This achievement is also of exceptional nature because LSA is the first accredited research laboratory at the University of Lodz. In doing so, the University of Lodz joins the ranks of academic centres with laboratories operating in accordance with the requirements of the PN-EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018-02 standard. Accreditation strengthens the university's position as a centre conducting research at a level that meets the requirements of professional research laboratories and opens new opportunities for collaboration with the socio-economic community.
The LSA operates at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Lodz, within the Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, and is located at 12 Tamka Street in Lodz. Beyond its accreditation scope, the laboratory conducts elemental analyses in liquid and solid samples, supporting teaching and research activities and collaboration with the socio-economic community. Its instrumentation includes a ContrAA 800D atomic absorption spectrometer from Analytik Jena AG and a microwave mineraliser. The laboratory is headed by dr hab. inż. Maciej Wojtczak, Associate Professor at the University of Lodz, and its team includes mgr Natalia Suchecka.
Obtaining LSA’s accreditation confirms the dynamic growth of the research potential of the University of Lodz Faculty of Chemistry and represents an important step in further strengthening the university’s position as a modern scientific research centre, equipped with specialised analytical facilities, whose competence in the scope of AB 1956 accreditation has been confirmed by the Polish Centre for Accreditation.
