Work Experience and Positions Held:

2006 Full Professor (position)

2006 Rector's Proxy for International Studies

200l Full Professor with title, AGH University of Science and Technology

2000 Member of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

2000 Head of the Department of Environmental Sciences, AGH

1995-2000 Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Environmental Chemistry, AGH

1995 Director of International School of Technology at AGH (interdepartmental unit for engineering studies in English)

1995 on leave at the National Science Foundation, USA (one month)

1994 Chairman of the Commission of Electroanalysis of the Committee of Analytical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences

1990-91 on leave a visiting research associate to Larry R. Faulkner at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA (one year)

1984-1986 on leave a postdoctoral position with Janet G. Osteryoung at the State University of New York at Buffalo, USA (two years)

1992- 2003 assistant professor, associate professor and full professor of the Faculty of Mining Surveying and Environmental Engineering, AGH

1975- 1992 research assistant, senior research assistant and assistant professor of the Faculty of Materials Sciences and Ceramics, AGH

Scientific Experience and Activity:

Environmental and analytical chemistry, electrochemistry, electroanalysis, microelectrodes, chemical sensors

Over 180 papers and presentations :
Microchimica Acta (IF Impact Factor 1,237), Analytica Chimica Acta (IF 2,894), Electrochimica Acta (IF 2,848,Journal of Physical Chemistry (LF), Analytical Chemistry (IF 5,646), Acta Chimica Hungarica, Chemical Analysis (IF 0,560), Carbon (IF 3,884), Polish Journal of Chemistry (IF 0,491), Polish Journal of Environmental Studies (IF 0,353), Fuel (IF 1,358), Electroanalysis (IF 2,444), Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (IF 0,509), Archives of Environmental Protection, Physics and Chemistry of Solid State, Boprosy Khimi i Khimicheskoj Technoligi - Visnyk of the Lviv University - Series Khimichna, Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies: International Journal of Oceanography and Hydrobiology (LF), Journal of Elementology, Polish Journal of Medical Physics and Engineering, Ekoinżynieria, Inżynieria Środowiska, Geomatics and Environmental Sciences, Analityka and others.

Distinguished internationally recognized co-authors of the publications.
Janet G. Osteryoung (State University of New York at Buffalo, USA),
Zbigniew Galus (Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland)
Zygmunt Kowalski (AGH University of Science and Technology, Krakow, Poland)
Larry R. Faulkner (University of Illinois, Urbana, USA)
Harry G. Drickamer (University of Illinois, Urbana USA)
Nasrin Khalili (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA)
Keith Jones (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Uptown, USA)
Andrew Parker (University of Reading, Reading, UK)
Damia Barcelo (The Department of Environmental Chemistry, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientific, Barcelona, Spain)
Tamara Vrublevska (Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine)

Over 300 citation records according to the Science Citation Index

Presentations given at international conferences: Amsterdam(1983), Warsaw (1983), Atlantic City (1986), Paris (1987), Prague (1990),Cleveland (1990), Budapest (1991), Edinbourgh (1993), Krakow (1995),Bologna (1996), Berlin (1998), Melbourne (1997), San Diego (2000), Bonn (2000), Lisbon (2001), Krakow (2002), Barcelona (2002), Berlin (2003), Venice (2004), Bordeaux (2006), Beijing (2006), Menorca (2007), Tubingen (2007), Krakow (2008) and national (~ 30) organized by Polish Academy of Sciences or Polish Chemical Society

Lectures and seminars given in several institutions in Poland and abroad at:
San Diego State University, San Diego (USA),
Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago (USA),
Oxford University, Oxford (UK),
State University of New York at Buffalo (USA),
National University of Laos in Vientiane (Laos)- one semester course of Environmental Chemistry (2008),
University of North Carolina, North Carolina, Raleigh USA Aalborg University, Denmark (2008)

Professor conferring 7 doctoral degrees, reviewer for 7 Ph.D. thesis (dissertations) 3 professorship title procedures, 4 associate professorship procedure and 1 associate professor position in the USA (Illinois Institut of Technology, Chicago)

Principal Investigator for 8 projects financed by the KBN State Committee for Scientific Research and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 2 financed by the Polish American Maria Sklodowska – Curie Fund.

Principal Investigator for the ten year environmental project funded by the Polish American Kościuszko Foundation Inc., An American Center for Polish Culture

Chairman of the 9th European Conference on Electroanalytical Chemistry organized by the European Electroanalytical Society in Cracow (2002)

Socrates Coordinator for two Programs (University of Reading, UK and Aalborg University, Denmark)

Affiliations:

International Electrochemical Society of Electrochemistry
Polish Chemical Society
International Association of Geochemistry

Awards:

Ministry of Education Award 1978, 1983, 1995

Secretary of Polish Academy of Sciences Award 1979

Medal of National Committee of Education 1999

14 Rector's Awards

List of selected recent publications

B.Kubica, W.M.Kwiatek, M.Stobiński, S.Skiba, M.Skiba, J.Gołaś , M.Kubica, M.Tuteja-Krysa, A.Wrona , R.Misiak, Z.Krzan; “Concentration of 137 Cs, 40K radionuclides and some heavy metals in soil samples from Chochołowska Valley from Tatra National Park; Polish J.of Environ.Stud. Vol.16,No.5 (2007) 735-741

J. Górecki, A. Iwanicha, P. Wojtanowicz, K. Styszko-Grochowiak, M. Macherzynski, D. Barcelo, J. Gołaś, „Determination of Mercury in Sediment and Fish Samples from Ebro River (Spain)”; Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies, International Journal of Oceanography and Hydrobiology, vol. XXXVI, Supplement 3, 2007, p. 107-115, ISSN 1730-413X

M. Macherzyński, A. Kowal, B. Macherzyńska, J. Gołaś „Microscopic Studies of the GC/poly-NiTMHPP/Nafion Electrochemical Nitric Oxide Sensor”; Materials Science Forum 2006, vol.518, s.277-282, ISSN 0255-5472, IF 0399. poz.5121 pkt.15

J. Gołaś, B. Kubica, W. Reczyński, W. M. Kwiatek, M. Jakubowska, M. Skiba, M.Stobiński, E. Dutkiewicz, G. Posmyk, K. W. Jones, M. Olko, J. Górecki „ Preliminary Studies of Sediments from the Dobczyce Drinking Water Reserwoir” Polish Journal of Environmetal Studies Vol. 14, No 5, 2005

K. Styszko-Grochowiak, J. Gołaś, H. Jankowski, S. Koziński: "Characterization of the coal fly ash for the purpose of improvement of industrial on-line measurement of unburned carbon content". Fuel 83, 2004.

B. Kubica, J.W. Mietelski, J.Golas, S. Skiba, E. Tomankiewicz, P. Gaca, M.Jasinska, M.Tuteja-Krys, ”Ccncentration of 137Cs, 40K, 238 Pu and 239+240Pu radionuclides and Some Heavy Metals in Soil Samples from Two Main Valleys from Tatra National Park”, Pol. J. Env. Studies, 2002, 11, 5, 537-545

J.Gorecki, J.Golas “Electrochemical Procedure for Determination of Mercury in Waste Soil Samples”, Electroanalysis, 2001, 8-9, 13

J.Golas, H.Jankowski, B.Niewczas, Z.Piechna, Z.Szkutnik, C.Worek “Optoelectronic System for On-Line Measurements of Unburned Carbon in Coal Fly Ash” , Proceedings of Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers ( Washington D.C.), Proceedings Series, 2000, 4516, 267

N.Khalili, M.Campbell, G.Sandi, J.Golas “ Production of Micro-and Mesoporous Activated Carbon from Paper Mill Sludge”, Carbon, 2000, 38, 1905

M.Macherzynski, W. Bilecki, J.Gorecki, R. Przewlocki, J.Golas ”Electrochemical and UV-Vis Spectroscopic Measurements of Nitric Oxide in Fibroblastes and Astrocytes”, Electroanalysis, 2000, 13, 1046

J.Górecki, J.Golas,“Voltammetric Procedure for Determination of Mercury in Soil Wastes after Wet Microwave Digestion”, Chem.Anal.,1998,43,1027

M.Macherzynski, H.Machelska, J.Golas “Determination of Nitric Oxide (NO) in Presence of Nitrites by Using Electrochemically Modified Sensors”, Chem.Anal. 1998, 43, 1033

J.Gorecki, J.Golas “ Stand for high Pressure Electrochemical Measurements” Electroanalysis,1996, 8,630

Grants

Principal Investigator for the Projects Financed by the Polish Scientific Research Committee (KBN) as listed below.

High Pressure Studies of Metal Electrochemical Deposition (yrs. 1993-96)

The Systems of Collection, Segregation and Neutralization of Wastes from Large Scientific Research Institutions (1995-98)

Application of UV Irradiation for Post Flotation Wastes Samples Digestions in the Procedure of Voltammetric Determination of Heavy Metals (1996-99)

Various Versions of Amperometric Nitric Oxide Sensor – Elaboration of the Construction and Applications in Biomedical Studies (1997-2000)

Studies of Stability of Solidified Wastes in Purpose to Prevent Their Menace to the Environment (1999-01)

Determination of Spacial Distribution of Radionuclides and Heavy Metals in Tatra National Park (2002-2005)

Monitoring System for the Content of Unburned Carbon in Fly Ash (2000-2002)

Principal Investigator for the Project Financed by The Kościuszko Foundation Inc., American Center for Polish Culture

Studies of Accumulation and Fate of Chemical Compounds in Sediments ( 2003 - 2008)

Understanding river-sediment-soil-groundwater interactions for support of management of waterbodies (river basin & catchment areas) AquaTerra - an Integrated Project of the 6th EU RTD Framework Programme (2004 - 2009)