Janusz Kozinski

Janusz Kozinski

Janusz Kozinski, is a higher education leader, researcher and entrepreneur, and expert in sustainable energy systems and immune building concepts applied to public safety and security.

He is the founding dean of York University's Lassonde School of Engineering.^[1]

Education

Kozinski received a Ph.D. in Heat Engineering & Environmental Protection in 1986 from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland, after which he attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and spent much of his academic career at McGill University, where he was Sir William Dawson Scholar and Associate Vice-Principal of Research and International Relations.

Academia

Currently, Dr. Kozinski serves as Founding Dean of the Lassonde School of Engineering at York University. This $250 million initiative is home to the Renaissance Engineering™ program.^[2] Renaissance engineering^[3] is a curricular philosophy that includes interdisciplinary learning, industry collaboration and designing for positive social impact. Prior to this, Kozinski was Dean of the College of Engineering at University of Saskatchewan^[4] and Dean of the Faculty of Science and Engineering at York University.

Dr. Kozinski held the International Chair in Bioenergy at the Institute for Advanced Studies and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and has completed the Advanced Management & Leadership Program at Oxford University and the Executive Education Program, Crisis Leadership in Higher Education, at Harvard University.

Dr. Kozinski is a member of the Board of Canadian Mining Innovation Council.^[5]

Janusz Kozinski writes a regular column for the Huffington Post.^[6]

Research

Throughout his academic career, Dr. Kozinski has organized and led multi-disciplinary research teams and programs linking energy, environmental, public health, and security issues^[7]

At Lassonde School of Engineering, Dr. Kozinski leads Energy Lab,^[8] which focuses on comprehensive research in the areas of energy generation, conversion, analysis, kinetics and management.^[9] Dr. Kozinski’s research includes projects related to the next generation of nuclear reactors, the environmental impact of energy technology, greenhouse gas mitigation, fabrication of nanomaterials, public security in buildings vulnerable to bio-agents, and Mars exploration.

Entrepreneurship

Janusz Kozinski founded his own energy company and has collaborated with multinational firms around the globe.

Selected works

• Farooq, U., Kozinski, J. A., Khan, M. A., & Athar, M. (2010). Biosorption of heavy metal ions using wheat based biosorbents–a review of the recent literature. Bioresource technology, 101(14), 5043-5053.
• Fang, Z., Sato, T., Smith, R. L., Inomata, H., Arai, K., & Kozinski, J. A. (2008). Reaction chemistry and phase behavior of lignin in high-temperature and supercritical water. Bioresource Technology, 99(9), 3424-3430.
• Farooq, U., Khan, M. A., Athar, M., & Kozinski, J. A. (2011). Effect of modification of environmentally friendly biosorbent wheat (Triticum aestivum) on the biosorptive removal of cadmium (II) ions from aqueous solution. Chemical Engineering Journal, 171(2), 400-410.
• Koziński, J. A., & Saade, R. (1998). Effect of biomass burning on the formation of soot particles and heavy hydrocarbons. An experimental study. Fuel, 77(4), 225-237.

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