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Ā Dr. Karolina Furtak | Microbiology | Best Researcher Award

šŸŒ± Career Journey

šŸŒ Adjunct (Assistant Professor): 01.09.2022 ā€“ Present Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology. Research Assistant: 01.05.2020 ā€“ 01.09.2022 Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology. Research-Technical Specialist: 01.05.2019 ā€“ 01.05.2020 Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology. Specialist: 01.01.2017 – 30.04.2019 Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology. Technician: 01.10 – 31.12.2016 Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology.Ā šŸ†šŸ”¬šŸŒ±

šŸŒ Professional Profiles

šŸŽ“ Educational Achievements

Doctor of Agricultural Science (PhD): 21.09.2020 Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation, Pulawy, Poland. Department of Agricultural Microbiology. Field: Agricultural Sciences, Discipline: Environmental Protection and Engineering. Masterā€™s Degree: 2015 The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Faculty of Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. Discipline: Biotechnology, Specialization: Environmental Biotechnology. Thesis: “Determination of the nutrient value of methanotrophic microorganisms from different environments.” Bachelor’s Degree: 2013 The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Faculty of Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences. Discipline: Biotechnology, Specialization: Medical Biotechnology. Thesis: “Preparation, properties, and application of nanostructures of titanium and its alloys.”

šŸ‘©ā€šŸ”¬ Practice and Courses

2023: FEMS 4th Summer School for PostDocs, Mediterranean Institute for Life Sciences, Croatia. 2022: Internship at the Department of Microbiology and Biomonitoring, University of Agriculture in Krakow, Poland. 2016: Internship at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Pulawy, Poland. 2014: Traineeship at the Department of Agricultural Microbiology, Pulawy, Poland. 2012: Traineeship at the Poultry Disease Department, National Veterinary Institute, Pulawy, Poland.

šŸŒ Projects

2024-2027: Project Manager: OSMO-PROTECT – Innovative osmoprotective microbial preparation for crop plants. 2023-2025: Project Manager: Evaluation of osmoprotectants on soil and spring wheat growth. 2020-2024: Project Manager: Search for bacteria adapting to extreme soil moisture conditions. 2019: Specialist for metabolomic analyses in the LIDER IX project. 2018: Project Manager: Influence of summer floods on river mud biodiversity.

šŸ“š Continuous Learning

Attended various training courses including metagenomics, project management, Next-Generation Sequencing, and statistical analysis.

āœØ Contributions and Impact

  • Contributed to research projects funded by NCBR, NCN, and Ministry of Science and Higher Education.
  • Involved in innovative technologies for microbial-enriched mineral fertilizers and diagnostics of fungal pathogens in organic soft fruit cultivation.

šŸŒ± Dedicated to Advancing Agricultural Microbiology! šŸŒ¾šŸ”¬

šŸ“šTop Noted Publication

  1. Pre-isolation procedures matterā€“Comparison of different filtration methods prior to DNA isolation in river microbiome analysis.
    • Furtak K., Marzec-Grządziel A., Md Shakhawat Hossain (2024)
    • Published in Ecohydrology & Hydrobiology.
  2. Fungal community change in selected fluvisols under simulated flooding condition.
  3. The impact of extreme weather events as a consequence of climate change on the soil moisture and on the quality of the soil environment and agriculture ā€“ A review.
    • Furtak K., Wolińska A. (2023)
    • Published in CATENA, 231, 107378.
  4. Soilā€“Plantā€“Microbe Interactions Determine Soil Biological Fertility by Altering Rhizospheric Nutrient Cycling and Biocrust Formation.
    • Bhattacharyya S.S., Furtak K. (2023)
    • Published in Sustainability, 15(1), 625.
  5. Can Model Experiments Give Insight into the Response of the Soil Environment to Flooding? A Comparison of Microcosm and Natural Event.
    • Furtak K., Grządziel J., Gałązka A. (2022)
    • Published in Biology, 11, 3, 386.
  6. Soil carbon sequestration ā€“ an interplay between soil microbial community and soil organic matter dynamics.
    • Bhattacharyya S.S., Ros G.H., Furtak K., Iqbal H.M.N., Parra-Saldivar R. (2022)
    • Published in Science of The Total Environment, 815, 152928.
  7. Biodiversity and Metabolic Potential of Bacteria in Bulk Soil from the Peri-Root Zone of Black Alder (Alnus glutinosa), Silver Birch (Betula pendula) and Scots Pine (Pinus sylvestris).
    • Gałązka A., Marzec-Grządziel A., Varsadiya M., NiedÅŗwiecki J., Gawryjołek K., Furtak K., Przybyś M. (2022)
    • Published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23, 5.
  8. Microbial activity and community level physiological profiles (CLPP) of soil under the cultivation of spring rape with the Roundup 360 SL herbicide.
    • Jezierska-Tys S., Joniec J., Mocek-PÅ‚Ć³ciniak A., Gałązka A., Bednarz J., Furtak K. (2021)
    • Published in Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering.
  9. Fungal biodiversity and metabolic potential of selected fluvisols from the Vistula River valley in Lubelskie, Poland.
    • Furtak K., Grządziel J., Gałązka A., Gawryjołek K., NiedÅŗwiecki J. (2021)
    • Published in Applied Soil Ecology, 160, 10386.
  10. Comprehensive Analysis Using Colorimetry, Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry, and Bioassays for Assessment of Indole Related Compounds produced by Endophytes of Selected Wheat Cultivars.
    • KuÅŗniar A., Włodarczyk K., Sadok, I.; Staniszewska, M.; WoÅŗniak, M.; Furtak, K.; Grządziel, J.; Gałązka, A.; SkĆ³rzyńska-Polit, E.; Wolińska, A. (2021)
    • Published in Molecules, 26, 1394.

 

Karolina Furtak | Microbiology | Young Scientist Award

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