Elżbieta Frąckowiak (born 17 November 1950) is a Polish electrochemical engineer whose research concentrates on carbon-based

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s and

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. She is a professor in the Faculty of Chemical Technology at the Poznań University of Technology, and a former vice-president of the

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Education and career

Frąckowiak studied chemistry at

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, earning a master's degree in 1972. After working as a research assistant at the

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since 1973, she earned a Ph.D. in applied electrochemistry from the Poznań University of Technology in 1988, and at that time joined the university's Faculty of Chemical Technology as an assistant professor. She completed her habilitation in 2000 and was named a full professor in 2003. She was vice-president of the

for 2015–2018.

Recognition

Frąckowiak was elected as a corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2013, and became a full member in 2022. She became a

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in 2014, and was elected to the

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in 2022. The

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named her as an ISE Fellow in 2022. In 2011, Frąckowiak became an Officer in the

Order of Polonia Restituta The Order of Polonia Restituta (, ) is a Polish state decoration, state Order (decoration), order established 4 February 1921. It is conferred on both military and civilians as well as on alien (law), foreigners for outstanding achievements in ...

. She was the 2011 winner of the Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in chemical and materials science, "for research on new materials, carbon composites and their use for electrochemical energy storage and conversion", and the 2012 winner of the Sapienti Sat Medal. In 2021, she was one of six recipients of the Award of the President of the Polish Academy of Sciences, honored "for explaining the influence of redox processes in electrode materials and electrolyte solutions on the operation and long-term cyclic operation of electrochemical capacitors".

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frackowiak, Elzbieta Living people Polish chemical engineers Polish women engineers Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań alumni Poznań University of Technology alumni Academic staff of the Poznań University of Technology Members of the Polish Academy of Sciences Members of Academia Europaea Officers of the Order of Polonia Restituta 1950 births 20th-century Polish engineers 21st-century Polish engineers 21st-century Polish women engineers 20th-century Polish women engineers