Staff profiles
Lucjan SajkowskiGeothermal Chemist
Biography
Lucjan obtained his first degrees in Geochemistry and Mineralogy from the University of Silesia in Poland. He completed his PhD examining geothermal tracers (naphthalenesulfonates) at Victoria University of Wellington in 2020. Since then he has worked for GNS Science in the experimental Geochemistry Laboratory in Wairakei. Lucjan’s research interests include geothermal inorganic aqueous geochemistry, mineral extraction from geothermal fluids and research into geothermal tracers.
Qualifications
- PhD, Geology
- MSc, Geochemistry and Mineralogy
- BSc, Geological Science
Areas of expertise
- Business Development: Geothermal
- Business Development: UV/VIS Spectrometer
- Business Development: Geochemistry
- Business Development: Mass Spectroscopy (MS)
- Business Development: Chemistry
- Business Development: HPLC
- Business Development: ICP-OES
- Business Development: ICP-MS
- Business Development: Experimental Geochemistry
- Business Development: Water-Rock Interaction
Major Publications
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- Quantitative analysis of naphthalene, 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol at nanomol levels in geothermal fluids using SPE with HPLC, MethodsX 11: DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2023.102244.
- A review of critical element concentrations in high enthalpy geothermal fluids in New Zealand, Resources 12(6): article 68. DOI: 10.3390/resources12060068.
- The stability of polyaromatic naphthalene sulfonates in hydrothermal solutions to 330 °C at equilibrium saturated vapour pressure, Geothermics 104: article 102437. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2022.102437.
- Effects of reinjecting diluted mineral pool water into the Rotorua Geothermal System, Proceedings 44th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 23-25 November 2022, Auckland, New Zealand : paper 080.
- Corrosion rate estimation of Cr casing steels at high temperature acid conditions, Proceedings 43rd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 23-25 November 2021, Wellington, New Zealand : 7 p..
- Modelling tracer breakdown under geothermal conditions, Proceedings 43rd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 23-25 November 2021, Wellington, New Zealand : 7 p..
- 1,5-Naphthalene disulfonate stability and breakdown kinetics in aqueous solutions under geothermal conditions, Geothermics 91: article 102038. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2020.102038.
- Experimental studies of supercritical fluid-rock interactions - geothermal : the next generation, Proceedings 43rd New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 23-25 November 2021, Wellington, New Zealand : 6 p..