Professorship for Sustainable Chemistry and Material Resources

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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

  1. Conference Presentations
  2. 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)

    17.04.201120.04.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  3. Degradation of the emerging contaminant Atenolol by K2FeVIO4: Assessment of biodegradability and degradation products.

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)

    17.04.201120.04.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  4. Degradation-resistant antibiotics delay germination and growth of two crop plant species

    Richard Bolek (Coauthor)

    09.09.201413.09.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  5. Environmental Fate and Behavior of Transformation Products of Pesticides used in Agricultural and Urban Areas

    Birte Hensen (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    29.05.201703.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  6. 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)

    17.11.201321.11.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  7. Environmental impacts of droughts: key challenges.

    Oliver Olsson (Speaker)

    23.02.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  8. GDCh-Wissenschaftsforum Chemie 2011

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)

    04.07.201109.07.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  9. “Gebäudeaußenhaut als Schadstoffquelle” Erkenntnisse aus dem BMBF-ReWaM Projekt MUTReWa

    Klaus Kümmerer (presenter) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)

    27.02.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  10. Genotoxicity and ecotoxicity screening of photolytic mixtures from the selective β1-receptor blockers Atenolol and Metoprolol

    Mandy Schneider (presenter)

    11.05.201415.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  11. High resolution assessment and modelling of suspended sediment in an agricultural catchment

    Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker), Jens Lange (Speaker) & Tobias Schütz (Speaker)

    13.04.200818.04.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  12. International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology 2017

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    31.08.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  13. 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)

    23.03.201526.03.2015

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  14. Limitations of regulatory risk assessments of chemicals

    Stefanie Wieck (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    29.05.201703.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  15. Modelling system MEXFLUSH: Modelling EXtreme floods and related pesticide FLUSHes.

    Oliver Olsson (Speaker) & Matthias Gaßmann (Speaker)

    28.09.2010

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  16. Optimization of solid phase extraction of Beta-blockers from hospital effluent by Response Surface Methodology

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Marcelo Luis Wilde (Speaker)

    17.04.201120.04.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  17. Organosilicon benzene derivatives - first study on degradation processes

    Elisa Grabitz (Speaker)

    18.06.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  18. 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)

    06.10.201307.10.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  19. 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)

    16.06.201320.06.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  20. Photodegradation and aerobic biodegradability of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor Captopril and identification of transformation products by LC MS/MS.

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Speaker)

    22.03.201125.03.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  21. Polare PAK-Derivate – Analytik und Vorkommen von Azaarenen in Fließgewässern

    Lars Tangermann (Speaker), Jan Sebastian Mänz (Speaker), Wolf-Ulrich Palm (Speaker) & Wolfgang Ruck (Speaker)

    04.09.201107.09.2011

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  22. Qualitative Environmental Risk Assessment of Photolytic Transformation Products (TPs) of Iodinated X-ray Contrast Media (ICM): Diatrizoic acid

    Tushar Rastogi (presenter)

    11.05.201415.05.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  23. SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting

    Stefanie Wieck (Speaker), Oliver Olsson (Coauthor) & Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor)

    14.05.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  24. Simulation of the enviromental fate of the fungicide Penconazole and its transformation products in a vineyard-terraces catchment

    Dieter Vollert (Speaker), Matthias Gassmann (Coauthor), Klaus Kümmerer (Coauthor) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)

    18.06.201722.06.2017

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  25. Towards the Design of Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) mineralizing readily in the Environment

    Neele Puhlmann (Speaker)

    01.09.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  26. Towards the Design of Active Pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) mineralizing readily in the Environment

    Neele Puhlmann (Speaker)

    18.11.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  27. Umgang mit Pestiziden und deren Transformationsprodukten bei der Regenwasserbewirtschaftung

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker) & Oliver Olsson (Coauthor)

    21.03.2019

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsTransfer

  28. XENOWAC II - 2018

    Klaus Kümmerer (Keynote Speaker)

    10.10.201812.10.2018

    Activity: Talk or presentationConference PresentationsResearch

  29. Peer review of publicationen
  30. CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water (Journal)

    Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)

    20112013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  31. E-Journal of Chemistry (Journal)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  32. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (Journal)

    Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)

    2014 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  33. Journal of AOAC International (Journal)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  34. Journal of Chromatographic Science (Journal)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  35. Journal of Hydrology (Journal)

    Matthias Gaßmann (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  36. Journal of Hydrology (Journal)

    Oliver Olsson (Reviewer)

    20102013

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  37. Journal of Liquid Chromatography and Related Technologies (Journal)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)

    2011 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  38. Scientia Pharmaceutica (Journal)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Reviewer)

    2012 → …

    Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial workPeer review of publicationenResearch

  39. Academic Consultant
  40. Einweg- und Mehrweg-Entsorgungssysteme für Patientenausscheidungen

    Martin Scherrer (Reviewer), Armin König (Reviewer) & Klaus Kümmerer (Reviewer)

    2004

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  41. 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)

    1996

    Activity: Other expert activitiesAcademic ConsultantTransfer

  42. Hosting an academic visitor
  43. Peter G. Mahaffy

    Klaus Kümmerer (Host) & Vânia Zuin Zeidler (Host)

    02.10.202330.11.2023

    Activity: Hosting a visitorHosting an academic visitor

  44. Visiting an external academic institution
  45. Technion – Israel Institute of Technology

    Matthias Gaßmann (Visiting researcher)

    02.201004.2010

    Activity: Visiting an external institutionVisiting an external academic institutionResearch

  46. Learned societies and special interest organisations
  47. Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. (External organisation)

    Oliver Olsson (Member)

    2015 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsTransfer

  48. Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker e.V. (External organisation)

    Waleed M. M. Mahmoud (Member)

    2012 → …

    Activity: MembershipLearned societies and special interest organisationsResearch

  49. Academic networks or partnerships
  50. Amu Darya River Basin Network (External organisation)

    Oliver Olsson (Member)

    20102013

    Activity: MembershipAcademic networks or partnershipsTransfer