Education:

2012 MSc in Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland)
"Study of the impact of the order of adding ingredients on the amount of adsorption of carboxymethylcellulose and selected surfactants on the surface of alumina"

2010 BSc in Chemistry, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Lublin (Poland)
"Synthesis, properties and applications of synthetic silica materials"

Research topics:

• Preparation, modification and testing of properties of porous materials (silica, activated carbons, inorganic - carbon nanocomposites, composites: metallic - inorganic and organic - organic).
• Processes occurring at the phase boundaries of a solid - gas and solid - liquid.
• Adsorption of polymers (proteins, polysaccharides) and surfactants on solids.
• Adsorption of aromatic organic compounds (phenol and its derivatives, pesticides, dyes, pharmaceuticals, food preservatives).
• Adsorption in multicomponent systems.
• Kinetics and adsorption equilibrium.
• Comprehensive analysis of adsorption data.
• Preparation and testing of properties of selenium nanostructures in aqueous solutions.

Methodology:

• Measurement and analysis of adsorption isotherms from aqueous solutions (UV-Vis spectrophotometry, Cary 100, 300 and 4000 Spectrophotometers, Varian Inc.).
• Measurement and analysis of kinetic data (UV-Vis spectrophotometry, Cary 100, 300 and 4000 Spectrophotometer, Varian Inc.).
• Low-temperature measurement of nitrogen adsorption / desorption isotherms (ASAP 2020, Micromeritcs).
• Potentiometric titration (set containing: Doshimat 765 automatic burette from Metrohm (Switzerland), pHMM PHM 240 from Radiometer (France), Ecoline RE 207 thermostat from Lauda (Germany), measuring vessel with water jacket made of quartz glass and microcomputer controlling the measurement).
• Thermal analysis (QMS 403D Aelos equipped with mass spectrometer STA449F1 Jupiter (Netzsch) and TGA-IR Tensor 27 (Bruker), Derivograph Q-1500D (MOM).
• Analysis of the concentration of organic substances by measuring the total amount of carbon (TOC analyzers: Sievers M9 and Sievers InnovOx; GE).
• HPLC (liquid chromatograph, Shimadzu).
• Synthesis of porous materials using a high-pressure reactor.
• Measurements of zeta potential and particle size (ZetaSizer 3000 and ZetaSizer Nano-ZS; Malvern Instruments).
• Microscopes: electron, atomic forces (AFM), optical.
• Spectroscopy: photoelectrons (XPS), x-ray fluorescence (XRF).
• X-ray diffraction (XRD).

Grants and projects:

• Contractor: a joint Polish-Ukrainian project for personal exchanges for 2018-2019 ("Synthesis of hybrid carbon-mineral sorbents for adsorption of toxic compounds").
• Head of: targeted subsidy for conducting scientific research or development works and related tasks, serving the development of young scientists and participants of doctoral studies at the Faculty of Chemistry UMCS as part of a departmental competition on the subject of:
  - "Studies on temperature dependence of the adsorption kinetics of organic compounds from aqueous solutions", Lublin, 2014.
  - "Experimental analysis of adsorption kinetics in multicomponent systems", Lublin, 2015
  - "Preparation methods, physicochemical characteristics and research on the use of adsorbents derived from waste materials", Lublin, 2018.
• Contractor: "NanoBioMat" project - European Community's Seventh Framework Program (FP-7-PEOPLE-2013-IRSES) under a Marie Curie International Research Staff Scheme, Grant Agreement No PIRSES-GA-2013-612484, Nanostructured Biocompatible / Bioactive Materials, NanoBioMat (1/01/2014 - 31/12/2017).

Scientific internships:

September 2023 - December 2023
Department of Construction Materials Engineering and Geoengineering, Civil Engineering and Architecture Faculty, Lublin University of Technology (Poland) - 3 months.
Winner of the third edition of the "Internship for Border" competition of the Association of Lublin Universities.

October 2017 - November 2017
Institute of Physics and Technology A. F. Ioffe and the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. St. Petersburg (Russia) - 1 month.
Study of the possibility of using poly (vinylpyrrolidone) as a stabilizer in the synthesis of selenium nanostructures in aqueous solutions.

July 2017
Institute of Surface Chemistry O.O. Chuiko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev (Ukraine) - 1 month.
Preparation and testing of properties of inorganic - carbon nanocomposites.

June 2016 - July 2016
Institute of Physics and Technology A. F. Ioffe and the Institute of Macromolecular Compounds of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. St. Petersburg (Russia) - 1 month.
Preparation and testing of properties of selenium nanostructures in aqueous solutions.

October 2015 - December 2015
Institute of Surface Chemistry O.O. Chuiko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kiev (Ukraine) - 2 months.
Preparation and testing of properties of porous carbon materials from natural, industrial and synthetic raw materials.

Publications:

• L.S. Algarni, J.S. Algethami, R.E.K. Billah, A.Q. Alorabi, Y.A. Alnaam, F.K. Algehami, L. Bahsis, A.H. Jawad, M. Wasilewska, E.A. Lopez-Maldonado, "A novel chitosan-alginate@Fe/Mn mixed oxide nanocomposite for highly efficient removal of Cr (VI) from wastewater: Experiment and adsorption mechanism", International Journal of Biological Macromolecules, 263 (2024) 129989, (IF₂₀₂₃: 8,2, IF₅: 7,8)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.129989
• D. Sternik, M. Wasilewska, A. Deryło-Marczewska, A.W. Marczewski, V.M. Gun'ko, "Studies on the process of basic dyes adsorption on uniform spherical carbons", ChemPhysChem, (2024), (IF₂₀₂₄: 3,52, IF₅: 3,02)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/cphc.202300825
• M. Wasilewska, E. Grządka, "Activated Carbons as Effective Adsorbents of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs", Applied Sciences, 14 (2024) 742, (IF₂₀₂₂: 2,7, IF₅: 2,9)
  https://doi.org/10.3390/app14020743
• R.E.K. Billah, A. Zaghloul, L. Bahsis, N.A. Oladoja, Z. Azoubi, A. Taoufyk, H. Majdoubi, J.S. Algethami, A. Saufiane, E.A. Lopez-Maldonado, M. Wasilewska, N. Elboughdiri, "Multifuncional biocomposites based on cross-linked Shrimp waste-derived chitosan modified Zn2+@Calcium apatite for the removal of methyl orange and antibacterial activity", Materials Today Sustainability, 25 (2024) 100660, (IF₂₀₂₃: 7,8, IF₅: 7,4)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtsust.2023.100660
• E. Godek, M. Wasilewska, U. Maciołek, E. Grządka, „New insight into the temperature effect on adsorption of cationic guar gum on halloysite – properties of the obtain systems", Chemical Engineering Research and Design, 201 (2024) 399, (IF₂₀₂₃: 4,119, IF₅: 3,859)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cherd.2023.12.010
• M. Wasilewska, A. Deryło-Marczewska, „Adsorption of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs on Alginate-Carbon Composites— Equilibrium and Kinetics”, Materials, 15 (2022) 6049-6083, (IF₂₀₂₁: 3,748)
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15176049
• A. Bosacka, M. Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, A. Deryło-Marczewska, A. Chrzanowska, M. Wasilewska, D. Sternik, „Physicochemical, structural, and adsorption properties of chemically and thermally modified activated carbons”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 647 (2022) 129130-129147, IF₂₀₂₁: 5,518, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.129130
• M. Wasilewska, A.W. Marczewski, A. Deryło-Marczewska, D. Sternik, „Nitrophenols removal from aqueous solutions by activated carbon – temperature effect of adsorption kinetics and equilibrium”, Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9 (2021) 105459-105478, (IF₂₀₂₁: 7.968), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2021.105459
• A. Bosacka, M. Zienkiewicz-Strzałka, M. Wasilewska, A. Deryło-Marczewska, B. Podkościelna, „Physicochemical and adsorption characteristics of divinylbenzene-co-triethoxyvinylsilane microspheres as materials for the removal of organic compounds”, Molecules, 26 (2021) 2396-2421,
  (IF₂₀₂₁: 4.927), DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules26082396
• A. Chrzanowska, A. Derylo-Marczewska, M. Wasilewska, "Mesocellular Silica Foams (MCFs) with Tunable Pore Size as a Support for Lysozyme Immobilization: Adsorption Equilibrium and Kinetics, Biocomposite Properties". International  Journal of Molecular Sciences 2020, 21, 5479-5500,
  (IF₂₀₂₀: 5.923), DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms21155479
• A. Deryło-Marczewska, M. Błachnio, A.W. Marczewski, M. Sęczkowska, B. Tarasiuk, „Phenoxyacid pesticide adsorption on activated carbon - equilibrium and kinetics”, Chemosphere, 214 (2019) 349-360, (IF₂₀₁₉: 5.778), DOI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0045653518317430?via%3Dihub
• A.W. Marczewski, M. Sęczkowska, A. Deryło-Marczewska, M. Błachnio,„Adsorption equilibrium and kinetics of selected phenoxyacid pesticides on activated carbon – effect of temperature”, Adsorption, 22 (2016) 777-790,(IF₂₀₁₆: 2.074), DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10450-016-9774-0

Other:

• A member of the European Chemical Society
• A member of the Polish Chemical Society
• A member of the Association of Young Scientists in Lublin
• A member of the Institute of Chemical Sciences Board 2019-2023, 2023-2027
• A member of the University Senate 2024-2028