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

151 - 200 out of 300Page size: 50
  1. Guest lectures
  2. Life cycle engineering (LCE) of pharmaceuticals: systematic optimization for use as well as the environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    22.05.200623.05.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  3. Logik der Zeit – der zeitliche Nährwert: Zeitökologische Strukturen.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    27.09.200529.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  4. Management of hospital effluents.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    03.11.200405.12.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  5. Metabolites and transformation products of pharmaceuticals in the environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    19.02.200820.02.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  6. Mixtures of chemicals in the environment: significance for biodegradability and effects against bacteria.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    12.09.200515.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  7. Monomers release from composite materials after halogen and LED curing.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    10.09.200812.09.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  8. Nachhaltige Arzneimittel

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    16.06.2009

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  9. Nachhaltige Chemie: Benign by Design: Life Cycle Engineering von Arzneimitteln und Chemikalien.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    04.10.200606.10.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  10. Nachhaltige Chemie: Praxisbeispiele, konkrete Umsetzungen und Herausforderungen in der Wertschöpfungskette.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    30.01.200631.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  11. Näher an der Realität: Wirkung und Elimination von Stoffkombinationen.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    07.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  12. Pharmaceuticals and health: greening pharmacy

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    13.10.200816.10.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  13. Pharmaceuticals in the environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    31.08.200706.09.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  14. Pharmaceuticals in the environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    19.06.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  15. Photodegradation of cephalosporin antibiotics.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    23.07.200727.07.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  16. Prescription, administration, excretion and…?: Pharmaceuticals and other compounds in hospital sewage.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    06.11.200208.11.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  17. Problemgerechte Nutzen- und Risiko-Abwägungen

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    1992 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  18. Product stewardship in the pharmaceutical industry taken serious: green pharmacy.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    19.09.200721.09.2007

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  19. QSAR und Arzneimittel in der Umwelt.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    16.10.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  20. Rational Design of Molecules by Life Cycle Engineering.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    24.04.200825.04.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  21. Referent: Herausforderungen an das Projektmanagement – Vom 7. Forschungsrahmen-programm zu Horizon 2020

    Oliver Olsson (Panel participant)

    27.06.2012

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  22. Research on Cytotoxics in the Environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    16.02.200517.02.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  23. Resistenzbildung durch Antibiotikarückstände in der aquatischen Umwelt?

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    15.10.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  24. Schlucken, ausscheiden und was dann?: Pharmaka in Gewässern.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    09.12.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  25. Sind die Messergebnisse bei der Bestimmung LAS und BAC mit LC-MS immer richtig?

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    24.02.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  26. Sind die Messergebnisse bei der Bestimmung LAS und BAC mit LC-MS immer richtig?

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    28.09.200530.09.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  27. Sind klassische Tests zur Wirkungsprüfung gegenüber Umweltbakterien geeignet?

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    16.03.200319.03.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  28. Strategien zum Umgang mit Arzneimittelwirkstoffen im Trinkwasser: Nachhaltiges Stoffdesign.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    04.10.200606.10.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  29. Sustainable Chemistry as a future guiding principle

    Klaus Kümmerer (Oral presentation)

    18.03.2021

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  30. Sustainable Development und Zeit

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    1993 → …

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  31. The effects of drugs on the environment-ecopharmacology.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    24.06.200328.06.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  32. The environmental impact of pharmaceuticals: from the problem to the solution – green pharmacy.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    19.02.200820.02.2008

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  33. The presence of therapeutic drugs in the environment.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    03.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  34. The systematic approach: Residue management according to ISO 14 001 and EMAS-Scheme of the European Union.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    06.11.200208.11.2002

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  35. Time scales in nature, politics and society.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    20.04.200522.04.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  36. Transformationsprodukte von Pestiziden- Entstehung, Gefährdungspotential und Umweltverhalten

    Oliver Olsson (Lecturer)

    08.12.2014

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesEducation

  37. Unkonventionelle Gaslagerstätten und Gasförderung unter Einsatz der Hydraulic Fracturing Technologie

    Oliver Olsson (Oral presentation)

    14.08.2013

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesTransfer

  38. Verbleib persistenter Arznei- und Desinfektionsmittel bei der Niedertemperaturkonvertierung von Klärschlamm.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    02.05.200504.05.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  39. Verhalten von Antibiotika in Testsystemen und Kläranlagen.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    29.09.200430.09.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  40. Vorausschauend Kriterien Nachhaltiger Chemie integrieren: Von Anfang an – Stoffdesign.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    30.01.200631.01.2006

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  41. Wastewater management: pharmaceuticals in the water cycle.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    08.11.2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  42. Wirkungen von Antibiotika auf Abwasserbakterien.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    16.06.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  43. Zeiten in der Umweltforschung und ihre Bedeutung für die nachhaltige Entwicklung.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    2005

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  44. Zeit in der Umweltforschung: philosophischer Ballast oder dringende Notwendigkeit?

    Klaus Kümmerer (Lecturer)

    20.11.2003

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  45. Zeitskalen der Natur und der Politik: Zeiten in der Umweltpolitik.

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    26.03.200428.03.2004

    Activity: Talk or presentationGuest lecturesResearch

  46. External workshops, courses, seminars
  47. 2nd Environmental Monitoring of Biocides in Europe - NORMAN 2015

    Stefanie Wieck (Participant)

    25.06.201526.06.2015

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  48. DAAD Workshop Tunesien

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    27.11.201829.11.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch

  49. IUPAC Postgraduate School on Green Chemistry

    Klaus Kümmerer (Speaker)

    07.07.201814.07.2018

    Activity: Participating in or organising an academic or articstic eventExternal workshops, courses, seminarsResearch