Institute of Sustainable Chemistry
Organisational unit: Institute
Organisation profile
At the Institute of Sustainable Chemistry the research and teaching activities focus on Environmental Chemistry as well as Sustainable Chemistry. Environmental Chemistry focuses on studies regarding the environmental fate and behaviour of already existing chemicals, Sustainable Chemistry develops in a more holistic approach solutions that meet the criteria of sustainability.
In addition, the Institute for Sustainable Chemistry is also home to the didactics of natural sciences with its research and teaching activities in the profession of chemistry, biology and science education with the reference subject of natural sciences.
Main research areas
Key topics of our research field are as follows:
- Sustainable Chemistry and Sustainable Pharmacy
- Inclusive science education
- Efficient use of biogenic resources
Wissenschaftsraum "Future Trends in Education: Schule Transformieren durch Demokratiebildung und Bildung für Nachhaltige Entwicklung - Future.Ed"
Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Idel, T.-S. (Project manager, academic), Speck, K. (Project manager, academic), Nonte, S. (Project manager, academic) & Reintjes, C. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.25 → 31.12.29
Project: Research
REMOTIVE: Complementary use of mechanical, physical and chemical technologies for the development of comparative recycling concepts for complex plastic-based automotive components
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Endres, H.-J. (Project manager, academic)
01.10.23 → 30.09.27
Project: Research
Einsatz von Gamification am Beispiel von Artenschutzsensibilisierung
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Krebs, A.-K. (Project staff)
01.10.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
D&D: Decolonising and Diversifying the Curriculum
Brogan, A. (Project manager, academic), Hobuß, S. (Project staff), Bremer, V. (Project staff), Edlich, M. G. P. (Project staff), List, F. (Project staff) & Lommel, L. (Project staff)
28.06.23 → …
Project: Teaching
LFB-Labs-digital: Schülerlabore als Ort der Lehrkräftefortbildung in der digitalen Welt (BMBF)
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic)
01.04.23 → 30.09.25
Project: Research
PlanFoL: Auf die Planung kommt es an (PlanFoL)
Abels, S. (Project manager, academic) & Hofer, E. (Project manager, academic)
01.01.23 → 30.06.26
Project: Research
TrICo Subprojekt: Community School Improvement and Leadership
Kleinknecht, M. (Project manager, academic), Abels, S. (Project manager, academic), Pietsch, M. (Project manager, academic), Marsch, S. (Project staff), Frentz, J. (Project manager, academic), Schellig, H. (Project staff), Hofmann, L. (Project staff) & List, F. (Project staff)
01.01.23 → 31.12.27
Project: Transfer (R&D project)
Circular EURO 2024
Süßenbach, J. (Project manager, academic), Schröder, S. (Project staff), Greve, S. (Project staff) & Abels, S. (Project staff)
25.10.22 → 30.06.25
Project: Research
IRISS: The InteRnatIonal ecosystem for accelerating the transition to Safe-and-Sustainable-by-design materials, products and processes
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic), Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic) & Apel, C. (Project staff)
01.06.22 → 31.05.25
Project: Research
TransPharm: Transforming into a sustainable European pharmaceutical sector
Kümmerer, K. (Project manager, academic) & Olsson, O. (Project manager, academic)
01.06.22 → 31.05.26
Project: Research