Katarzyna Miranowicz-Dzierżawska
National Research Institute, Poland
Biography
Katarzyna Miranowicz-Dzierżawska works in Laboratory of Toxicology, a part of the Department of Chemical, Aerosol and Biological Hazards in the Central Institute for Labour Protection – National Research Institute. She was graduated from the Faculty of Pharmacy (specialization: pharmaceutical analysis) of the Medical University of Warsaw and she prepared her dissertation (Ph.D.): “The evaluation of interaction between chosen organic solvents” at the Collegium Medicum of Jagiellonian University, Cracow. The main area of her professional interest are problems of human in the working environment and the toxicity of chemical substances as well as methods of estimating the toxicity of substances in vitro. She was also engaged in preparation of documentation of maximum allowable levels of occupational exposure and characteristics of hazardous substances in the work of the Interdepartmental Committee mandated with updating and verification of the Threshold Limit Values (TLVs) for agents harmful to human health.