dr inż. Elżbieta Bielak

Education:

2011 – 2016 – Krakow University of Economics, doctoral studies, December 2016 – academic degree of PhD in Economic sciences in the field of Commodity science (doctoral dissertation title: The effect of lining leather finishing with essential oils on its hygienic properties)

2009 – 2013 – Krakow University of Economics, major: Commodity science, specialization: Trade and customs, February 2013 – title: Engineer’s degree

2009 – 2011 – Jagiellonian University in Kraków, major: Biology and geology, specialization: Nature conservation, June 2011 – title: Master’s degree

2006 – 2009 – Jagiellonian University in Kraków, major: Biology and geology, specialization: Nature conservation, July 2009 – title: Bachelor’s degree

Internships:

12 – 16 June 2023 – scientific and didactic internship at the Institute for Creative Leather Technologies, University of Northampton, University Drive, Northampton, NN1 5PH, UK

10 September – 5 October 2018 – production and scientific internship at “Garbarnia Szczakowa” S.A., ul. Szklarska 5, 43-602 Jaworzno, Poland

1 – 29 September 2017 – scientific internship at the Instytut Przemysłu Skórzanego w Łodzi / Oddział w Krakowie, ul. Zakopiańska 9, 30-418 Kraków, Poland

Membership in Organizations:

since 2025 – member of the Polska Grupa Producentów Obuwia

since 2021 – member of the Polish Chamber of Shoe and Leather Industry

since 2018 – member of the Polish Society of Microbiologists

since 2013 – member of the Polish Society of Commodity Science

Scientific interests:

quality / safety / hygiene of footwear materials and footwear

innovative methods of leather finishing

natural antimicrobial substances as alternatives to synthetic biocides used in the tanning industry

sustainable development in the tanning industry

properties and applications of essential oils in industrial products

research and quality assessment of shoe care products

Courses taught:

Quality engineering of industrial products II

Quality of industrial products in transport

Product commercialization

Materials science

Materials science and engineering of industrial products

Materials science and engineering of light industry

Materials science and engineering of polymers

Selected aspects of anatomy and dermatology