Assistant ProfessorRoman Zagrodnik

Assistant Professor

Graduate of master's studies in Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, and master's studies in Biotechnology at the Faculty of Biology (AMU). Since 2017, employed at the Faculty of Chemistry, AMU, as an assistant professor. His research focuses on issues related to the use of wastewater and waste biomass in fermentation processes for energy recovery and the production of "green chemicals." In particular, he specializes in the biological production of hydrogen, which is an efficient and clean energy carrier, with significant potential for commercialization in the future.

  • 2011: MSc in Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry AMU)
  • 2011: MSc in Biotechnology (Faculty of Biology AMU)
  • 2015: PhD in Chemistry (Faculty of Chemistry AMU)

SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=55580697000

Research Portal: 
https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/author/UAM201090

Functions:

  • Member of the Scientific Council of the Discipline of Chemical Sciences (AMU)
  • Member of the Hydrogen Affairs Team (AMU)
  • Fermentative methods of hydrogen production
  • Conversion of biomass into energy and "green chemicals"
  • Biological processes of chain elongation to medium-chain fatty acids
  • Methods of pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass
  1. Zagrodnik, R., Sobociński D.Continuous dark-fermentative H2 production using carbon components of lignocellulose hydrolysates: Insight into the difference between mixed and single substrates.
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2023
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.06.119
  2. Zagrodnik, R., Duber, A., Seifert, K. A.Hydrogen production during direct cellulose fermentation by mixed bacterial culture: The relationship between the key process parameters using response surface methodology.
    Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021, 314, 127971, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.127971
  3. Zagrodnik, R., Duber, A., Łȩżyk, M., Oleskowicz-Popiel, P.Enrichment Versus Bioaugmentation - Microbiological Production of Caproate from Mixed Carbon Sources by Mixed Bacterial Culture and Clostridium kluyveri.
    Environmental Science & Technology, 2020, 54, 5864–5873. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.9b07651
  4. Zagrodnik, R., Duber, A., Seifert, K. A.Dark-fermentative hydrogen production from synthetic lignocellulose hydrolysate by a mixed bacterial culture: The relationship between hydraulic retention time and pH conditions.
    Bioresource Technology, 2022, 358, 127309, 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2022.127309
  5. Duber, A., Jaroszynski, L., Zagrodnik, R., Chwialkowska, J., Juzwa, W., Ciesielski, S., Oleskowicz-Popiel, P.Exploiting the real wastewater potential for resource recovery - n-caproate production from acid whey.
    Green Chemistry, 2018, 20, 3790–3803.
    https://doi.org/10.1039/c8gc01759j
  6. Zagrodnik, R., Łaniecki, M.Hydrogen production from starch by co-culture of Clostridium acetobutylicum and Rhodobacter sphaeroides in one step hybrid dark- and photofermentation in repeated fed-batch reactor.
    Bioresource Technology, 2017, 224, 298–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2016.10.060
  7. Duber, A., Zagrodnik, R., Chwiałkowska, J., Juzwa, W., Oleskowicz-Popiel, P.Evaluation of the feed composition for an effective medium chain carboxylic acid production in an open culture fermentation.
    Science of the Total Environment, 2020, 728, 138814, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.138814
  8. Zagrodnik, R., Łaniecki, M.The effect of pH on cooperation between dark- and photo-fermentative bacteria in a co-culture process for hydrogen production from starch.
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42, 2878–2888.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2016.12.150
  9. Zagrodnik, R., Seifert, K. A., Stodolny, M., Łaniecki, M.Continuous photofermentative production of hydrogen by immobilized Rhodobacter sphaeroides O.U.001.
    International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2015, 40, 5062–5073.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhydene.2015.02.079
  10. Zagrodnik, R., Łaniecki, M.
    The role of pH control on biohydrogen production by single stage hybrid dark- and photo-fermentation.
    Bioresource Technology, 2015,194, 187–195.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2015.07.028