Background
Twardowska, Irena was born on January 6, 1938 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Daughter of Nicholas and Valentine (Stempu|kowska) Maryniak.
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Twardowska, Irena was born on January 6, 1938 in Kharkov, Ukraine. Daughter of Nicholas and Valentine (Stempu|kowska) Maryniak.
Master of Science, Silesian Technology University, Gliwice, Poland, 1960. Postgraduate, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy, Silesian Technology University, Gliwice, Poland, 1965.
Doctor of Science, University Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland, 1986.
Assistant designer, District Designing Office, Zabrze, Poland, 1961;
senior assistant, Polish Academy Science, Institute Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, 1965-1969;
senior scientist, Polish Academy Science, Institute Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, 1969-1987;
associate professor, Polish Academy Science, Institute Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, since 1987. Project leader research groups Polish Academy Science, Institute Environmental Engineering, Zabrze, since 1965, laboratory head, since 1988. Managing director Ecology, Ltd., Swietochlowice, Poland, since 1991.
Expert, consultant Ministry of Environmental Protection, Natural Resources and Forestry, Poland, since 1993.
Vice chairman Technology Committee #216 on Waste of Polish Standardization Committee, since 2003. Vice chair subcommittee for Waste Examination, Committee Analytical Chemistry Polish Academy of Sciences, 1993—1996, member committee, since 1996. Member Tech Committee.
# 216 on Wastes Polish Standardization Committee, since 1994. Representative in European Committee for Standardization CEN/TC292, since 1998. Co-organizer Central and Eastern European Regional section chair of Polish chapter of SECOTOX International Society Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, since 1992, council member, since 1994, president, 1999—2001.
Member Association Sanitary Engineers, Mineralogical Association, International Society for Optical Engineering, Water Environmental Federation, Association Exploration Geochemistry, Society Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, International Society Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements, International Society Humic Substances, United States National Geographic Society, International Society Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety (council member, president, 1999-2001).
Married Jerzy Malinowski, April 20, 1958 (divorced 1969). 1 child, Robert; married Norbert Twardowski, May 24, 1970.