Marta Markiewicz is an environmental scientist focusing on proactive hazard and fate assessment of man-made chemicals. Her research interests include investigating and predicting modes of toxicological action and bioaccumulation of chemicals, developing more robust and informative experimental methods for hazard assessment, and investigating interactions of chemicals with soil and natural organic matter. Marta obtained her Ph.D. from the Technical University of Gdansk in Poland (2011), during which time she held two visiting fellowships: at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI, Oslo) and at the Centre for Environmental Research and Sustainable Technologies (UFT, Bremen). Her doctoral research focused on the assessment of biodegradability, toxicity and interaction of ionic compounds at environmental interfaces. After receiving a Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship, she moved to the University of Bremen (Germany), where she added sustainable design of energy carriers to her research portfolio. She then took over the management of the ecotoxicology and analytical laboratory at the UFT, University of Bremen. Since 2019 she is the head of the Contaminant Science Group at Dresden University of Technology. In close cooperation with academic partners, NGOs and industry representatives, her research group develops knowledge on how to make chemicals less dangerous for humans and the environment.
