Food Biofortification Technologies

Agnieszka Saeid, Ph. D. graduated from Department of Chemistry of Wrocław University of Science and Technology in 2005. She obtained MSc in the field of Biotechnology, specialization Environmental Chemistry. The topic of MSc thesis was "Mineral feed additives based on biomass of microalga Spirulina sp." After graduation, she began Ph.D. studies at Institute of Inorganic Technology and Mineral Fertilizers, at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. During the study, she was granted a scholarship to participate in Postgraduate School of Industrial Ecology (PSIE) - IndEcol at Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. In 2010 she defended her Ph.D. thesis on the application of a microalga Spirulina sp. as a carrier of nutritionally significant metal ions in animals feeding and became a lecturer at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. From 2012 she was appointed to the position of Professor Assistant at Institute of Inorganic Technology and Mineral Fertilizers, Wrocław University of Science and Technology. In the year 2016, she was granted scholarships funded by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education in Poland for young outstanding scientists. She continued research work on biosorption and elaboration new products based on natural biomass enriched via biosorption process as feed additives and fertilizers to obtain biofortified food products. In 2010 she got a grant financed by the Minister of Science and Higher Education on the project titled "An alternative method of manufacture of phosphate fertilizers by biological digestion of low-quality raw materials". In 2013 she got another grant financed by the National Centre for the Research and Development in Poland to continue research on the valorization of phosphorus-bearing wastes into phosphorus fertilizers with the utilization of microorganism. She has published over 77 papers, including 69 papers in world-known peer-reviewed scientific journals from JCR list. Her works were cited more than 300 times and h-index: 12. Contributed to the book "Organic farming: New methods, advancements and future" by Elsevier: Chapter "Fertilizers: Need for new strategies" (by A. Saeid and K. Chojnacka) and "Marine algae extracts: processes, products, and applications": Chapter "Algae biomass as a raw material for production of algal extracts" by (by A. Saeid and K. Chojnacka). She edited the book for Wiley: Recent Advances in Trace Elements by Katarzyna Chojnacka, Agnieszka Saeid (expected publication date: 2018). She is also an author of invited two book chapters in "Encyclopedia of Toxicology", (Elsevier: Academic Press) "Sulfuric acid" and "Acids". She participated in many international and national conferences as invited speaker. She was awarded many times, also by President of Wrocław University of Science and Technology (2009, 2011). In the years 2009-2015 she received 8 fellowships for Ph.D. students and young scientists, founded by Human Capital Operational Program (HCOP/POKL) for young outstanding scientists. She is the author of 3 patents and 3 patent application. She cooperates with many universities in the field of multidisciplinary projects.