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
- Academic networks or partnerships
Amu Darya River Basin Network (External organisation)
Oliver Olsson (Member)
2010 → 2013Activity: Membership › Academic networks or partnerships › Transfer
- Learned societies and special interest organisations
Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)
Oliver Olsson (Member)
2015 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Transfer
Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (External organisation)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Member)
2012 → …Activity: Membership › Learned societies and special interest organisations › Research
- Visiting an external academic institution
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Matthias Gaßmann (Visiting researcher)
02.2010 → 04.2010Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution › Research
- Hosting an academic visitor
Peter G. Mahaffy
Klaus Kümmerer (Host) & Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Host)
02.10.2023 → 30.11.2023Activity: Hosting a visitor › Hosting an academic visitor
- Academic Consultant
Beratung von Bürgerinitiativen zum Thema Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking): Vortrag zur Einführung ins Thema unkonventionelle Lagerstätten und hydraulic fracturing
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2013 → …Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Einweg- und Mehrweg-Entsorgungssysteme für Patientenausscheidungen
Martin Scherrer (Reviewer), Armin König (Reviewer) & Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer)
2004Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking": Fachgespräch in der Arbeitsgruppe „Fracking“ der Koalitionsfraktionen von CDU/CSU und FDP im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Hydraulic Fracturing“
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
14.12.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Fracking und Lagerstättenwasser": Diskussionsrunde zum Thema Fracking mit dem niedersächsischen Minister für Wirtschaft, Arbeit un Verkehr, Olaf Lies und der Landesgruppen Niedersachsen/Bremen in der SPD-Bundestagsfraktion
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
26.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Fachreferent/Sachverständiger "Lagerstättenwasser": Fachgespräch mit Umweltreferenten der Koalitionsfraktion SPD im Deutschen Bundestag zum Thema „Lagerstättenwasser“
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
16.01.2015Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Gutachten - Stand der Technik und fortschrittliche Ansätze in der Entsorgung des Flowback.: Abwasserentsorgung und Stoffstrombilanz im Rahmen der Fracking-Technologie für die Erdgasgewinnung
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
12.2011 → 07.2012Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
Umweltmanagement für Krankenhäuser - Leitfaden zur Anwendung der EG-Öko-Audit-Verordnung.
F. D. Daschner (Reviewer), M. Dettenkofer (Reviewer), Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer), Martin Mühlich (Reviewer), W Muller (Reviewer), Martin Scherrer (Reviewer) & A. Schuster (Reviewer)
1996Activity: Other expert activities › Academic Consultant › Transfer
- Peer review of publicationen
CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water (Journal)
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2011 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
E-Journal of Chemistry (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2014 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of AOAC International (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Chromatographic Science (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Hydrology (Journal)
Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Hydrology (Journal)
Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)
2010 → 2013Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
Scientia Pharmaceutica (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2012 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Peer review of publicationen › Research
- Conference Presentations
11th Micropol & Ecohazard Conference - Micropol 2019
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
20.10.2019 → 24.10.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
14th International Conference on Renewable Resources and Biorefineries (RRB-14)
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.05.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
25th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - SETAC Europe 2015
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
27. Onkologisch-Pharmazeutischer Fachkongress NZW
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
25.01.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
7th Asia Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry - AOC7-GSC 2018
Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)
19.11.2018Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Assessment of the biodegradability and ecotoxicity of the anticancer drug Imatinib Mesylate after UV and simulated sunlight irradiation treatments
Carlos Alexandre Lutterbeck (Speaker), Ewelina Baginska (Speaker) & Enio Leandro Machado (Speaker)
03.05.2015 → 07.05.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Benign by Design as an Important Building Block of Green and Sustainable Chemistry - Examples of its Application for Molecules, Materials, Products and the Management of Their Flows
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
18.06.2017 → 22.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: assessment of biodegradability and degradation products
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker) & Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: Assessment of biodegradability and degradation products.
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Degradation-resistant antibiotics delay germination and growth of two crop plant species
Richard Bolek (Coauthor)
09.09.2014 → 13.09.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental Fate and Behavior of Transformation Products of Pesticides used in Agricultural and Urban Areas
Birte Hensen (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental fate of S-metolachlor in its pure form and as a part of commercial product - Mercantor Gold®: biodegradation and sorption onto sediment
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Ewelina Baginska (Speaker), Lukasz Gutowski (Speaker) & Annette Haiß (Speaker)
17.11.2013 → 21.11.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.
Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
23.02.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Field release modelling of pesticides and their transformation products during a first significant rainfall in a semi-arid region
Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Speaker)
26.05.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)
04.07.2011 → 09.07.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
“Gebäudeaußenhaut als Schadstoffquelle” Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-ReWaM Projekt MUTReWa
Klaus Kümmerer (presenter) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)
27.02.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Transfer
Genotoxicity and ecotoxicity screening of photolytic mixtures from the selective β1-receptor blockers Atenolol and Metoprolol
Mandy Schneider (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
High resolution assessment and modelling of suspended sediment in an agricultural catchment
Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker), Jens Lange (Speaker) & Tobias Schütz (Speaker)
13.04.2008 → 18.04.2008Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
31.08.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
LC-MS identification of the photo-transformation products of desipramine with studying the effect of different environmental variables on the kinetics of their formation
Nareman Dahshan Henedaq Khaleel (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
23.03.2015 → 26.03.2015Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Limitations of regulatory risk assessments of chemicals
Stefanie Wieck (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
29.05.2017 → 03.06.2017Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Modelling system MEXFLUSH: Modelling EXtreme floods and related pesticide FLUSHes.
Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker)
28.09.2010Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker)
17.04.2011 → 20.04.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes
Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)
18.06.2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Personal care products as source for micropollutants in Greywater-Identification, quantification and on-site treatment
Oliver Olsson (Speaker), Yael Dubwoski (Speaker), Eran Friedler (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
06.10.2013 → 07.10.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Photocatalytic degradation of Diclofenac observed transformation products and assessment of their toxicological impact
Christoph Leder (Speaker), Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker), Christine Schmoock (Speaker), Hilmar Börnick (Speaker) & Olaf Gravenhorst (Speaker)
16.06.2013 → 20.06.2013Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Photodegradation and aerobic biodegradability of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor Captopril and identification of transformation products by LC MS/MS.
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)
22.03.2011 → 25.03.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Polare PAK-Derivate – Analytik und Vorkommen von Azaarenen in Fließgewässern
Lars Tangermann (Speaker), Jan Sebastian Mänz (Speaker), Wolf-Ulrich Palm (Speaker) & Wolfgang Ruck (Speaker)
04.09.2011 → 07.09.2011Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research
Qualitative Environmental Risk Assessment of Photolytic Transformation Products (TPs) of Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media (ICM): Diatrizoic acid
Tushar Rastogi (presenter)
11.05.2014 → 15.05.2014Activity: Talk or presentation › Conference Presentations › Research