Current Research

• Adsorption on heterogeneous surfaces and analysis of the microporous structure
• An analysis of the influence of the manufacture method on the formation of the porous structure of carbon adsorbents

Interested Topics

• Materials science
• Mathematical and computer modelling of the adsorption process
• Activated carbons production
• Analysis of the porous structure of the carbonaceous materials
• Practical aspects of adsorption processes,
• Energy efficiency
• Renewable energies and waste management

Honors

• 2008, 2009, 2010 A First Class Individual Award from the Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow for scientific accomplishments
• 2006, 2012, 2013 A Second Class Individual Award from the Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow for scientific accomplishments
• 2005, 2007, 2014, 2017 A Third Class Individual Award from the Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow for scientific accomplishments
• 2015 A Third Class Individual Award from the Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, for didactic achievements
• 2005 Individual Award from the Rector, Rector of the AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, for organizational accomplishments
• 2006 Certificate of Recognition from the Rector of the AGH, for the involvement in and work for students’ scientific movement at the AGH University of Science and Technology.

2003 Certificate of Recognition from the Rector of the AGH, for inspiration and creative input contributing to the flourishing development of students’ scientific movement at the AGH University of Science and Technology

International Collaborations

• Professor Teresa Bandosz (The City College of New York, United States)

• dr Alfonso Policicchio (Università della Calabria, Italy)
• Professor Alain Celzard and dr Vanessa Fierro (Université de Lorraine France)
• Professor Ulla Lassi and dr Hanna Rutti Faculty of Science (University of Oulu, Finland)
• Professor Bassim H. Hameed (Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia)
• dr Dimitrios Kalderis (Educational Institute of Crete, Greece)
• Professor Evan Diamadopoulos (Technical University of Crete, Greece)
• Prof. Jacques Roturier (University of Bordeaux, France)
• Prof. Gerhard Rychlicki and dr Marek Wiśniewski (Nicolaus Copernicus University, Polska)
• dr Elżbieta Broniek (Wrocław University of Technology, Poland)
• Professor Beata Michalkiewicz and dr Joanna Sreńscek-Nazzal (West Pomeranian University of Technology, Poland)
• Professor Jan Tadeusz Duda (AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland)

Editorships

• Bulletin of Trends in Chemical Sciences, Scibay Publications Pvt Ltd, India
• International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry, Science Publishing Group New York, U.S.A.
• Material Science and Engineering with Advanced Research, Verizona Publisher Limited 71-75, Shelton Street,Covent Garden, London
• Journal of Integrated Technologies, Elyns Publishing Group 26 foxtail LN, NJ 08852, USA

Publications as an Author and Co-author
 

1. M. Kwiatkowski, E. Broniek, An analysis of the porous structure of activated carbons obtained from hazelnut shells by various physical and chemical methods of activation. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A 529, 443-453 (2017). IF = 2.714
2. M. Kwiatkowski, J. Sreńscek-Nazzal, B. Michalkiewicz, An analysis of the effect of the additional activation process on the formation of the porous structure and pore size distribution of the commercial activated carbon WG-12. ADSORPTION, 23, 551-561 (2017) IF = 2.074
3. M. Kwiatkowski, D. Kalderis, E. Diamadopoulos, Numerical analysis of the influence of the impregnation ratio on the microporous structure formation of activated carbons, prepared by chemical activation of waste biomass with phosphoric acid. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS 105, 81-85 (2017). IF = 2,048
4. M. Kwiatkowski, V. Fierro, A. Celzard, Numerical studies of the effects of process conditions on the development of the porous structure of adsorbents prepared by chemical activation of lignin with alkali hydroxides. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 486, 277–286 (2017). IF = 3,782.
5. M. Kwiatkowski, A. Policicchio, M. Seredych, T. J. Bandosz, Evaluation of CO2 interactions with S-doped nanoporous carbon and its composites with a reduced GO: Effect of surface features on an apparent physical adsorption mechanism. CARBON 98, 250-258 (2016). IF = 6,196
6. M. Kwiatkowski, J.T. Duda, J. Milewska-Duda, Application of the LBET class models with the original fluid statemodel to an analysis of single, double and triple carbon dioxide, methane and nitrogen adsorption isotherms. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A: PHYSICOCHEM. ENG. ASPECTS, 457, 449-454 (2014). IF=2.108
7. M. Kwiatkowski, E. Broniek, Application of the LBET class adsorption models to the analysis of microporous structure of the active carbons produced from biomass by chemical activation with the use of potassium carbonate. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A: PHYSICOCHEM. ENG. ASPECTS 427, 47-52 (2013). IF=2.108
8. J. T. Duda, J. Milewska-Duda, M. Kwiatkowski, M. Ziółkowska, A geometrical model of random porous structures to adsorption calculations. ADSORPTION 19, 545-555 (2013).  IF=1.553
9. M. Kwiatkowski, E. Broniek, Application of the LBET class adsorption models to analyze influence of production process conditions on the obtained microporous structure of activated carbons. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A: PHYSICOCHEM. ENG. ASPECTS 411, 105-110 (2012). IF=2.108
10. M. Kwiatkowski, M. Wiśniewski, G. Rychlicki, The numerical analysis of the spherical carbon adsorbents obtained from ion-exchange resins in one-step steam pyrolysis. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 259, 13-20 (2012). IF=2.112
11. M. Kwiatkowski, M. Wiśniewski, A. Pacholczyk, The application of the fast multivariant fitting procedure of the LBET models to the analysis of carbon foams prepared by various methods from furfuryl alcohol. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A: PHYSICOCHEM. ENG. ASPECTS 385, 72-84 (2011). IF=2.236
12. M. Kwiatkowski, Analysis of relative pressure range influence on the identification quality during computer identification of adsorption system parameters by employing the new multilayer adsorption models. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 257, 8912-8922 (2011). IF=2.103
13. J.T. Duda, M. Kwiatkowski, J. Milewska-Duda, Application of clustering based gas adsorption models to analysis of microporous structure of carbonaceous materials. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 256, 5243-5248 (2010). IF=1.793
14. M. Kwiatkowski, Use of fast multivariant identification of the parameters of adsorption systems to study the impact of activating agent on microporous structure formation during activation. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCI. 340, 1-7 (2009). IF=3.019
15. M. Kwiatkowski, Computer analysis of the microporous structure of activated carbon fibres using the fast multivariant identification procedure of adsorption system parameters. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 330, 266-275 (2009). IF=3.019
16. M. Kwiatkowski, Computer analyses of new numerical methods for the description of adsorption process and the reliability of identification of microporous structure parameters. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING 14, 183-200 (2008). IF=2.018
17. M. Kwiatkowski, Application of the LBET class models to describe the structure of microporous activated carbons on the basis of argon and benzene adsorption isotherms. ADSORPTION 14, 37-53 (2008). IF=1.237
18. M. Kwiatkowski, Application of fast multivariant identification technique of adsorption systems to analyze influence of production process conditions on obtained microporous structure parameters of carbonaceous adsorbents. MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS 115, 314-331 (2008). IF=2.555
19. M. Kwiatkowski, Computer analysis of microporous structure by employing the LBET class models with various variants of the adsorption energy distribution in comparison to the classical equations. LANGMUIR 23, 2569-2581 (2007). IF=4.009
20. M. Kwiatkowski, Numerical analysis of nitrogen adsorption isotherms on active carbons by an employment of the new LBET class models. JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE 313, 428-439 (2007). IF=2.309
21. M. Kwiatkowski, Employing the new computer LBET class models with multivariant fitting to the analysis of single and double adsorption isotherms generated by the selected classical equations in different relative pressures. JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL CHEMISTRY 42, 815-835 (2007). IF=1.057
22. M. Kwiatkowski, Comparison of the evaluation reliability of microporous structure parameters by employing single and double adsorption isotherms. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES A: PHYSICOCHEM. ENG. ASPECTS 294, 92-101 (2007). IF=1.601
23. J.T. Duda, J. Milewska-Duda, M. Kwiatkowski, Evaluation of adsorption energy distribution of microporous materials by a multivariant identification. APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE 252, 570-581 (2005). IF=1.263
24. J.T. Duda, M. Kwiatkowski, J. Milewska-Duda, Computer modeling and analysis of heterogeneous structures of microporous carbonaceous materials. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MODELING 11(4-5), 416-430 (2005). IF=1.670
25. J. Milewska-Duda, J. T. Duda, G. Jodłowski, M. Kwiatkowski, A model for multilayer adsorption of small molecules in microporous materials, LANGMUIR 16, 7294-7303 (2000). IF=3.045