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Environmental Sciences
Poland
2026

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Chemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14336
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National Ranking
25

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
71
Citations
16285
World Ranking
1609
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Poland Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Poland Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Poland Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Poland Leader Award

Overview

Patryk Oleszczuk is affiliated with Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Poland. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on multiple subfields including Pollution, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis, Water Science and Technology, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

Their body of work spans a range of main topics, such as Microplastics and Plastic Pollution, Adsorption and Biosorption for Pollutant Removal, Heavy Metals in Environment, Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact, Recycling and Waste Management Techniques, Microbial Bioremediation and Biosurfactants, and Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Applications.

Notable recent papers authored by other researchers in related areas include:

  • Engineered biochar - A sustainable solution for the removal of antibiotics from water, 2020, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review, 2022, Environmental Research
  • THE DARK SIDE OF BLACK GOLD: Ecotoxicological aspects of biochar and biochar-amended soils, 2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • PET-microplastics as a vector for heavy metals in a simulated plant rhizosphere zone, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Biochar and engineered biochar as slow- and controlled-release fertilizers, 2022, Journal of Cleaner Production

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Patryk Oleszczuk include:

  • Bożena Czech
  • Yanzheng Gao
  • Yong Sik Ok
  • Bo Pan
  • Magdalena Kończak

The scientist's research has been published extensively in several prominent venues, with the highest number of publications found in:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials
  • Chemosphere
  • Environmental Pollution
  • Environmental Research

The interdisciplinary nature of Patryk Oleszczuk's work reflects an engagement with environmental issues related to pollution dynamics, toxicological impacts, and remediation technologies. Their contributions encompass both theoretical and applied dimensions of environmental science and engineering, supporting development in areas related to pollutant removal, soil contamination, and the environmental consequences of microplastics and other contaminants.

Best Publications

  • Review on nano zerovalent iron (nZVI): From synthesis to environmental applications

    Magdalena Stefaniuk;Patryk Oleszczuk;Yong Sik Ok

  • Effects of Titanium Dioxide Nanoparticles Exposure on Human Health-a Review.

    Ewa Baranowska-Wójcik;Dominik Szwajgier;Patryk Oleszczuk;Anna Winiarska-Mieczan

  • Biochar-supported nZVI (nZVI/BC) for contaminant removal from soil and water: A critical review.

    Shengsen Wang;Mingyue Zhao;Min Zhou;Yuncong C. Li

  • Effects of microplastics on the terrestrial environment: A critical review.

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  • Biochar for composting improvement and contaminants reduction. A review

    Paulina Godlewska;Hans Peter Schmidt;Yong Sik Ok;Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Engineered biochar – A sustainable solution for the removal of antibiotics from water

    Patrycja Krasucka;Bo Pan;Yong Sik Ok;Dinesh Mohan

  • Effect of sewage sludge properties on the biochar characteristic

    Anna Zielińska;Patryk Oleszczuk;Barbara Charmas;Jadwiga Skubiszewska-Zięba

  • Application of laboratory prepared and commercially available biochars to adsorption of cadmium, copper and zinc ions from water

    Aleksandra Bogusz;Patryk Oleszczuk;Ryszard Dobrowolski

  • Advances and future directions of biochar characterization methods and applications

    Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Avanthi Deshani Igalavithana;Sanchita Mandal;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Nabeel Khan Niazi;Meththika Vithanage

  • Enzymatic activity in an airfield soil polluted with polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

    Stanisław Baran;Jolanta E Bielińska;Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Biochar properties regarding to contaminants content and ecotoxicological assessment

    Patryk Oleszczuk;Izabela Jośko;Marcin Kuśmierz

  • Adsorption and desorption of oxytetracycline and carbamazepine by multiwalled carbon nanotubes.

    Patryk Oleszczuk;Bo Pan;Baoshan Xing

  • THE DARK SIDE OF BLACK GOLD: Ecotoxicological aspects of biochar and biochar-amended soils

    Paulina Godlewska;Yong Sik Ok;Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Activated carbon and biochar amendments decrease pore-water concentrations of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in sewage sludge

    Patryk Oleszczuk;Sarah E. Hale;Johannes Lehmann;Gerard Cornelissen;Gerard Cornelissen

  • PET-microplastics as a vector for heavy metals in a simulated plant rhizosphere zone.

    Sajjad Abbasi;Farid Moore;Behnam Keshavarzi;Philip K. Hopke

  • Effect of pesticides on microorganisms, enzymatic activity and plant in biochar-amended soil

    Patryk Oleszczuk;Izabela Jośko;Barbara Futa;Sylwia Pasieczna-Patkowska

  • The conversion of sewage sludge into biochar reduces polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon content and ecotoxicity but increases trace metal content

    Anna Zielińska;Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Phytotoxicity of municipal sewage sludge composts related to physico-chemical properties, PAHs and heavy metals.

    Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Sorption and desorption of Cr(VI) ions from water by biochars in different environmental conditions.

    Aleksandra Tytłak;Patryk Oleszczuk;Ryszard Dobrowolski

  • Characterization of nanoparticles of biochars from different biomass

    Patryk Oleszczuk;Wiesława Ćwikła-Bundyra;Aleksandra Bogusz;Ewa Skwarek

  • Characterization of biochars produced from residues from biogas production

    Magdalena Stefaniuk;Patryk Oleszczuk

  • Persistence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in biochar-amended soil.

    Marcin Kuśmierz;Patryk Oleszczuk;Piotr Kraska;Edward Pałys

Frequent Co-Authors

Yong Sik Ok
Yong Sik Ok Korea University
Gerard Cornelissen
Gerard Cornelissen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Baoshan Xing
Baoshan Xing University of Massachusetts Amherst
Bo Pan
Bo Pan Kunming University of Science and Technology
Roman Leboda
Roman Leboda Maria Curie-Skłodowska University
Yanzheng Gao
Yanzheng Gao Nanjing Agricultural University
Vladimir M. Gun’ko
Vladimir M. Gun’ko National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Daniel C.W. Tsang
Daniel C.W. Tsang Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Johannes Lehmann
Johannes Lehmann Cornell University

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