
of trace elements in the rock–soil–plant chain. She has published about 320 articles
and book chapters. She is author or coauthor of 11 books, including several editions
(up to 4) of some titles.
Professor Kabata-Pendias was active in various national and international scientific committees, and was awarded several medals, of which the most prestigious is
the Philippe Duchaufour Medal, bestowed (in 2007) by the European Geosciences
Union.
Barbara Szteke, PhD, DSC, professor ordinary of agricultural sciences, was
head of the Department of Food Analysis of the Institute of Agricultural and Food
Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland, for 25 years. Most of her activities were focused on
foodstuff contaminants coming from the environment (elements, pesticides, mycotoxins, etc.). Professor Szteke is author or coauthor of more than 200 papers, chapters
in books, and reports and lectures concerning scientific investigations, and coeditor
of some books.
Professor Szteke was a member of many Polish and international scientific organizations, among them the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy
of Sciences and IUPAC Commission on Food Chemistry. For many years, Professor
Szteke was Polish representative in Codex Alimentarius Commission FAO/WHO
Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants.
Professor Szteke was the initiator of the cyclic IUPAC Symposium “Trace
Elements in Food,” the first of which was held in Warsaw, Poland, in 2000 and the
fifth in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014.
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Alina Kabata-Pendias, PhD, DSC, professor ordinary of environmental geochemistry, was head of the Trace Elements Laboratory of the Institute of Soil Science and
Plant Cultivation in Puławy, Poland, for more than 30 years. She also worked, for 30
years, at the Polish Geological Institute in Warsaw, Poland. Today, after 65 years at
the institute in Puławy, she holds the title of professor emeritus and is a member of
the staff of the soil department.
Professor Kabata-Pendias’ research interest has been always focused on the fate
of trace elements in the rock–soil–plant chain. She has published about 320 articles
and book chapters. She is author or coauthor of 11 books, including several editions
(up to 4) of some titles.
Professor Kabata-Pendias was active in various national and international scientific committees, and was awarded several medals, of which the most prestigious is
the Philippe Duchaufour Medal, bestowed (in 2007) by the European Geosciences
Union.
Barbara Szteke, PhD, DSC, professor ordinary of agricultural sciences, was
head of the Department of Food Analysis of the Institute of Agricultural and Food
Biotechnology, Warsaw, Poland, for 25 years. Most of her activities were focused on
foodstuff contaminants coming from the environment (elements, pesticides, mycotoxins, etc.). Professor Szteke is author or coauthor of more than 200 papers, chapters
in books, and reports and lectures concerning scientific investigations, and coeditor
of some books.
Professor Szteke was a member of many Polish and international scientific organizations, among them the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy
of Sciences and IUPAC Commission on Food Chemistry. For many years, Professor
Szteke was Polish representative in Codex Alimentarius Commission FAO/WHO
Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants.
Professor Szteke was the initiator of the cyclic IUPAC Symposium “Trace
Elements in Food,” the first of which was held in Warsaw, Poland, in 2000 and the
fifth in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 2014.
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