Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources
Organisational unit: Section
Organisation profile
RESEARCH AND TEACHING
Chair for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources
We research and train in the field of sustainable chemistry and pharmacy.
We focus on environmental questions as well as on sustainable questions going beyond that such as social and ecological aspects in the context of the life cycle of chemical substances and products. This includes the extraction of raw material, its use as well as the fate after its use. We are also interested in the material flow associated with the extraction and use of the raw material. On top of the experimental work and modeling, we also develop concepts as for example Benign by Design intended dissipation.
Our research and teaching is carried out on an intra- and transdisciplinary scale within the Faculty of Sustainability together with national and international co-operations.
Topics
We are interested in environmental affairs and all questions concerning the sustainability within the context of the life cycle of chemicals, starting with the raw material itself and going on to the synthesis, the use to end up with the environmental fate of chemical substances and products after their use. Beyond the chemical substances and products themselves, we are also interested in the associated material flows, especially when it comes to the so-called strategic resources (e. g. phosphate, seldom metals).
We investigate the fate (e. g. identification of relevant sources) in the environment as well as the spread and the behavior of chemicals (e. g. spread, biological and photochemical degradation) in the aquatic environment in the sense of a sustainable water management. This is why we want to record their effects (e. g. genotoxicity, mutagenity, and bacteria toxicity).At present we are focusing on pesticides, pharmaceuticals, textile auxiliary agents and nanoparticles.
Service offers
Examination of (bio)-degradability of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
according to OECD/DIN/ISO and others:
• Closed Bottle-Test (OECD 301 D)
• Manometric Respirometry (OECD 301 F)
• Zahn-Wellens-Test (OECD 302 B)
• Waste water treatment plant simulation (OECD 303 A)
• Water Sediment Test
• Photochemical degradation
• Photocatalytic degradation
• Electro coalugation
• and other
Toxicity
Acute and chronic toxicity in bacteria:
• Luminescent bacteria test with Vibrio fischeri (30 minutes and 20h)
• Growth-inhibition test with Pseudomonas putida (16h) and Vibrio fischeri (20h)
• Growth-inhibition test with Enteroccus faecalis
Genotoxicity:
• Ames-Test with Salmonella typhimurium TA 98/TA 100
• Umu-Test with Salmonella typhimurium TA 1535/ psK 1002
• Mikronucleus-Test with CHO-Cells by FACS-Analysis
• Green Screen-Assay with TK6-cells
Chemical informatics
Structure property relationships
• Calculation of physicochemical properties of molecules
• Calculation of quantum chemical parameters of molecules
• Calculation of toxicity and mutagenicity
• Calculation of the biological degradation
• Calculation of metabolites (mammalia bacteria)
• Targeted design of chemicals and pharmaceuticals
• Support in purchasing decisions
• Product optimization
• REACH
Water flux based reactive mass transport modelling and assessment
• Spatio-temporal analysis of discharge and water quality (R-Statistics, SigmaPlot, ArcGIS)
• Assessment of water quality by combined water quality and quantity indices (WQI, WQQI, WAI)
• Water quality modelling in lakes and reservoirs in 1D, 2D and 3D (LAC, MOHID Water, Ce-qual)
• Catchment modelling of hydrology, erosion and sedimenttransport, phosphorus discharge, pesticides and transformation product discharge (ZIN-Sed, MOHID Land, reservoir models)
• River channel modelling of water, sediment, phosphorus, pesticide and transformation product discharge (ZIN-Sed, MOHID Stream)
• Scenario modelling and assessment
• System analysis and management assessment
• Integrated water ressources management
Analytics
• Liquid chromatography coupled to ion trap mass spectrometry
• HPLC with UV and fluorescence detection
• Gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry
• Ion chromatography
- Conferences
European Green Capital Seminar - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
07.06.2010 → 08.06.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Fachgespräch ,,Handlungsmöglichkeiten zur Minderung des Eintrags von Humanarzneimitteln und ihren Rückständen oder Metaboliten in das Roh- und Trinkwasser“ - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
21.01.2010 → 22.01.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Forum der Deutschen Phosphor-Plattform - DPP 2014
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
21.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Green Pharmacy Conference 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.10.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Health Executive Summit - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.05.2010 → 21.05.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Iberoamerican Conference on advance oxidation technologies - IV CIPOA 2019
Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor)
18.11.2019 → 22.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Conference: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment - 2007
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
19.09.2007 → 21.09.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop in Recent Achievements on the Study of Extreme Events - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.09.2010 → 29.09.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
International Workshop on Water and Health - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
08.12.2009 → 09.12.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Interstate Water Resources Risk Management for Central Asia - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.02.2009 → 25.02.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Gendiagnostik e.V. - AGD 2007
Mandy Schneider (Speaker)
19.10.2007 → 20.10.2007Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Gen-Diagnostik e.V. - 2009
Mandy Schneider (Speaker)
09.10.2009 → 10.10.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jahrestagung der GDCh-Fachgruppe “Nachhaltige Chemie” 2016
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
19.09.2016 → 21.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Jenseits der Beschleunigung - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.04.2009 → 02.05.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kolloquium - Zentrum für Wasserforschung und Institut für Hydrologie - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
18.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Konferenz Nachhaltige Entwicklung – eine Frage der richtigen Chemie?
Klaus Kümmerer (Participant)
12.11.2014Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Kongress Arzneimittel: Spurenschadstoffe im Wasserkreislauf und Boden - 2006
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
17.05.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Pharmaceutical Usage During an Influenza Pandemic - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.03.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
PhytoRet Teningen Meeting
Lukasz Gutowski (presenter)
11.10.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Post Conference Worskhop Pharmaceutical residues - 2013
Jana Weiss (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Richard Bolek (Speaker), Veronique Boireau (Speaker), Benoit Roig (Speaker) & Marja Lamoree (Speaker)
05.07.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Postfossile Revolution! Abschied vom fossilen Kapitalismus 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
23.09.2011 → 25.09.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Safety Pharmacology Society - SPS 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
18.09.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Science Slam der Messe New Energy - 2013
Richard Bolek (Speaker)
22.03.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
Science Slam im Wissenschaftsjahr - Zukunftsprojekt Erde 2012
Richard Bolek (Speaker)
30.06.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Transfer
SETAC Europe 26th Annual Meeting
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
22.05.2016 → 26.05.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe Annual Meeting 2017
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
07.05.2017 → 11.05.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
SQU - Chemistry Conference 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
13.11.2017 → 15.11.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Studium generale - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
24.01.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Education
Symposium “Arzneimittel im Wasser - Ziele und Rahmenbedingungen“ der Emschergenossenschaft - 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
25.11.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Systemwissenschaftliches Kolloquium am Institut der Umweltsystemforschung der Uni Osnabrück - 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.01.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tag der Hydrologie - TdH 2012
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.03.2012 → 23.03.2012Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tag der Umwelt - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.06.2009Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Tagung der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing "Strategische Metalle für die Energiewende" - 2013
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
25.02.2013 → 26.02.2013Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The Arctic as a messenger for global processes – climate change and pollution 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.05.2011 → 06.05.2011Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
The XEROCHORE Conference on Drought Science and Policies - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
23.02.2010 → 24.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Time and Organizational Development
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
12.05.2005Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Workshop Medzin I
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
16.02.2008 → 17.02.2100Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Congress on Biosensors
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter)
10.05.2006 → 12.05.2006Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
World Resources Forum - WRF 2011
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
19.09.2011 → 21.09.2100Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
Xerochore Final Conference on Supporting Drought Policies in Europe - 2010
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.02.2010Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
XVI World Water Congress 2017
Stefanie Wieck (presenter)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › Conferences › Research
- External workshops, courses, seminars
2nd Environmental Monitoring of Biocides in Europe - NORMAN 2015
Stefanie Wieck (Participant)
25.06.2015 → 26.06.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
DAAD Workshop Tunesien
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
27.11.2018 → 29.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
IUPAC Postgraduate School on Green Chemistry
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
07.07.2018 → 14.07.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
KBC Days 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.11.2018 → 07.11.2018Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Metalle - Voraussetzung der digitalen Transformation - 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
08.11.2019 → 10.11.2019Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Nachhaltige Chemie & Umweltforschung
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
05.12.2017 → 06.12.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Research
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry 2015
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
14.09.2015 → 17.09.2015Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the case of Electronic Goods 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
25.09.2017 → 29.09.2017Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer
Summer School on Sustainable Chemistry and the example of textiles 2016
Klaus Kümmerer (Organiser)
12.09.2016 → 16.09.2016Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic event › External workshops, courses, seminars › Transfer