Piotr Dobkowski

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Background

Piotr, an economics graduate, joined Celignis in 2021 as a business administration intern. Very rapidly it was noticed that he had a huge talent in working with large sets of data. As a result he was swiftly recruited to an important new role within the company, Orders and Data Manager, taking over that responsibility from company founder Dan Hayes. By havin this talented individual fully dedicated to the processing and critical evaluation of data, were are able to massively increase our throughput and speed at which we can process orders.

He takes particular interest and involvement in the processing and evaluation of data from Celignis's chromatography department. His expertise in this area covers a wide range of analytes (e.g. carbohydrates, amino acids, vitamins, pigments etc.) as wee as numerous types of chromatography (e.g. GC, IC, HPLC, SEC) and detection methods (e.g. electrochemical, conductivity, UV, TCD etc.).

Prior to his experience at Celignis Piotr used to work as an accountant. He is a graduate from the University of Rzeszow in Poland with Master’s degree in Economics. He has found that the skillsets learnt in these prior activities are also highly relevant for his work at Celignis, where meticulous inspection of data is necessary and trends across different types of feedstocks and technologies need to be understood.

Piotr is an eager to learn, highly ambitious person that will plat a cruicial role in the further advancement of Celignis.

Expertise and Track-Record

Quality
Control

Piotr has experience working with quality control of thousands of samples that go through different stage of analysis. His work also includes making sure that chromatography data are accurate and stable. He communicates with various departments witin Celignis to discuss the quality of data produced. He has a keen eye for detail and accuracy and understands the significant role of accurate data in bioeconomy field and how it helps to advance improvements in the development of biobased technologies and materials.

Data
Processing

Piotr plays a major role in data processing at Celignis. There are a wide variety of analytical methods that are employed in the Celignis laboratories. These produce huge amounts of data which he collects and prepares for analysis. He evaluates the data and makes sure that it is vaid and presented in a user-friendly format. He discusses results with other members of the company then approves and uploads data for customers.

Orders
Management

Piotr keeps track of all orders that requires analytical work and ensures that this work is assigned to the appropriate staff member, with scheduling sequencing optimised between different personnel in order to get results rapidly. His actions ensure that all orders are undertaken with the highest possible efficiency.

Client
Interactions

Piotr is Celignis's go-to person if you have any quesitons about the results or the current status of an order. He interacts positively and enthusiastically with people and aims to address any questions or comments as quickly as possible. This process is now a lot easier as a result of the recent (July 2022) launch of the updated Celignis Database. It now allows users to click a button ('Request Update') when they are looking to get information about the status of an order. This request is sent directly to Piotr who responds promptly by email with an update.

There is also a chat function on the Celignis Database where you can message Celgnis directly and Piotr will aim to reply on the same working day. Alternatively, you can contact him at piotr@celignis.com or you can reach him by calling the lab at (+353) 61 371 725.

Qualifications

MEc: Masters in Economics from University of Rzeszow, Poland.

Publications

Rashama, C., Kuttuvan, S., V., Gottumukkala, L., Katjouanga, U., Dobkowski, P., Shiwombolo, J., Hilma, N., Bewer, B., Ben, M., Hayes, D., Wakefield, D. (2025) Preliminary evaluation of biofuel production potentials for Southern Africa's encroacher and invasive bush biomass, Bioresource Technology Reports 31: 102251

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Link

The biofuel production potentials for encroacher and invasive bush biomass species found in Southern Africa were assessed using different valorization routes. Theoretical models were employed to calculate the biofuel yields. The gasification-catalytic route produced highest ethanol yields (450–488 L/t) while the lowest values were from enzymatic/acid hydrolysis-to-fermentation route. Blue gum gave the highest ethanol yields. Biodiesel and naphtha yields produced through Fischer-Tropsch synthesis were highest for blue gum (196 L/t) and lowest for Acacia raficiens (176 L/t). The highest biogas and biomethane potential of 458 L/kg.VS and 229 L/kg.VS respectively were obtained from black wattle while the respective lower values (270 L/kg.VS and 132 L/kg.VS) were recorded for blue gum. Senegalia mellifera gave the highest torrefied biofuel energy and mass yields at 0.92 and 0.97 respectively while black wattle had the lowest mass and energy yields at 0.75 and 0.83 respectively. From an energy yield basis, the acid hydrolysis-fermentation route yielded an average of 3.69 GJ/t of biomass while the highest yields came from the gasification-catalytic conversion route which was 9.7 GJ/t. The average energy yield variations across biomass species ranged 5.11–6.19 GJ/t which is around 30 % of the raw biomass' calorific value. These early results provide insights towards the best pairing of appropriate biomass species and energy conversion route. Further evaluations of these biomass-valorization technology pairing to unpack process efficiencies, cost and kinetics are required using real process experiments instead of using theoretical models. These additional tests should include sustainability assessment to guide future commercialization decisions.

Celignis News Articles on Piotr

August 31st 2022

Employee Spotlight - Piotr

Interview with our Orders and Data Manager

Piotr is Celignis's Orders and Data Manager, having joined that role in 2021. He is a highly ambitious and talented individual and plays a significant role in data processing, data evaluation, and chemometrics. Piotr takes precision and accuracy very seriously and has a keen eye on big sets of data. He is also particularly active in Celignis's chromatography department, undertaking quality control of chromatograms and results.

Click here to see his responses to some questions about his work at Celignis.

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Piotr Dobkowski
Orders and Data Manager

High Precision

High Precision

Online Database

Online Database

Detailed Reporting

Detailed Reporting

Expert Support

Expert Support

Background

Expertise and Track-Record

Quality
Control

Data
Processing

Orders
Management

Client
Interactions

Qualifications

Publications

Celignis News Articles on Piotr

August 31st 2022

Employee Spotlight - Piotr

Interview with our Orders and Data Manager

We have secured funding for involvement in 4 collaborative research projects

The article, available in "Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery" is entitled "Process development for efficient pectin extraction from tobacco residues and its characterisation"

Meeting takes place at the coordinator's (ITA) headquarters in Zaragoza, SPAIN

Meeting takes place at the coordinator's (AIMPLAS) headquarters in Valencia, Spain

We're attending the kick-off meeting for BIONEER in Trondheim, Norway (SINTEF)

Piotr Dobkowski Orders and Data Manager

Piotr Dobkowski

High Precision

High Precision

Online Database

Online Database

Detailed Reporting

Detailed Reporting

Expert Support

Expert Support

Background

Expertise and Track-Record

QualityControl

DataProcessing

OrdersManagement

ClientInteractions

Qualifications

Publications

Celignis News Articles on Piotr

August 31st 2022

Employee Spotlight - Piotr

Interview with our Orders and Data Manager

We have secured funding for involvement in 4 collaborative research projects

The article, available in "Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery" is entitled "Process development for efficient pectin extraction from tobacco residues and its characterisation"

Meeting takes place at the coordinator's (ITA) headquarters in Zaragoza, SPAIN

Meeting takes place at the coordinator's (AIMPLAS) headquarters in Valencia, Spain

We're attending the kick-off meeting for BIONEER in Trondheim, Norway (SINTEF)

Piotr Dobkowski
Orders and Data Manager

Quality
Control

Data
Processing

Orders
Management

Client
Interactions