Teresa Kowalska (July 19, 1946 – 2023) was a Polish chemist, specialized in the theory and application of chromatography.

Kowalska received a master's degree in chemistry in 1968 and a PhD in physical chemistry in 1972, both from Higher Pedagogical School in Katowice, which became University of Silesia in Katowice.

She conducted post-doctoral research at University of Salford in the UK, under the supervision of Hans Suschitzky.

[1][2][4] Over her career, the research topics of Kowalska focused on chromatography.

[11] To address the lack of comprehensive chromatographic journals, Kowalska founded Acta Chromatographica with Józef Śliwiok in 1992.