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
35th Annual Meeting of SETAC North America
Herrmann, M. (presenter)
09.11.2014 → 13.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
38. Jahrestagung der Inklusionsforscher:innen - IFO 2025
List, F. (Participant) & Schellig, H. (Participant)
17.02.2025 → 19.02.2025Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
38. Jahrestagung der Inklusionsforscher:innen - IFO 2025
Abels, S. (Keynote Speaker)
18.02.2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3 Biotech (Journal)
Pleißner, D. (Reviewer)
01.04.2018 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
3rd EuCheMS Chemistry Congress - 2010
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
29.08.2010 → 01.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
13.05.2018 → 16.05.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
3rd IMPRES Symposium 2013
Rammelberg, H. U. (Speaker)
06.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd International Conference of Biological Waste as Resource - BWR 2018
Pleißner, D. (Keynote Speaker)
19.12.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
3rd International Conference on Sustainable Pharmacy - 2012
Logunova, E. (presenter)
19.11.2012 → 20.11.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd International Symposium ''Genotoxicity in aquatic systems: Causes, effects and future needs'' - 2010
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
22.09.2010 → 24.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
3rd International Symposium on Sustainable Development - ISSD 2012
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote speaker)
31.05.2012 → 01.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
41st West European Fish Technologists Association Meeting - WEFTA 2011
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
27.09.2011 → 30.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
42. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik - GDCP 2015
Hofer, E. (Participant)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
48. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Chemie und Physik - GDCP 2021
Hofer, E. (Participant), Abels, S. (Participant) & Stinken-Rösner, L. (Participant)
13.09.2021 → 16.09.2021Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4. Deutsch-Brasilianisches Symposium “Nachhaltige Entwicklung” 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
05.10.2009 → 10.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2009
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
28.05.2009 → 29.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2019
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
05.05.2019 → 08.05.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
4th International Congress on Biocatalysis 2008
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
31.08.2008 → 04.09.2008Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
4th INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON GREEN CHEMISTRY FOR ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT - GREENCHEM 2014
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote speaker)
25.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
50th Congress of the European Societies of Toxicology - EUROTOX 2014
Lutterbeck, C. (presenter)
07.09.2014 → 10.09.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
50. Vortragstagung der Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualitätsforschung (Pflanzliche Nahrungsmittel) e.V. - DGQ 2016
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
14.03.2016 → 15.03.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
51. Essener Tagung für Wasserwirtschaft 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
14.03.2018 → 16.03.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5. Chemietage des Verbands der Chemielehrer/-innen Österreichs 2016
Hofer, E. (Participant)
30.03.2016 → 01.04.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
5. Symposium der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik - ÖGFD 2017
Hofer, E. (Participant)
25.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
5th Green & Sustainable Chemistry Conference 2020
Kümmerer, K. (Chair)
10.11.2020 → 11.11.2020Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
6. Chemietage des Verbandes der Chemielehrer/-innen Österreichs 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
05.04.2018 → 07.04.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
6. Symposium der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Fachdidaktik 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
24.09.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Danish Conference on Biotechnology and Molecular Biology - 2011
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
01.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th European Thermal Sciences Conferences/ Eurotherm 2012
Rammelberg, H. U. (presenter)
04.09.2012 → 07.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation - WasteEng2016
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
23.05.2016 → 26.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th International Conference on Pesiticide Behviour in Soils, Water and Air - 2013
Kümmerer, K. (Participant)
02.09.2013 → 04.09.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th International Functional Food Symposium 2012
Pleißner, D. (presenter)
25.10.2012 → 26.10.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
6th Langenauer Wasserforum 2009
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
09.11.2009 → 10.11.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
70. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2016
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.02.2016 → 26.02.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
71. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2017
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.02.2017 → 24.02.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
72. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
28.02.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
73. Plus Lucis Fortbildungswoche 2018
Hofer, E. (Participant)
26.02.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
75. Fortbildungswoche des Vereins zur Förderung des physikalischen und chemischen Unterrichts
Hofer, E. (Participant)
22.02.2022Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
7th Asia Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry - AOC7-GSC 2018
Kümmerer, K. (Keynote Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy - EFIB 2014
Pleißner, D. (Participant)
01.07.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
7th International Conference on Engineering for Waste and Biomass Valorisation - WasteEng 2018
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
02.07.2018 → 05.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
8. Krankenhaus-Umwelttag NRW 2012
Olsson, O. (Speaker)
25.09.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
8th International Conference on Biobased Materials - 2015
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
30.04.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
99th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America - ESA 2014
Bolek, R. (Coauthor)
13.08.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
9. Tagung "Grenzenlose Verfügbarkeit strategischer Metalle?" - 2011
Kümmerer, K. (Speaker)
31.01.2011 → 01.02.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
9th International Conference on Algal Biomass, Biofuels and Bioproducts - 2019
Lindner, A. (presenter)
17.06.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Abbaubarkeit und Elimination von Arzneimitteln in Kläranlagen und ihre Umweltrelevanz in Gewässern.
Kümmerer, K. (Lecturer)
29.03.2006 → 31.03.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Research
Aber wie können wir es machen? - eine Strategie zur Implementierung von Forschendem Lernen in den Regelunterricht
Hofer, E. (Speaker)
26.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Abfälle als Rohstoffquelle – Prozesslösungen für eine Kreislaufwirtschaft mit regionalem Bezug
Pleißner, D. (Speaker)
04.04.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › talk or presentation in privat or public events › Transfer
A biorefinery concept: Utilization of food waste
Pleißner, D. (Lecturer)
29.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › Education