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Pawel Rostkowski

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Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects

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Pawel Rostkowski

Dr. Pawel Rostkowski is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects at NILU (Norway). He specializes in environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on identifying and characterizing emerging contaminants, particularly through non-target and suspect screening methods using high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Throughout his career, Rostkowski has developed innovative methods for detecting organic contaminants across various environmental matrices, products, and food contact materials.

In addition to his research, he plays an active role in various international scientific and regulatory organizations. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the NORMAN Association, which addresses emerging pollutants in Europe, and represents Norway in the European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) Chemicals Expert Group.

He is also involved in BP4NTA (Benchmarking and Prioritization of Non-Target Analysis), an initiative focused on advancing non-target analytical techniques and establishing best practices for prioritizing unknown environmental contaminants. Furthermore, Rostkowski contributes as an expert in the ISO technical committee ISO/TC 147/SC 2/WG 85, dedicated to developing standards for non-target screening and enhancing methods for environmental monitoring and chemical risk assessment.

Pawel Rostkowski has 62 publications at NILU:

Fant helseskadelige kjemikalier på barnerom

Rostkowski, Pawel (interview subject); Aasen, Kristine Ramberg (journalist)

2025

Bisfenol A funnet i barnemat – butikkene lar produktene stå i hylla

Rostkowski, Pawel (interview subject); Fossen, Dennis L. (journalist)

2025

Non-Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Marine Mammals in the Nordic Environment

Zhu, Linyan; Rehnstam, Svante; Ahrens, Lutz; Harju, Mikael; Rostkowski, Pawel; Søndergaard, Jens; Vorkamp, Katrin

2025

Datarapport: Analyse av gadolinium, Komp-540, ioheksol, jod og acetat i miljøprøver. DNV-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen 2024

Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Davanger, Kirsten; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Vadset, Marit; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2025

Filling the Gaps in PFAS Detection: Integrating GC-MS Non-Targeted Analysis for Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Assessment

Newton, Seth R.; Bowden, John A.; Charest, Nathaniel; Jackson, Stephen R.; Koelmel, Jeremy P.; Liberatore, Hannah K.; Lin, Ashley M.; Lowe, Charles N.; Nieto, Sofia; Pollitt, Krystal J. Godri; Robuck, Anna R.; Rostkowski, Pawel; Townsend, Timothy G.; Wallace, M. Ariel Geer; Williams, Anthony John

2025

Which organic compounds can we see in Antarctica? Nontarget analysis of air and water samples from Antarctica by high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Froment, Jean Francois; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Yttri, Karl Espen; Lerch, Michaela; Bengtson Nash, Susan

2024

INQUIRE – Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health: Identification of Chemical and Biological Determinants, Their Sources, and Strategies to Promote Healthier Homes in Europe

Nipen, Maja; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Melymuk, Lisa; Leonards, Pim; Vincent, Emma E.; Giorio, Chiara; Schenk, Linda; Remy, Sylvie; Rostkowski, Pawel

2024

Comprehensive characterization of European house dust contaminants: Concentrations and profiles, geographical variability, and implications for chemical regulation and health risk

Haglund, Peter; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Covaci, Adrian; Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Rostkowski, Pawel; Albinet, Alexandre; Alirai, Sylvana; Aurich, Dagny; Bieber, Stefan; Ballesteros-Gómez, Ana; Brennan, Amanda; Budzinski, Hélène; Castro, Gabriela; den Ouden, Fatima; Dévier, Marie-Hélène; Dulio, Valeria; Feng, Yong-Lai; Gabriel, Marta; Gallampois, Christine; Garcia-Vara, Manuel; Giovanoulis, Georgios; Harrad, Stuart; Jacobs, Griet; Jobst, Karl J.; Kaserzon, Sarit; Kumirska, Jolanta; Lestremau, Francois; Lambropoulou, Dimitra; Letzel, Thomas; López de Alda, Miren; Nipen, Maja; Oswald, Peter; Poma, Giulia; Přibylová, Petra; Price, Elliott J.; Raffy, Gaëlle; Schulze, Bastian; Schymanski, Emma L.; Senk, Petr; Wei, Si; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Talavera Andújar, Begoña; Täubel, Martin; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Wang, Thanh; Wang, Xianyu

2024

PikMe: A prioritization tool for emerging pollutants

Wennberg, Aina Charlotte; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel

2024

Contamination of the Baltic Sea sediments by the residues of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants

Rojewska, Anna; Godlewska, Klaudia; Paszkiewicz, Monika; Siedlewicz, Grzegorz; Pazdro, Ksenia; Rostkowski, Pawel; Białk-Bielińska, Anna

2024

Bisphenol Analogues and Alkylphenols in Soil, Terrestrial Biota, and House Dust from an Urban Environment

Nipen, Maja; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Rostkowski, Pawel; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Hanssen, Linda

2023

INQUIRE – Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health: Identification of Chemical and Biological Determinants, their Sources, and Strategies to Promote Healthier Homes in Europe

Nipen, Maja; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Melymuk, Lisa; Leonards, P.; Wincent, E.; Giorio, C.; Schenk, L.; Theunis, J.; Rostkowski, Pawel

2023

Concept and plan of effect-based monitoring and effect directed analysis (EDA) of chemicals towards EWS

Niarchos, Georgios; Engwall, Magnus; Bentström, Linda Irene; Larsson, Maria; Lundqvist, Johan; Ahrens, Lutz; Vorkamp, Katrin; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Hyötyläinen, Tuulia; Rostkowski, Pawel; Kallenborn, Roland; Karakitsios, Spyros; Kärrman, Anna; Carere, Mario

2023

Supramolecular Solvent-Based Extraction Method for the Determination of a Wide Range of Legacy and Emerging Environmental Contaminants in Indoor Dust

Marcinekova, Paula; Martinelli, Erika; Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Rostkowski, Pawel

2023

Enhanced electrochemical degradation of acetaminophen in aqueous environments at oxygen-activated carbon felt anodes

Jakobczyk, Pawel; Skowierzak, Grzegorz; Kaczmarzyk, Iwona; Nadolska, Malgorzata; Wcislo, Anna; Lota, Katarzyna; Bogdanowicz, Robert; Ossowski, Tadeusz; Rostkowski, Pawel; Lota, Gregorz; Ryl, Jacek

2022

Screening av miljøgifter

Rostkowski, Pawel Marian

2022

Datarapport: Analyse av Gadolinium, Komp-540 og Ioheksol i miljøprøver. DNV-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen 2021.

Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Davanger, Kirsten; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Bjørklund, Morten; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Vadset, Marit; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2021

En vellykket miljømessig bærekraftig sirkulær økonomi – Utfordringer og muligheter fra et forskningsperspektiv

Bouman, Evert Alwin; Abbasi, Golnoush; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Dusinska, Maria; Guerreiro, Cristina

2021

Maximizing output from non-target screening

Andreasen, Birgitta; van Bavel, Bert; Fishcher, Stellan; Haglund, Peter; Rostkowski, Pawel; Reid, Malcolm James; Samanipour, Saer; Schlabach, Martin; Veenaas, Cathrin; Dam, Maria

2021

Analytical techniques in metabolomics

David, Arthur; Rostkowski, Pawel

2020

PFAS in ambient air – the way to ISO accredited method – Europe

Rostkowski, Pawel; Yeung, Leo; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Yamashita, Nobuyoshi

2019

Datarapport: Analyse av Gadolinium og Iohexol i miljøprøver. DNV-GL-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen.

Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Vadset, Marit; Thomassen, Silje Eltvik; Bjørklund, Morten; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2018

The value of complementary techniques in suspect and non-target screening – results of the Norman Collaborative Trial of the indoor dust

Rostkowski, Pawel; Haglund, P.; Oswald, P.; Alygizakis, N.; Thomaidis, N.; Aalizadeh, R.; Covaci, A; Moschet, C.; Kaserzon, S.; Yang, C.; Shang, D.; Hindle, R.; Booij, P.; Ionas, A.; Grosse, S.; Arandes, J. B.; Dévier, M. H.; Lestremau, F.; Leonards, P.; Plassmann, M.; Magner, J.; Matsukami, H.; Jobst, K.; Ipolyi, I.; Slobodnik, J.; Reid, Malcolm James

2018

Unequivocal determination of fluorine on the surface of cross country skis prepared for competition by WD-XRF

Schlabach, Martin; Fiedler, D.; Myhre, Gunnar; Gruber, L.; Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Schlummer, M.; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Rostkowski, Pawel

2018

Monitoring of the indoor environment of ESB laboratories with selected target and non-target screening methods

Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Schlabach, Martin; Halse, Anne Karine; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian

2018

Kjemikalietest av barnerom.

Dauge, F.; Dye, C.; Rostkowski, P.; Schlabach, M.; Schmidbauer, N.

2013

Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC)

PARC is an EU-wide research and innovation partnership programme to support EU and national chemical risk assessment and risk management bodies with new data, knowledge, methods, networks and skills to […]

Project period: 2022 – 2029

Ongoing

Identification of chemical and biological determinants, their sources, and strategies to promote healthier homes in Europe (INQUIRE)

Enabling homes to realise zero pollution holds multiple health benefits for all Europeans – especially our children. This is the goal of the EU-funded INQUIRE project. It will provide the knowledge, […]

Project period: 2022 – 2027

Ongoing

Intelligent remediation system for removal of harmful contaminants in water using modified reticulated vitreous carbon foams (i-CLARE)

The goal of i-CLARE is to design and produce the electrochemical water treatment system, with implemented artificial intelligence procedures dedicated to identifying and learn the most efficient operating parameters to […]

Project period: 2020 – 2023

Concluded

Schools of a good climate – construction of educational green zones in primary schools no. 1 and no. 4 in Kozienice to mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects (GreenZone)

The GeenZone project aims to i) strengthen the resilience in the schools to the negative effects of climate change; ii) raise students and teachers' awareness of climate change; and iii) […]

Project period: 2021 – 2023

Concluded

Dr. Pawel Rostkowski is a Senior Scientist in the Department of Environmental Chemistry and Health Effects at NILU (Norway). He specializes in environmental analytical chemistry, focusing on identifying and characterizing emerging contaminants, particularly through non-target and suspect screening methods using high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Throughout his career, Rostkowski has developed innovative methods for detecting organic contaminants across various environmental matrices, products, and food contact materials.

In addition to his research, he plays an active role in various international scientific and regulatory organizations. He is a member of the Steering Committee for the NORMAN Association, which addresses emerging pollutants in Europe, and represents Norway in the European Environment Information and Observation Network (EIONET) Chemicals Expert Group.

He is also involved in BP4NTA (Benchmarking and Prioritization of Non-Target Analysis), an initiative focused on advancing non-target analytical techniques and establishing best practices for prioritizing unknown environmental contaminants. Furthermore, Rostkowski contributes as an expert in the ISO technical committee ISO/TC 147/SC 2/WG 85, dedicated to developing standards for non-target screening and enhancing methods for environmental monitoring and chemical risk assessment.

Pawel Rostkowski has 62 publications at NILU:

Fant helseskadelige kjemikalier på barnerom

Rostkowski, Pawel (interview subject); Aasen, Kristine Ramberg (journalist)

2025

Bisfenol A funnet i barnemat – butikkene lar produktene stå i hylla

Rostkowski, Pawel (interview subject); Fossen, Dennis L. (journalist)

2025

Non-Target Screening of Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Marine Mammals in the Nordic Environment

Zhu, Linyan; Rehnstam, Svante; Ahrens, Lutz; Harju, Mikael; Rostkowski, Pawel; Søndergaard, Jens; Vorkamp, Katrin

2025

Datarapport: Analyse av gadolinium, Komp-540, ioheksol, jod og acetat i miljøprøver. DNV-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen 2024

Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Davanger, Kirsten; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Vadset, Marit; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2025

Filling the Gaps in PFAS Detection: Integrating GC-MS Non-Targeted Analysis for Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Exposure Assessment

Newton, Seth R.; Bowden, John A.; Charest, Nathaniel; Jackson, Stephen R.; Koelmel, Jeremy P.; Liberatore, Hannah K.; Lin, Ashley M.; Lowe, Charles N.; Nieto, Sofia; Pollitt, Krystal J. Godri; Robuck, Anna R.; Rostkowski, Pawel; Townsend, Timothy G.; Wallace, M. Ariel Geer; Williams, Anthony John

2025

Which organic compounds can we see in Antarctica? Nontarget analysis of air and water samples from Antarctica by high-resolution mass spectrometry.

Froment, Jean Francois; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Yttri, Karl Espen; Lerch, Michaela; Bengtson Nash, Susan

2024

INQUIRE – Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health: Identification of Chemical and Biological Determinants, Their Sources, and Strategies to Promote Healthier Homes in Europe

Nipen, Maja; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Melymuk, Lisa; Leonards, Pim; Vincent, Emma E.; Giorio, Chiara; Schenk, Linda; Remy, Sylvie; Rostkowski, Pawel

2024

Comprehensive characterization of European house dust contaminants: Concentrations and profiles, geographical variability, and implications for chemical regulation and health risk

Haglund, Peter; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Covaci, Adrian; Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Rostkowski, Pawel; Albinet, Alexandre; Alirai, Sylvana; Aurich, Dagny; Bieber, Stefan; Ballesteros-Gómez, Ana; Brennan, Amanda; Budzinski, Hélène; Castro, Gabriela; den Ouden, Fatima; Dévier, Marie-Hélène; Dulio, Valeria; Feng, Yong-Lai; Gabriel, Marta; Gallampois, Christine; Garcia-Vara, Manuel; Giovanoulis, Georgios; Harrad, Stuart; Jacobs, Griet; Jobst, Karl J.; Kaserzon, Sarit; Kumirska, Jolanta; Lestremau, Francois; Lambropoulou, Dimitra; Letzel, Thomas; López de Alda, Miren; Nipen, Maja; Oswald, Peter; Poma, Giulia; Přibylová, Petra; Price, Elliott J.; Raffy, Gaëlle; Schulze, Bastian; Schymanski, Emma L.; Senk, Petr; Wei, Si; Slobodnik, Jaroslav; Talavera Andújar, Begoña; Täubel, Martin; Thomaidis, Nikolaos S.; Wang, Thanh; Wang, Xianyu

2024

PikMe: A prioritization tool for emerging pollutants

Wennberg, Aina Charlotte; Reid, Malcolm James; Rostkowski, Pawel

2024

Contamination of the Baltic Sea sediments by the residues of pharmaceuticals and other micropollutants

Rojewska, Anna; Godlewska, Klaudia; Paszkiewicz, Monika; Siedlewicz, Grzegorz; Pazdro, Ksenia; Rostkowski, Pawel; Białk-Bielińska, Anna

2024

Bisphenol Analogues and Alkylphenols in Soil, Terrestrial Biota, and House Dust from an Urban Environment

Nipen, Maja; Skaar, Jøran Solnes; Rostkowski, Pawel; Heimstad, Eldbjørg Sofie; Hanssen, Linda

2023

INQUIRE – Improving Indoor Air Quality and Health: Identification of Chemical and Biological Determinants, their Sources, and Strategies to Promote Healthier Homes in Europe

Nipen, Maja; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Melymuk, Lisa; Leonards, P.; Wincent, E.; Giorio, C.; Schenk, L.; Theunis, J.; Rostkowski, Pawel

2023

Concept and plan of effect-based monitoring and effect directed analysis (EDA) of chemicals towards EWS

Niarchos, Georgios; Engwall, Magnus; Bentström, Linda Irene; Larsson, Maria; Lundqvist, Johan; Ahrens, Lutz; Vorkamp, Katrin; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Hyötyläinen, Tuulia; Rostkowski, Pawel; Kallenborn, Roland; Karakitsios, Spyros; Kärrman, Anna; Carere, Mario

2023

Supramolecular Solvent-Based Extraction Method for the Determination of a Wide Range of Legacy and Emerging Environmental Contaminants in Indoor Dust

Marcinekova, Paula; Martinelli, Erika; Melymuk, Lisa; Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Rostkowski, Pawel

2023

Enhanced electrochemical degradation of acetaminophen in aqueous environments at oxygen-activated carbon felt anodes

Jakobczyk, Pawel; Skowierzak, Grzegorz; Kaczmarzyk, Iwona; Nadolska, Malgorzata; Wcislo, Anna; Lota, Katarzyna; Bogdanowicz, Robert; Ossowski, Tadeusz; Rostkowski, Pawel; Lota, Gregorz; Ryl, Jacek

2022

Screening av miljøgifter

Rostkowski, Pawel Marian

2022

Datarapport: Analyse av Gadolinium, Komp-540 og Ioheksol i miljøprøver. DNV-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen 2021.

Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Davanger, Kirsten; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Bjørklund, Morten; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Vadset, Marit; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2021

En vellykket miljømessig bærekraftig sirkulær økonomi – Utfordringer og muligheter fra et forskningsperspektiv

Bouman, Evert Alwin; Abbasi, Golnoush; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian; Dusinska, Maria; Guerreiro, Cristina

2021

Maximizing output from non-target screening

Andreasen, Birgitta; van Bavel, Bert; Fishcher, Stellan; Haglund, Peter; Rostkowski, Pawel; Reid, Malcolm James; Samanipour, Saer; Schlabach, Martin; Veenaas, Cathrin; Dam, Maria

2021

Analytical techniques in metabolomics

David, Arthur; Rostkowski, Pawel

2020

PFAS in ambient air – the way to ISO accredited method – Europe

Rostkowski, Pawel; Yeung, Leo; Nikiforov, Vladimir; Yamashita, Nobuyoshi

2019

Datarapport: Analyse av Gadolinium og Iohexol i miljøprøver. DNV-GL-prosjekt: Overvåking utenfor Ramslandsvågen.

Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Uggerud, Hilde Thelle; Pfaffhuber, Katrine Aspmo; Vadset, Marit; Thomassen, Silje Eltvik; Bjørklund, Morten; Enge, Ellen Katrin; Rostkowski, Pawel; Gundersen, Hans; Bjørneby, Stine Marie

2018

The value of complementary techniques in suspect and non-target screening – results of the Norman Collaborative Trial of the indoor dust

Rostkowski, Pawel; Haglund, P.; Oswald, P.; Alygizakis, N.; Thomaidis, N.; Aalizadeh, R.; Covaci, A; Moschet, C.; Kaserzon, S.; Yang, C.; Shang, D.; Hindle, R.; Booij, P.; Ionas, A.; Grosse, S.; Arandes, J. B.; Dévier, M. H.; Lestremau, F.; Leonards, P.; Plassmann, M.; Magner, J.; Matsukami, H.; Jobst, K.; Ipolyi, I.; Slobodnik, J.; Reid, Malcolm James

2018

Unequivocal determination of fluorine on the surface of cross country skis prepared for competition by WD-XRF

Schlabach, Martin; Fiedler, D.; Myhre, Gunnar; Gruber, L.; Vik, Aasmund Fahre; Schlummer, M.; Myhre, Cathrine Lund; Rostkowski, Pawel

2018

Monitoring of the indoor environment of ESB laboratories with selected target and non-target screening methods

Bohlin-Nizzetto, Pernilla; Schlabach, Martin; Halse, Anne Karine; Rostkowski, Pawel Marian

2018

Kjemikalietest av barnerom.

Dauge, F.; Dye, C.; Rostkowski, P.; Schlabach, M.; Schmidbauer, N.

2013

Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals (PARC)

PARC is an EU-wide research and innovation partnership programme to support EU and national chemical risk assessment and risk management bodies with new data, knowledge, methods, networks and skills to […]

Project period: 2022 – 2029

Ongoing

Identification of chemical and biological determinants, their sources, and strategies to promote healthier homes in Europe (INQUIRE)

Enabling homes to realise zero pollution holds multiple health benefits for all Europeans – especially our children. This is the goal of the EU-funded INQUIRE project. It will provide the knowledge, […]

Project period: 2022 – 2027

Ongoing

Intelligent remediation system for removal of harmful contaminants in water using modified reticulated vitreous carbon foams (i-CLARE)

The goal of i-CLARE is to design and produce the electrochemical water treatment system, with implemented artificial intelligence procedures dedicated to identifying and learn the most efficient operating parameters to […]

Project period: 2020 – 2023

Concluded

Schools of a good climate – construction of educational green zones in primary schools no. 1 and no. 4 in Kozienice to mitigate climate change and adapt to its effects (GreenZone)

The GeenZone project aims to i) strengthen the resilience in the schools to the negative effects of climate change; ii) raise students and teachers' awareness of climate change; and iii) […]

Project period: 2021 – 2023

Concluded