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
Leuchtbakterientest BAC im Gemisch mit strukturell verschiedenen, im Abwasser vorkommenden, anionischen Substanzen.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
22.05.2006 → 24.05.2006Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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
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
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
Kliniken als Quellen für Einträge von Arzneimitteln in die aquatische Umwelt. Arzneistoffe und Trinkwasser: Kenntnisstand – Bewertung – Handlungsfelder.
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
11.06.2007Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
Kann moderne Umweltforschung zeitlos sein?
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
03.12.2002Activity: Talk or presentation › Guest lectures › 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
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 Chromatographic Science (Journal)
Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)
2011 → …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
Jenseits der Beschleunigung - 2009
Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)
30.04.2009 → 02.05.2009Activity: 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
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 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
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
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
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