Kabata-Pendias received degrees at the Institute of Soil Science and Plant Cultivation in Pulawy (Ph.D.) and at the Agricultural University of Lublin (D.Sc.).[4]
Career
Kabata-Pendias was the manager or contractor of many scientific projects, including three in cooperation with USDA Agricultural Research Service: "Distribution of micronutrients among soil minerals" (1961–1966), "The occurrence and behavior of trace elements in residual soils" (1969–1975), and "The impact of copper mining and industrial activity of Lower Silesia on the chemical composition of plants" (1975–1979). She was a consultant and lecturer for FAO, UNEP, MAB, SCOPE, SETAC, and IUPAC. She was the promoter of seven doctoral dissertations. She published over 300 scientific papers, many of international coverage, including books in Polish, English and Russian. Her team's work Evaluation of soil pollution with heavy metals and sulfur. Framework guidelines for agriculture between 1993 and 2002 was the only source for assessing the degree of environmental pollution by trace elements in Poland. She actively participated in the work of numerous committees of the Polish Academy of Sciences, including the chair of the Committee for Analysis for Agricultural Need of the Polish Academy of Sciences, and the MAB-9 Team of the Human and Environment Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She was a member of many scientific societies, including Polish Soil Science Society, Polish Mineralogical Society and Polish Geological Society, as well as the International Union of Soil Sciences, Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health, the International Association for Study of Clay, and the New York Academy of Sciences. She sat on the presidium of the International Society of Trace Element Biochemistry.[1]
